Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
On this the day of the fiscal update announcement in Ottawa, here are five of By George’s favourite memes on the subject of taxes. Seriously, it is not a funny matter… Join By George on Facebook and on Twitter for daily missives that are both provocative and entertaining. You can zap your friends with…
All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they had really happened, and after you’ve read one of them you will find that all that happened, happened to you and then it belongs to you forever: the happiness and unhappiness, good and evil, ecstasy and sorrow, the food, wine,…
The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. – H.U. Westermayer Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. – WT Purkiser So while it’s true that…
Here is investment insight from the infamous “oracle of Omaha”, Warren Buffett. Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ. Long ago, Sir…
By George has compiled some of our favourite quotes from the life of Muhammad Ali – “The Greatest of All-time.” “I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.” “It’s the repetition of affirmations that…
Thankfully, Benjamin Franklin left behind volumes of writings, from which we have gained invaluable knowledge of his thoughts on life, work and success. Here are 10 gems on success that ring as true today as they did in Franklin’s era. Well done is better than well said. Never confuse motion with action. Diligence is the mother…
Here are wonderfully insightful quotes on work and life from American business tycoon Henry Ford. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who…
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else. – Tom Clancy It’s important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want. – Harry Browne Give…
Our cupid wordsmiths at By George Journal humbly present their “Top-Ten Love Quotes” to quench your appetite for “bon-bons mots” on St. Valentine’s Day (our apologies for the pun). “Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint Exupery “Love is a…
“Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” “Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people” “Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance” “Clarity is the key to effective leadership. What are your goals?” “The best leaders…
As cited in Wikiquotes, Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was a Los Angeles, California poet and novelist sometimes mistakenly associated with Beat Generation writers because of alleged similarities of style and attitude. Bukowski’s writing was heavily influenced by the geography and atmosphere of his home city of Los Angeles. He wrote more than fifty books and countless…
Marcus Tullius Cicero (English byname Tully) was born in 106 BC in where is now Arpino, Italy. He was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer who vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the final civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic. His writings include books of rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, and…
More insight from Napoleon Bonaparte: He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. Men take only their needs into consideration, never…
Here are By George’s favourite 10 quotes of Napoleon Bonaparte on the subject of governing and effective leadership: The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. A leader is a dealer in hope. The heart of a statesman should be in his head. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore…
Many will know that By George Journal regularly tweet quotes to inspire, motivate and provoke. Here are some of our latest “favourite” bons mots! “Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.” – Mark Twain “Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way you act.” – Leonard Cohen “The value of…
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. – Winston Churchill Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one. – Dwight D. Eisenhower Politics is the art of controlling your environment. – Hunter Thompson Good government is good politics. – Richard J. Daley Power is dangerous…
Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite. – Edward Albee The sovereign rule: don’t say it, write it. — James Michener I think all writing is a…
“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” – Anne Lamott “Bad things don’t happen to writers; it’s all material.” – Garrison Keillor “You can fix anything but a blank page.” – Nora Roberts “Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go…
For our American cousins down south, here are some of By George’s favourite quotes to honour America’s Independence Day. America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens….