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Forum: Just Conversation 11-01-2023, 10:43 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask...

“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes."
ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Forum: Just Conversation 10-30-2023, 08:09 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
''In the business world, the rearview mirror is...

''In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.''

WARREN BUFFETT
Forum: Just Conversation 10-29-2023, 07:09 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
''It’s even harder to stay at the top in sports...

''It’s even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.''
BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS
Forum: Just Conversation 10-27-2023, 06:47 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
'Failure is the condiment that gives success its...

'Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.''
TRUMAN CAPOTE
Forum: Just Conversation 10-19-2023, 08:27 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
I'd rather entrust the government of the United...

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.

William F. Buckley, Jr.
Forum: Just Conversation 10-17-2023, 02:24 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a...

"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
SENECA
Forum: Just Conversation 10-16-2023, 01:00 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
“What might have been—what could have been. These...

“What might have been—what could have been. These are the saddest phrases in our English tongue.”
DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Forum: Just Conversation 10-12-2023, 06:34 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
"Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself...

"Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously."
ALEX TREBEK
Forum: Just Conversation 10-01-2023, 03:24 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
"None of us will ever accomplish anything...

"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Forum: Just Conversation 09-29-2023, 05:16 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and...

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Aristotle
Forum: Just Conversation 09-26-2023, 11:27 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate...

"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Forum: Just Conversation 09-09-2023, 01:59 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
Douglas Adams, English writer (1952 - 2001)
Forum: Just Conversation 09-07-2023, 08:06 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
I wish to thank my parents for making it all...

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible . . . and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
Victor Borge, Danish entertainer ( 1909 - 2000 )
Forum: Just Conversation 08-31-2023, 07:30 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak...

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories are merely isolated curiosities.
Thomas Sowell
Forum: Just Conversation 08-30-2023, 05:20 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of...

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.
CULLEN HIGHTOWER
Forum: Just Conversation 08-29-2023, 07:43 AM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
No one understands that, these days.

No one understands that, these days.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-29-2023, 07:42 AM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
A person often meets his destiny on the road he...

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de la Fontaine, French poet
Forum: Just Conversation 08-28-2023, 01:20 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
When there are no great tigers in the deep...

When there are no great tigers in the deep mountains, even a monkey can become king.
Chinese proverb
Forum: Just Conversation 08-05-2023, 05:21 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing...

'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown Infantry Recruit-
Forum: Just Conversation 07-30-2023, 12:52 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
Probably a more reasonable reason -...

Probably a more reasonable reason - communications during the approach.
Forum: Just Conversation 07-08-2023, 07:22 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
Capitalism is relatively new in human history. ...

Capitalism is relatively new in human history. Prior to Capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering, and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to...
Forum: Just Conversation 04-24-2023, 01:21 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
The real issue with the water is that the glass...

The real issue with the water is that the glass is too large for amount of water given.
- most any Engineer
Forum: Just Conversation 01-10-2023, 02:43 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his...

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Arthur C. Clarke
Forum: Just Conversation 01-04-2023, 10:10 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
When government - in pursuit of good intentions -...

When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of...
Forum: Just Conversation 12-29-2022, 08:55 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
I do not think it is an exaggeration to say...

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

Friedrich August von Hayek
Forum: Just Conversation 12-19-2022, 07:38 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
It is a well-known fact that those people who...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account...
Forum: Just Conversation 12-17-2022, 06:51 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
The fatal metaphor of progress, which means...

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
G K Chesterton
Forum: Just Conversation 12-16-2022, 09:49 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
Unlimited tolerance must lead to the...

Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance.
The Paradox of Tolerance -Karl Popper
Forum: Just Conversation 09-19-2022, 07:03 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
I have never been lost, though I was once...

I have never been lost, though I was once bewildered for three days.
Daniel Boone
Forum: Just Conversation 09-15-2022, 06:57 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,"...

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do...
Forum: Just Conversation 09-05-2022, 03:43 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
The true terror is to wake up one morning and...

The true terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Kurt Vonnegut
Forum: Just Conversation 09-02-2022, 09:44 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
"The Secret of Freedom lies in educating people,...

"The Secret of Freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant"
-Maximilien Robespierre
Forum: Just Conversation 08-25-2022, 02:14 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet...

“Since it is so likely that (children) will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”—C.S....
Forum: Just Conversation 08-25-2022, 02:05 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
AJ, I can't say who said it, either. I heard...

AJ, I can't say who said it, either. I heard something much like it from an old book (1944) citing a driller in the Eastland, TX oil patch.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-24-2022, 07:00 PM
Replies: 4,375
Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
I don't really know. I was collecting some...

I don't really know. I was collecting some 'drinking ' quotes without digging too much.
This one refers to Wikipedia, but I rarely go there.

From Wikipedia: “In 1996, [Purdue engineering...
Forum: Just Conversation 08-24-2022, 06:42 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave...

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.”
Paul Horning
Forum: Just Conversation 08-19-2022, 07:35 PM
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Posted By TexasJack
You rust out faster than you wear out. Coach...

You rust out faster than you wear out.
Coach Bear Bryant, on his retirement after a LONG career.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-18-2022, 08:05 AM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
From another site . . . Many years ago, I...

From another site . . .

Many years ago, I worked with a woman (call her Magda, not her real name) who grew up in wartime Germany. She related the following story (I paraphrase):
We civilians were...
Forum: Just Conversation 08-18-2022, 07:02 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
"The purpose of education is to create in a...

"The purpose of education is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions."
- James Baldwin, writer
Forum: Just Conversation 08-16-2022, 01:26 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men...

“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
Goethe
Forum: Just Conversation 08-15-2022, 04:54 PM
Replies: 4,375
Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the...

“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
– Frank Zappa
Forum: Just Conversation 08-15-2022, 08:08 AM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and...

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him had better take a much closer look at the American Indian." ~ Henry Ford
Forum: Just Conversation 08-14-2022, 12:54 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
The farther backward you can look, the farther...

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. Winston Churchill
Forum: Just Conversation 08-12-2022, 01:05 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“The only people that hide things, are people...

“The only people that hide things, are people with something to hide” Barack Obama.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-12-2022, 12:38 PM
Replies: 4,375
Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
True enough: we are not guaranteed our next...

True enough: we are not guaranteed our next breath, nor those we would show kindness to.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-09-2022, 09:08 AM
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Posted By TexasJack
Hard times make strong men. Strong men make...

Hard times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make weak men.
Weak men make hard times. <<< You are here.
Forum: Just Conversation 08-08-2022, 02:33 PM
Replies: 4,375
Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty....

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” – Henry David Thoreau
Forum: Just Conversation 08-06-2022, 03:02 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
Frederick Douglass spoke in Boston in 1860 about...

Frederick Douglass spoke in Boston in 1860 about the crucial nature of free speech, saying: “Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of...
Forum: Just Conversation 08-04-2022, 01:29 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a...

“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.”- Warner Herzog
Forum: Just Conversation 08-02-2022, 05:50 PM
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Views: 224,168
Posted By TexasJack
"Mind your own business and do what you need to...

"Mind your own business and do what you need to do to make you happy!"

What if my 'business' involves interfering in other's doings, if not outright controlling them?
I haven't always been happy...
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