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“It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.”

AK — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:16:46 +0000

-Inscription at a memorial at the Hoover Dam. “It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.” is a post from: [...]

“It is fitting that the flag of our country should fly here in honor of those men who, inspired by a vision of lonely lands made fruitful, conceived this great work and of those others whose genius and labor made that vision a reality.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“The path forward is always clear if you narrow your time horizon to the moment at hand.”

AK — Sat, 15 May 2010 20:55:48 +0000

-Anonymous “The path forward is always clear if you narrow your time horizon to the moment at hand.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“The path forward is always clear if you narrow your time horizon to the moment at hand.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“Whether we like it or not, the American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

AK — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:27:04 +0000

-Gerald Ford The line after that? “If we want to restore confidence in ourselves as working politicians, the first thing we all have to do is to learn to say no.” http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=4694 “Whether we like it or not, the American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know [...]

“Whether we like it or not, the American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“Always have the courage to stand up for what you believe in; even if you stand alone.”

AK — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:09:24 +0000

-Anonymous “Always have the courage to stand up for what you believe in; even if you stand alone.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“Always have the courage to stand up for what you believe in; even if you stand alone.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“It is not things themselves that trouble us, but our thoughts about those things.”

AK — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:35:58 +0000

-Epictetus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus “It is not things themselves that trouble us, but our thoughts about those things.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“It is not things themselves that trouble us, but our thoughts about those things.” is a post from: My Reference Frame

“Human decisions affecting the future, whether personal or political or economic, cannot depend on strict mathematical expectation, since the basis for making such calculations does not exist.”

AK — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:22 +0000

-John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. New York: First Harbinger Edition, 1964. pp. 162-63. Emphasis on the word strict. “Human decisions affecting the future, whether personal or political or economic, cannot depend on strict mathematical expectation, since the basis for making such calculations does not exist.” is a post from: My Reference [...]

“Human decisions affecting the future, whether personal or political or economic, cannot depend on strict mathematical expectation, since the basis for making such calculations does not exist.” is a post from: My Reference Frame