Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Taproom Thoughts - October 2014

Victor Kiam (entrepreneur, American, 1926-2001) ... You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.


H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (writer, American, 1940-now) ... Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.


Victor Kiam (entrepreneur, American, 1926-2001) ... You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (writer, American, 1940-now) ... Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.


Rainer Maria Rilke (poet, German, 1875-1926) ... I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.


Stendhal (writer, French, 1783-1842) ... Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.


G. K. Chesterton (writer, English, 1874-1936) ... All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.


Jim Rohn (entrepreneur, American, 1930-2009) ... Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.


Meister Eckhart (philosopher, German, 1260-1328) ... If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.


Reinhold Niebuhr (theologian, American, 1892-1971) ... Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.


Andy Warhol (artist, American,1928-1897) ... Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.


Orson Welles (movie director and actor, American, 1915-1985) ... If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.


P.J. O'Rourke (writer, American, 1947-now) ... Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.


Perry Mason (lawyer, American, 'The Case of the Credulous Quarry') ... What one lawyer giveth, another can taketh away. Old Greek proverb.


Albert Einstein (physicist, German, 1879-1955) ... If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.


Johnny Cash (musician, American, 1932-2003) ... I love to go to the studio and stay there 10 or 12 hours a day. I love it. What is it? I don't know. It's life.


Charlie Chaplin (actor, English, 1899-1977) ... What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.


Charles Stanley (clergyman, American, 1932-now) ... One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.


Ann Landers (advice columnist, American, 1918-2002) ... All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.


W. Clement Stone (businessman, American, 1902-2002) ... What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?


Agatha Christie (writer, English, 1890-1976) ... An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.


W. Somerset Maugham (writer, English, 1874-1965) ... There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.


Henny Youngman (comedian, American, 1906-1998) ... Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.


Jagger and Richards (Beggars Banquet, 1968.) ... Let's think of the wavering millions who need leading but get gamblers instead.

John Locke (philosopher, English, 1632-1704) ... Government has no other end but the preservation of property.


Curt Cobain (musician, American, 1967-1994) ... A friend is nothing but a known enemy.


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