“You can’t make good decisions unless you have good information and can separate facts from opinion and speculation.” — Colin Powell
— 30 —
QUOTE: Separate facts from opinion
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Leave a Comment » | 
Quotes | Tagged: Colin Powell | 
Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: About hope and fear
Friday, October 17, 2025“Hope and fear are two sides of the same coin.
When you accept that whatever comes is beyond your control, both hope and fear lose their power.
Peace begins where attachment to outcomes ends.”
— Stoicism
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Stoicism | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: “Just cause your mother says that she loves you … …. ….”
Thursday, October 16, 2025“Just cause your mother says that she loves you, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t check it out.” — Dick Blood New York Daily News CityDesk and Columbia journalism professor reported by Catherine Herridge 2025-09-18 On Watch podcast
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Catherine Herridge, Dick Blood, New York Daily News, On Watch podcast | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: Success – Freddie Mercury
Thursday, September 25, 2025“Success has brought me world idolization and millions of pounds. But it’s prevented me from having the one thing we all need: A loving, ongoing relationship.” – Freddie Mercury
[JR: Guess we should pity all the “celebrities”]
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: - Freddie Mercury, Success | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: Hate speech does not exist legally in America … … … …
Sunday, September 21, 2025“Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There’s ugly speech, there’s gross speech, there’s evil speech, and all of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free.” — Charlie Kirk
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Charlie Kirk | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: Conspiracy theorists … …
Thursday, September 11, 2025“Conspiracy theorists underestimate the ingenuity of the past and overestimate the competence of the present.” — Fred Anderson
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Conspiracy theorists, Fred Anderson | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: “Time is money. It’s not. Money is time.”
Sunday, July 13, 2025From “Nautilus”
*** begin quote ***
In your book, Time Smart, you write, “Nothing less than our health and our happiness depends on reversing the nearly innate notion that time is money. It’s not. Money is time.” What do you mean by that?
Behavioral scientist Ashley Whillans: We’re indoctrinated with this idea that money and productivity are the path to greater happiness and success. My data speaks to the fact that this is not necessarily the best way by which to measure the satisfaction, productivity, and meaningfulness of your life. If anything, focusing on money is a path to unhappiness as opposed to satisfaction. My colleagues and I find consistent evidence that people who feel time-affluent, and in control of their schedules, report greater happiness, less stress, better health. They’re less likely to get divorced. They’re more likely to choose jobs that are satisfying. Time is not money, but happiness.
*** end quote ***
“Time is money. It’s not. Money is time.” — Behavioral scientist Ashley Whillans
— 30 —
Also I like:
“Not to live as if you had endless years ahead of you. Death overshadows you. While you’re alive and able — be good.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
and
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Bertrand Russell
FWIW (For What It’s worth)
TANSTAAFL (“There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch” From Robert Heinlein’s classic)
faiwwypfi (Free Advice Is Worth What You Pay For It! ?zero?)
— 30 —
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Ashley Whillans, heuristic (rule of thumb), money, Nautilus, Time | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: Who said “better to be uninformed than misinformed.”
Sunday, June 22, 2025https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/12/03/misinformed/
“One must select wisely a source of news; otherwise it would be better to be uninformed than misinformed.” — Ezra Taft Benson
# – # – # – # – #
*** begin quote ***
Mark Twain? Denzel Washington? Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Fuller? Orville Hubbard? Ezra Taft Benson? Apocryphal?
Question for Quote Investigator: A cynical attitude toward the media is widespread today, but this is not a new development. Supposedly, Mark Twain made the following remark:
If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
Are these really the words of the famous humorist?
*** end quote ***
I love the investigation of quotes done on this website. They do a real service to prevent misattribution.
Kudos!
# – # – # – # – #
—30—
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Ezra Taft Benson, quoteinvestigator.com | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTES: Don’t let mistakes live rent free in your head
Wednesday, February 26, 2025“You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash
Today is the anniversary of the worst day in my life. While she and I always lived with the expectation it would happen, it still was metaphorical punch in the gut when it happened.
I wrote about it in my book long before it did happen.
“You can’t be afraid. It’s not right to be afraid. It’s as if you don’t trust the Lord with our lives. I’m not a big Bible Banger, but it seems rude to joggle God’s elbow. Like a little kid, who has no concept of what is happening.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 206
“My love, were it in my power, I would sadly grant thee this boon. But, we have to continue to follow His Plan for us. Let’s go forth and speak no more of this. Who ever is last will be last. It will be His choice; not ours. We’re but humble custodians of His temple on earth. It’s not our place to trump His plan. Whatever that plan be, know that I will be with you to my last breath.” — character “John” in CHURCH 10●19●62 Volume 2 Page 399
And each year I reflect on the thing I might have done to delay or prevent it.
“You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. Don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash
I have a theory that, unless you care crazy, you always make the best decisions among the available options at the time. Hence there are no “mistakes”. There are only choices that worked out well and those that worked out badly. Like in sports, doing the high percentage play doesn’t guarantee in the short run; maybe not even in the long run either.
Unfortunately, we live in the Fourth Dimension of Time. And, there’s no do overs to test other outcomes.
“… checked the Eternal Possibilities Machine, which generates all the possibilities for use in creating the alternative worlds. In all those probability lines …” CHURCH 10●19●62 (Vol 1) 978-0-557-08387-9 page 45
Wish I had that Eternal Possibilities Machine to go back and look at all the other paths possible and their results.
But, unfortunately, no such device exists. (Yet?)
So we just have to trudge along. “Let’s go forth and speak no more of this.”
So today ends my reflection. I’ll put the mental folder away for next year and put one foot in front of the other on my way to whatever life has in store for me next.
Sigh!
YMMV
—30—
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Eternal Possibilities Machine, Fourth Dimension of Time | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
QUOTE: Each morning … …
Saturday, February 22, 2025“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.”
– Groucho Marx
Leave a Comment » | Quotes | Tagged: Groucho Marx | Permalink
Posted by reinkefj
You must be logged in to post a comment.