All planets in the solar system fit between the earth and the moon. The sun does not. Sharks are older than trees.
Author: SS
My good friends tell me I'm genuine, kind, intelligent, wise, and funny. But I wouldn't take their word for it, they're mainly idiots (an example of me trying to be funny).
"I contain multitudes"
- Walt Whitman
Self-discipline – Harry S Truman
“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.”
– Harry S Truman
Do not wait – William Butler Yeats
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
– William Butler Yeats
Driving – George Carlin
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
– George Carlin
Self esteem – Unknown
“Self esteem comes from doing hard things, not easy ones.”
– Unknown
“All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
– Thomas Jefferson
Fools – Claude McDonald
“Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.”
– Claude McDonald
Democracy – HL Mencken
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
– HL Mencken
Offended – Christopher Hitchens
“If someone tells me they’re offended, I’m still waiting to hear their point.”
– Christopher Hitchens
The purpose of life – Rainer Maria Rilke
“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Women’s rights? – Groucho Marx
“How do you feel about women’s rights? I like either side of them.”
– Groucho Marx
A calm and humble life – Albert Einstein
“A calm and humble life will bring more happiness than the pursuit of success and the constant restlessness that comes with it.”
– Albert Einstein
Best friend – Henry Ford
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
– Henry Ford
Beyond ideas – Rumi
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”
– Rumi
Question – Paul Bennett
“It’s not your job to walk into the room with the right answer, but with a great question.”
– Paul Bennett