Phillip's Blog http://harlancomer.com/phillip/ en-us 2009-05-31T00:41:54-05:00 Obama studies U.S. history. Did he read this? http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000232 Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the... Quotes Phillip 2009-05-31T00:41:54-05:00 Wow! I'm speechless. http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000231 I'll pass this one on to my son: There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else. - Cyrus H. Curtis (1850 -... Quotes Phillip 2009-05-31T00:28:46-05:00 No reason (I swear!) http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000230 Contentment makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)... Quotes Phillip 2009-05-31T00:19:26-05:00 Easy to say, hard to do: http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000229 "Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." - Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)... Quotes Phillip 2009-05-08T22:50:09-05:00 <![CDATA[Another lesson to teach my son <wink>]]> http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000228 Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft! - Theodore Roosevelt (1858 1919)... Quotes Phillip 2009-04-09T13:27:37-05:00 One would hope their child could appreciate this http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000227 You are young, my son, and as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters. - Plato (427 B.C... Quotes Phillip 2009-04-09T13:26:23-05:00 Another Favorite Quote http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000226 I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)... Quotes Phillip 2009-04-09T13:25:43-05:00 Have I used this one before? http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000225 "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not." - Thomas Jefferson... Quotes Phillip 2009-03-18T19:55:24-05:00 Under the heading "Enjoy everything you do" http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_.html#000224 From "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh (wikipedia). It originally started out as a letter written to Brother Quang in 1974, which was then later translated and published. The cup in your hands - In the United States,... Phillip 2009-03-02T16:55:00-05:00 Books I'm Reading http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_books.html#000223 The Disciplined Investor Andrew Horowitz The Elegant Universe Brian Greene The Post-American World Fareed Zakaria The Course of Human Events David McCullough Outliers Malcolm Gladwell The Secret History of the American Empire John Perkins Snoop Sam Gosling Team of Rivals... Books Phillip 2009-02-23T21:26:05-05:00 Well... I guess I'm done! http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000222 There are more overweight people in America than average weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you've met your New Year's resolution. - Jay Leno Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.... Quotes Phillip 2009-01-23T20:38:59-05:00 No one can Make you unhappy. You let yourself BE unhappy. http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000221 The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. - James Oppenheimer... Quotes Phillip 2008-12-18T11:31:22-05:00 Confucius says::: http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000220 The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. - Confucius (551 B.C. - 479 B.C.)... Quotes Phillip 2008-12-18T10:57:45-05:00 Above the doors at the U.S. Library of Congress http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000219 "There's only one good namely knowledge And only one evil namely ignorance."... Quotes Phillip 2008-11-05T11:01:28-05:00 Is now a good time? http://harlancomer.com/phillip/archives/cat_quotes.html#000218 How about now? "When there is disaster, two things occur, change and opportunity." -- Old Chinese Proverb... Quotes Phillip 2008-10-19T20:54:12-05:00