Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought for the Day – Brice Union Taylor
Aim high; believe yourself capable of great things. You will succeed. – Brice Union Taylor Brice Union Taylor was a college football player. A running back, in 1925 he became the first All-American at the University of Southern California. This … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Francis Bacon
But men must know that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. -Francis Bacon Francis Bacon has been quoted here before. He flourished in late 16th and early 17th … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Slavery and Forward Thinking
Joseph Fossett spent ten years at his anvil and forge earning the money to buy back is wife and children. Others might be content with what was; he could think only in terms of what should be. – Henry Wiencek, … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – John F Kennedy
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life. – John F Kennedy John F Kennedy was always a great believer in the human spirit. No further proof … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Gerald Ford
Government will continue to be about as good as concerned and conscientious citizens make it. – Gerald Ford Gerald Ford was the 38th president of the United States, taking over during one of our most difficult times, following the resignation … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Robert Penn Warren
What is man but his passion? – Robert Penn Warren Robert Penn Warren (1905-89) was an American poet and writer and was the poet laureate for the Library of Congress in 1944 and earned three Pulitzer Prizes, one for fiction … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Alexandre Dumas
Thus Dantes who, three months previously, had desired nothing more than liberty, was no longer satisfied with that alone and aspired after riches. – Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas and The Count of Monte Cristo certainly … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Chuck Baldwin
In our desire to have government become our benefactor and sustainer, we have allowed it to become our taskmaster and overlord. As a result, we have become little more than well-fed, well-entertained slaves to the state. Freedom, as envisioned by … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Charles Bukowski
I closed my eyes and listened to the waves. Thousands of fish out there, eating each other. Endless mouths and assholes swallowing and shitting. The whole earth was nothing but mouths and assholes swallowing and shitting and fucking. – Charles … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Louis L’Amour
Riches are a claim to distinction for those who have no other right to it. Ancestry is most important to those who have done nothing themselves. – Louis L’Amour, The Walking Drum Louis L’Amour probably does not need an introduction; … Continue reading