Fishermagical Thought

 

Here's a whole mess of Milton memes, for Milton Friedman's Birthday!

I feel that my duty has been faithfully, though it may be imperfectly, performed, and, whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my g...

The generous mind, that has adequate ideas of the inherent rights of mankind and knows the value of them, must feel its indignation rise...

Up men! And to your posts! And let no man forget today, that you are from Old Virginia! George Edward Pickett (January 16, or 25, 1825 – ...

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the Un...

A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering. Carl Owen Hubbel Carl Owen Hubbell, nicknamed "Th...

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. James...

I'm for mystery, not interpretive answers. ... The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you ...

Meistens belehrt uns erst der Verlust über den Wert der Dinge. (Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.) Arthur Sc...

"In all business, there is a factor which cannot be compensated for in dollars and cents or computed by any measure. It has no rela...

A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers, and pressures — and that is the basis of...

"To and for the establishment, promotion and development of a Secret Society, the true aim and object whereof shall be for the exte...

It’s not enough to be good if you have the ability to be better. It is not enough to be very good if you have the ability to be great. –...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. Goethe, Conversations with Goethe, 1824.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world. Matthew Henson Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant h...

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat. Christy Mathewson  Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (...

If you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alo...