The 30th President of the United States said: It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their [...]
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Presidential Wisdom
Posted in Government, Politics, Quotes, Religion on March 6, 2012 |
Fifty Other Nutjobs
Posted in Computing, Miscellaneous, Quotes on February 22, 2012 |
Bruce Perens said: The good news is that, in the age of the Internet, there are no more isolated nutjobs. No matter how nutty you may be, there will always be fifty others like you on the net. LCA: Addressing the failure of open source Oh happy day. :) (I could expound on this, but [...]
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. — George Washington If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide. — Abraham Lincoln
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani
Posted in Christianity, Faith, Islam, News, Politics, Quotes, Religion, tagged Bible, Iran on January 14, 2012 |
From BosNewsLife: Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has rejected an offer to be released from prison if he publicly acknowledges Islam’s prophet Mohammed as “a messenger sent by God” well-informed Christians and rights activists said Friday, January 13. Iran Pastor Nadarkhani Rejects Release Offer Robert Spencer wrote: For one who believes Christianity’s teachings about Jesus, there [...]
GOP Delegates
Posted in News, Politics, Quotes, tagged Elections on January 10, 2012 |
Jordan Gehrke wrote: It’s easy to get swept away in the feeling that this nominating process has to end early. But really, why should it? At the end of February, the Republican National Committee will have awarded only 174 RNC delegates out of the 1,143 needed to lock up the nomination. GOP, What’s Your Hurry? [...]
Greek Disablities
Posted in Government, News, Politics, Quotes, tagged Elections, The Environment on January 9, 2012 |
From CNS News: Greek disabled groups are angry at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs. Pedophilia Added to Greece’s Recognized Disability List ~ ~ ~ From U.S. News: In our New Year’s poll, when asked what news event they fear most about 2012, Americans [...]
Victor Davis Hanson wrote: If I were to use a cellphone while driving and get caught, the state might make an easy $170 for five minutes’ work. If the same officer were to arrest the dumper who threw a dishwasher or refrigerator into the local pond among the fish and ducks, the arrest and detention [...]
Steve Jobs on Life
Posted in Quotes on October 6, 2011 |
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. —Steve Jobs You’ve got to find what you love
Ronald Reagan’s Prayer Legacy
Posted in Christianity, Quotes on May 5, 2011 |
Prayer is one of the few things in this world that hurts no one and sustains the spirit of millions. —Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan’s Prayer Legacy
I’ve said some things that I later regretted, but never anything as embarrassing as this. From Jonah Goldberg’s most recent column: God has his hand upon Jimmy Carter to run for president. —Lou Sheldon
Quote of the Day – September 14, 2010
Posted in Quotes on September 14, 2010 |
This gem is from Intellectuals and Society, by Thomas Sowell. One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputation. —Eric Hoffer The example Thomas Sowell sites is that of biologist Paul Ehrlich, who predicted in 1968 that hundreds of millions of people would die of [...]
Quote of the Day – September 13, 2010
Posted in Quotes on September 13, 2010 |
If you’ve ever taken a course in differential calculus or numerical analysis, then you probably know about Newton’s Method for approximating roots of functions. Lesser known is what I call Newton’s other method: I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, [...]
Thomas Sowell, from his most recent NRO column: Pres. Barack Obama boldly proclaims, “The buck stops here!” But whenever his policies are criticized, he acts as if the buck stopped with George W. Bush. Inherited from Whom?
Yes, this is a day early, but I don’t think it’s the beginning of a trend. “When faith dies, philosophy flourishes. A living Christ and a living Father God perfectly satisfies, and we have no need of philosophy, we have no need of metaphysics. It is when we lose Christ out of our daily life [...]
Quote of the Week — July 25, 2010
Posted in Christianity, Quotes on July 25, 2010 |
This is two days late, but that’s the way it’s been lately. :) “One man told me recently, ‘I consider myself a `Chari-skeptic`.’ He apparently took great pride in his unbelief — two sins for the price of one.” —Daniel Kolenda This is from the article, “Why Do More Miracles Happen in Africa?” He has [...]
Quote of the Week – July 9, 2010
Posted in Quotes on July 9, 2010 |
“America needs God more than God needs America. If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.” —Ronald Reagan Well, here we are, whatever this is. For the five-hundredth time: I miss Ronald Reagan. It was a privilege to be an American during his time [...]
Quote of the Week – June 19, 2010
Posted in Audio Recordings, Quotes, tagged Revival on June 19, 2010 |
“We must not believe in any conception of God’s sovereignty that nullifies man’s responsibility. We are the human agents through whom revival is possible.” —Duncan Campbell Duncan Campbell was a preacher from Scotland who was a leader of the Lewis Awakening in he mid-20th century. Here are some of his sermons: Duncan Campbell – Online [...]
“From right and from left, they adopt sanctions, but for us they are annoying flies, like a used tissue.” —Mahmoud Ahmadinejad This week’s quote comes from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Madman of Tehran. Something seems to have been lost in the translation from Farsi to English. Iran Dismisses Sanctions, but Tried to Avoid Them
Quote of the Week – June 5, 2010
Posted in Audio Recordings, Quotes, Videos, tagged Revival on June 5, 2010 |
“The only reason we don’t have revival is because we are willing to live without it.” —Leonard Ravenhill Here’s the “Revival Hymn” for those who haven’t yet heard it: The Revival Hymn (also available from sermonindex.net) I’ve listened to this dozens of times— it just gets on the inside of you!
Quote of the Week – May 29, 2010
Posted in Quotes on May 29, 2010 |
This week’s quote, from Honest Abe: “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” —Abraham Lincoln I don’t think that requires any explanation.
