Make that a double!

The whole world is about three drinks behind. - Humphrey Bogart

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. - Jimmy Breslin

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. - Winston Churchill

Defeating the purpose

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. - George Carlin

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill

There is no fact that cannot be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

No Stronger retrograde

Individual Muslims may  show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the  social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde  force exists in the world. - Winston Churchill

BOOM! There it is!

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. - Winston Churchill

5 minutes too much

The best argument against Democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

Plans vs reality

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. - Winston Churchill

Share the misery

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill


The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. - Winston Churchill

Stumbling over the truth

We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill

Worst is better

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. - Winston Churchill

Life & Living

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill

Churchill Week

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill



As I was looking back over various authors of quotes I realized I had few Churchill quotes and he has a ton of awesome ones.   This quote seems especially appropriate since I have arrived in New Melle where it is bad luck to be a pig.

Keep at it

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. - Winston Churchill

Liberals & Conservatives

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains. - Winston Churchill
       I remember hearing this statement many years ago. I think I had just emerged with my flirtation with liberalism for all of 2 years at Kirksville. I think the main appeal of liberalism to the young is the perception that liberalism is all about personal license. I am free to do what I want as long as no one gets hurt.  Of course getting hurt is usually qualified as aggressive assault just short of murder. Other than that, ANYTHING GOES!
       Conservatives on the other hand tend to value personal responsibility, personal accountability, and the realization that life comes with many limits. The discernment of such limits consumes much energy and time for any conservative minded individual engaged in life.  We don't like the "ought" of life, but what ought I to do is a constant question, exploring the consequences, trying to imagine the extent of the impact is at the heart of  any serious discernment of choices and actions.  Well I am sure I could ramble on this one much longer, but it is early and I am hungry.