Quote of the Day: 31 July 2024 #QotD

 

“All modern thinkers are reactionaries; for their thought is always a reaction from what went before.” -G. K. Chesterton

[Just don't try to explain that to so-called 'progressives.' They seem incapable of processing any actual thought.]

Quote of the Day: 30 July 2024 #QotD

 

“The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you’re going to go.” -Harry Dresden, Cold Days

[I pretty much feel this way about the upcoming presidential election. There's nowhere I'm enthusiastic to cast my vote, and no one is giving me a reason to vote for their candidate instead of voting against the other guy. It's incredibly frustrating.]

Quote of the Day: 29 July 2024 #QotD

 

“The worst atrocities in history have been committed by governments against their own people.” -Larry Correia

[Seemed like an appropriate time to share this quote. It's something that needs to be remembered lest we have to relearn the lesson instead of letting history be our tutor.]

Quote of the Day: 28 July 2024 #QotD

 

“Jesus Christ came to lift us out of the temporal and replace corruption with incorruption. Only He has that power, and only His joy is perpetual.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Quote of the Day: 27 July 2024 #QotD

 

“Well, you seemed too busy to call him a prat and I thought someone should[.]” -Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[Sometimes, you've just got to tell someone he's a prat (or something similar) to get your message across. Not that I advocate for it as a general matter.]

Quote of the Day: 26 July 2024 #QotD

“War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government’s decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him … but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing … but controlled and purposeful violence.” -Sgt. Zim, Starship Troopers

[Something to keep in mind in these days of various localized conflicts. When viewed from this perspective, some things begin to make sense. Not that they are right, but they can be understood.]

Quote of the Day: 25 July 2024 #QotD

 

“[G]ood enough was good enough, while perfect was always a pain in the [rear] and often not worth the effort anyway.” -John Kelly (thought), Without Remorse

[It's good to remember that good enough will get you by even if perfect is better. That's literally what is meant by good enough. It suffices.]

Quote of the Day: 24 July 2024 #QotD

 

“It is easy to demand obedience and deny our children agency. However, if children are not allowed to make choices and suffer consequences, they will very likely become submissive, dependent, and weak-willed adults, incapable of necessary problem-solving skills to navigate the harsh realities of society.” -Sharlene Habermeyer

[That certainly doesn't excuse the use of overly harsh punishments in order to teach about consequences and the use of agency. Which is a danger of overcorrection. But you do need to teach your children that actions will always have consequences.]

Quote of the Day: 23 July 2024 #QotD

 

“Since I rescued your sandwich, can I eat it?” -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes

[No! You keep your hands off my sandwich. You can't have it.]

Quote of the Day: 22 July 2024 #QotD

 

“All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don’t you take it away from yourself.” -Sarah Harding, The Lost World

[You have to be your own best advocate, because almost no one else is going to advocate for you at all. Let alone do it at all well.]

Quote of the Day: 21 July 2024 #QotD

 

“My invitation is to act now to secure your place as one who is valiant in the testimony of Jesus.” -D. Todd Christofferson

Quote of the Day: 20 July 2024 #QotD

“I guess bureaucrats are the same everywhere.” -Christopher Bartolomeu Klaavil, Darkship Thieves

[And just as annoying as they seek to perpetuate the existence of the bureaucracy and lord their power over all and sundry who come within their purview.]

Quote of the Day: 19 July 2024 #QotD

 

“That’s academics for you. All that knowing and they went back to discussing t’beauty and truth of numbers and missed the fact that they’d discovered summat reet important.” -Dick Simnell, Raising Steam

[It can be so easy to overlook practical considerations when you're focused on theoretical advancement. To miss the forest for the trees, or the reverse.]

Quote of the Day: 18 July 2024 #QotD

“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” -C. S. Lewis

[I would go so far as to remove the 'may' and state that it is the most oppressive, because the sincerity causes the tyrant to refuse to bend at any cost.]

Quote of the Day: 17 July 2024 #QotD

“Now I am older. I have realized that everyone’s dumb, I’m still dumb, and I feel like growing older has been a ripoff.” -Rick, Basic Instructions

[There are times this seems to be the truth. However, I have to believe that not everyone is dumb, and that I am not always dumb.]

Quote of the Day: 16 July 2024 #QotD

 

“[T]he mere act of not being a traitor is also a long way from agreeing to be an active helper.” -Ducem Barr, Foundation and Empire

[Ah, the excluded middle. A great place to reside while those at the extremes ignore me.]

Quote of the Day: 15 July 2024 #QotD

“Being told ‘I kept you in the dark to protect you’ is not only frustrating, but condescending as well. It’s a truly economical way to demean someone; if you’re looking to fit more denigration into an already busy schedule, give it a try.” -Hoid, Tress of the Emerald Sea
[This is also reminiscent of something recently. Perhaps some media outlets covering something up. Eh, I'm sure it's nothing.]

Quote of the Day: 14 July 2024 #QotD

“Loyalty to established law instead of temporary ‘allies’ is the best way to love our adversaries and our enemies as we seek unity in diversity.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 13 July 2024 #QotD

“[P]eople from different backgrounds do not necessarily even want to do the same things, much less invest their time and energies into developing the same kinds of skills and talents.” -Thomas Sowell
[But there are plenty of people who are sure that they have a better understanding and should be able to substitute their own judgment in place of the people involved in these decisions.]

Quote of the Day: 12 July 2024 #QotD

“Well, if you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening.” -Anthony Lockwood, The Whispering Skull
[This reminds me of something that I just can't quite put my finger on. Some prominent figure perhaps.]

Quote of the Day: 11 July 2024 #QotD

“Some thoughts are just too much to handle.” -Pig, Pearls Before Swine
[Whether from the enormity, absurdity, or some other factor. But there are thoughts you simply will not be able to comprehend.]

Quote of the Day: 10 July 2024 #QotD

“Now most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.” -G. K. Chesterton
[Responsibilities. At some point we have to stand up and take the responsibilities that are part and parcel of our freedoms.]

Quote of the Day: 9 July 2024 #QotD

“There’s always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a choice.” -Harry Dresden, Cold Days
[I feel this in my soul right now. Not much else to say about it other than that.]

Quote of the Day: 8 July 2024 #QotD

“Of course the media will act all offended like this isn’t the case. How dare you insinuate that their coverage is biased? But it’s painfully, awkwardly, stupidly biased, and everyone who has paid any attention knows it.” -Larry Correia
[This wasn't written about the current example of media bias, but about the complete lack of objectivity about firearms. It works anyway.]

Quote of the Day: 7 July 2024 #QotD

“God is in relentless pursuit of you. He ‘wants all of His children to choose to return to Him,’ and He employs every possible measure to bring you back.” -Patrick Kearon

Quote of the Day: 6 July 2024 #QotD

“[T]houghts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else[.]” -J.K. Rowling
[Could. Have done in some places. Which is a scary thought in and of itself.]

Quote of the Day: 5 July 2024 #QotD

“The best things in history are accomplished by people who get ‘tired of being shoved around.’” -Prof. Reisfeld, Have Space Suit – Will Travel
[This is one that could have been posted yesterday. I guess I'll have to find another for next year instead.]

Quote of the Day: 4 July 2024 #QotD

“In our own native land, in defence of the freedom that is our birthright, and which we ever enjoyed till the late violation of it – for the protection of our property, acquired solely by the honest industry of our fore-fathers and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before.” -The Second Continental Congress
[Happy Independence Day!

Keep on revolting.]

Quote of the Day: 3 July 2024 #QotD

“[I]nfants who are sung to by their parents will have a much stronger emotional bond to them.” -Sharlene Habermeyer
[I don't have any infants in my home any more, but it is something that I believe in with regards to music and children. Or anyone really. You will build bonds through song.]

Quote of the Day: 2 July 2024 #QotD

“I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.” -Dad, Calvin and Hobbes
[Not that I really had much of a choice in the matter. I've continued to grow older at the same rate regardless of whether that was what I wanted or not.]

Quote of the Day: 1 July 2024 #QotD

“Obsession is just a variety of addiction.” -Ian Malcolm, The Lost World
[Something I'll have to give more consideration to before I decide if I concur or not. But it is at least thought provoking.]