Quote of the Day: 31 August 2018

“My commute is starting to become my favorite time of day. It’s probably because I can roll down the windows, blast angry music, and scream at the top of my lungs until I feel better.” -daddybear71

Quote of the Day: 30 August 2018

“Nothing is easier than to have good intentions but, without an understanding of how an economy works, good intentions can lead to counterproductive, or even disastrous, consequences for a whole nation.” -Thomas Sowell

Quote of the Day: 29 August 2018

“It was a brilliant idea: You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.” -Richard Feynman

Quote of the Day: 28 August 2018

“Every one who has kept chickens knows the dastardly creatures haven’t forgotten they were once dinosaurs.” -Sarah Hoyt

Quote of the Day: 27 August 2018

“There are worse ways to spend a late-summer day than camping and fishing with your lovely bride and your kids.” -Ron Spomer

Bonus Quote of the Day: 26 August 2018

“There’s nothing quite like coming home to a wagging tail or snuggling on the sofa with a furry friend, and enthusiastic cuddles from excitable puppies are the best tonic I know when I’m feeling low.” -Emma Stone

Quote of the Day: 26 August 2018

“If our service is to be most efficacious, it must be accomplished for the love of God and the love of his children.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 25 August 2018

“Television is dramatic. It appeals to the emotions. It captures your attention. Yet, we remain of the opinion that the printed page is a more effective instrument for both education and persuasion.” -Milton & Rose Friedman

Quote of the Day: 24 August 2018

“[N]o kitchen relationship is more mystical than the one between cook and knife.” -Alton Brown

[Happy Knife Day!]

Quote of the Day: 23 August 2018

“Inflation is a kind of tax that is out of control of the tax authorities. It strikes wantonly in all directions.” -Henry Hazlitt

Quote of the Day: 22 August 2018

“Caring for people often takes the form of concern for the quality of their stories, not for their feelings.” -Daniel Kahneman

Quote of the Day: 21 August 2018

“Liberty cannot long survive in a nation where the person or entity that enforces the laws is the same person or entity that writes the laws.” -Mike Lee

Quote of the Day: 20 August 2018

“No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you.” -Bernard, Furies of Calderon

Quote of the Day: 19 August 2018

“There is nothing in all literature equal to the parables of Christ. His teachings were as impressive to his listeners then as they are today to those who read his words. They are so simple a child can understand, yet profound enough for the sage and philosopher.” -Howard W. Hunter

Quote of the Day: 18 August 2018

“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.” -Eeyore

Quote of the Day: 17 August 2018

“[S]everal feet of edged weapon is quite threatening enough when wielded by an angry amateur. Amateurs sometimes get lucky.” -Terry Pratchett

Quote of the Day: 16 August 2018

“[H]abits, however formed, have consequences, long after the conditions in which those habits were formed have changed.” -Thomas Sowell

Quote of the Day: 15 August 2018

“[K]nowing what happens on average is a good place to start. By so doing, we insulate ourselves from the tendency to build our thinking—our daily decisions, our laws, our governance—on exceptions and anomalies rather than on reality.” -Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Quote of the Day: 14 August 2018

“In a country of pushers and yearners, what a joy it is to meet a man who envies no one and wants to be nothing that he is not!” -H. L. Mencken

Quote of the Day: 13 August 2018

“The fact that free people are not equal in economic terms is not to be lamented. It is, rather, a cause for rejoicing. Economic inequality, when it derives from the voluntary interaction of creative individuals and not from political power, testifies to the fact that people are being themselves, each putting his uniqueness to work in ways that are fulfilling to himself and of value to others. As the French would say in a different context, Vive la difference!” -Lawrence W. Reed

Quote of the Day: 12 August 2018

 “I do not think the Lord is quite so hopeless about what’s going on in the world as we are. He could put a stop to all of it any moment. But He will not! Not until every player has a chance to meet the test for which we were preparing before the world was, before we came into mortality.” -Boyd K. Packer

Quote of the Day: 11 August 2018

“I bet T-Rex noodle soup would be delicious.” -Sarah Hoyt

Quote of the Day: 10 August 2018

“Build a fire so big and so hot that even your competitors stare in amazement.” -Grant Cardone

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 9 August 2018

This week's selection from the log of local police activity brings us a story of an amateur detective and police enthusiast.

August 1* A caller reported that a woman sitting in her vehicle in a restaurant parking lot was acting erratically and, based on the caller's extensive viewing of the show "COPS," appeared to be on drugs. Officers located the driver, who showed no signs of impairment and said she was just tired from a long drive.

It is nice that we have some folks around that can do the police's jobs for them. (Said with tongue firmly in cheek.) It would just be nice if they were either better at that job, or would, better yet, just keep their nose in their own business.

Quote of the Day: 9 August 2018

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use reading it at all.” -Cyril, “The Decay of Lying” by Oscar Wilde

[Happy Book Lovers Day!]

Quote of the Day: 8 August 2018

“Federalism, at its core, is neither liberal nor conservative; it is a principle that, where followed, allows diverse political viewpoints (which vary dramatically from one region to another) to be respected.” -Mike Lee

Quote of the Day: 7 August 2018

“The right to keep and bear arms is apparently this Court’s constitutional orphan. And the lower courts seem to have gotten the message.” -Clarence Thomas

Quote of the Day: 6 August 2018

“As the cool and deliberate sense of the community ought, in all governments, and actually will, in all free governments, ultimately prevail over the views of its rulers: so there are particular moments in public affairs, when the people, stimulated by the artful misrepresentations of interested men, may call for measures which they themselves will afterwards be the most ready to lament and condemn.” -James Madison, The Federalist No. 63

Quote of the Day: 5 August 2018

“Many reject the scriptures, the moral memory of mankind, and then declare absolutely the absence of absolutes. Others reject the light of the gospel and then grump over the growing darkness. Still others cut themselves off from God and lament the loneliness of the universe. Some pursue the paths of him who openly desires mankind’s misery, and then bemoan their discontent.” -Neal A. Maxwell

Quote of the Day: 4 August 2018

“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.” -Daniel Kahneman

Quote of the Day: 3 August 2018

“Some can and some can’t. That’s how it is.” -Winnie the Pooh

Quote of the Day: 2 August 2018

“Things aren’t important. People are.” -Granny Weatherwax, A Hat Full of Sky

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 1 August 2018

This week's selection from the log of local police activity brings us a tale of a one man fight.

July 21* Officers responded to a report of a fight. A short investigation found that a heavily intoxicated man had tripped on his shoelace and smashed out the front window to the house.

It takes skill, or incredible intoxication, to be able to give the impression of a fight all by yourself. I am impressed with the accomplishment even if I wish to never duplicate the feat.

Quote of the Day: 1 August 2018

“Freedom is dangerous, but I prefer it to the alternative.” -Austin Petersen

[I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly. Sometimes I agree with the quotes shared more than others, but in this case there is no way for me to agree any more than I do.]