Jasonisms

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. ~ Pericles When people ask me why I studied Political Science in College I always give some long-winded answer regarding politics touching each and every aspect of our lives, but I'll have to remember this thousands year old quote going forward. It's much more succinct and to the point than any answer I've ever give. Oddly enough, it also parallels that other saying about the Devil (if you believe in such things): you may not believe in the Devil, but he believes in you . Of course, this also applies to your particular god or prophet, as well: You may not believe in/love Jesus, but he loves you . Or, you may not believe in Buddha, but he believes in you.

Priceless!! I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall". ~ Eleanor Roosevelt, From a speech given at the White Shrine Club, Fresno, California, quoted in The Event Makers I’ve Known (2012) by Elvin C. Bell, p. 161. She is described as being in her late 70s, so c. 1960–1962 #quote

"Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride." ~Dave Karlotski

" Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them ." Orison Swett Marden

"Come to the edge," he said. They said: "We are afraid." "Come to the edge," he said. They came. He pushed them, And they flew... - Guillaume Apollinaire

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation." ~ Pearl S. Buck ~ It's called progress. The youthful always challenge the status quo. It's inevitable that they do and it's inevitable that they eventually succeed.

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has but one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all it's citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." ~ Harry S. Truman ~ Or, at least where the opposition voices live in fear of their government.

" He was a wide man who invented God ." ~Plato~

"The difference between a religion and a delusion is the number of people who share it." ~ Anonymous ~

" Ireland is a prime example of what the [Catholic] church is facing, because they made this island into a concentration camp where they could control everything. And the control was really all about sex. They told you if you masturbated, it meant you were impure and had allowed the devil to work on you. Generations of people were crucified with guilt complexes. Now the game is up ." Patrick Hederman

" Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it ." - Michael Jordan

" Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit -- a magic blend of skill, faith and valor -- that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory ." ~ Walter Lord, World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C .

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength."  ~unknown~

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

" It can't be seen, smelled, felt, measured, or understood, therefore let's worship it ." ~anonymous

"If you seek to understand the whole universe you will understand nothing at all -- but seek to understand yourself and you will understand the whole universe." ~ Druidic Axiom

" People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing ."  ~Dale Carnegie And yet, when sitting in an interview and asked what I feel is one of the most important aspects of creating a team of individuals who will be solid performers I always get a dirty look when I include morale as a needed aspect to a productive team.  You know, it worked in the Army and it works in corporate environments: a happy worker is a productive worker.  When you brow-beat and micromanage people find reasons to not perform to their utmost ability but rather they visit Facebook, Twitter how they hate their jobs and take longer breaks. I'm not saying managers and employers have to acquiesce to the needs of their employees, but a little morale goes a long way.  Something simple like catering lunch once in a while, doughnut days or something equally simple but morale building.  Of course, a day of laser-tag or another random act of kindness doesn't hurt either. 

Saw this quote today and loved it, so I'm sharing: ‎"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."   - Horace Mann

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain it's success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." ~Niccolo Machiavelli~

"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function."  ~Garrison Keillor~