OneGuyFromBarlick

Democracy aims at equality in liberty. Socialism desires equality in constraint and in servitude. - Alexis de Tocqueville

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential. These are the keys that unlock the door to personal excellence.

Confucious

"You know the sound the TARDIS makes? That wheezing groaning? That brings hope wherever it goes"

The Moment/Rose Tyler/Badwolf

#DoctorWho50th

Tardis wrote:"You know the sound the TARDIS makes? That wheezing groaning? That brings hope wherever it goes"

The Moment/Rose Tyler/Badwolf

#DoctorWho50th

Of course we all know its pure fiction.

Of course

"Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling." - Ambrose Bierce

I read a quote from a letter written by a naval commander to his son, a naval captain, giving him advice on his impending first journey to the West Indies. No date was given but I assume it was in the 1800s. The last line was:
"Remember to line your hat with white paper"
I suppose they didn't have aluminium foil then!

"All bad precedents begin with justifiable measures." - Julius Caesar

I like it Tiz! By the way, was that your letter in Private Eye this week? A Peter Barnes wrote to correct a report on the Goons.

Professor Steve Thomas: "green levies are there to pay for energy efficiency measures - they're known not to be well targeted"

"The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites." - Thomas Sowell

Every change leaves a toothing stone for the next.
Niccolo Machiavelli, 'The Prince'.

"'The ANC is a typical terrorist organisation ... Anyone who thinks it is going to run the government in South Africa is living in cloud-cuckoo land' "
Margaret Thatcher, 1987

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick

Stanley wrote:I like it Tiz! By the way, was that your letter in Private Eye this week? A Peter Barnes wrote to correct a report on the Goons.

Not me Guv!

Ah well, it was a good letter and right up your street. It must have been t'other Peter Barnes.....

Nelson Mandela on Margaret Thatcher, July 1990…

“She is an enemy of apartheid… We have much to thank her for.”

Mrs Tiz's aunt in Canada, who is in her mid 80s, writes in her Christmas letter:
"We've put in a new shower with a seat in case we get old."

That's a good definition of an optimist!

Jeremy Hardy:
"Islam is no weirder than Christianity. Both are just Judaism with the jokes taken out."

In a letter from PM Thatcher to P W Botha in 1985:

"I continue to believe, as I have said to you before, that the release of Nelson Mandela would have more impact than almost any single action that you could undertake."

"We, too, must act on behalf of justice. We, too, must act on behalf of peace. There are too many of us who happily embrace Madiba's legacy of racial reconciliation, but passionately resist even modest reforms that would challenge chronic poverty and growing inequality. There are too many leaders who claim solidarity with Madiba's struggle for freedom, but do not tolerate dissent from their own people. And there are too many of us who stand on the sidelines, comfortable in complacency or cynicism when our voices must be heard."

President Obama at the Mandela Memorial gathering.

From Daily Mash 9/12/2013

Meanwhile, experts stressed, MPs are paid less than GPs ‘mainly because of the medical degree’.

You've triggered me off again David but I'll post on Politics Corner rather than go off piste.

Just heard on Radio Five concerning the execution of KimJung Il's uncle. Take care Thomo........

"He was accused of treason, and erecting a plaque in the wrong place"