Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say what they like but if anyone says anything back, it’s an outrage.
Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain
Category: Friday Quote
Friday Quote – Gregg Gutfield
A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than feminism ever could.
Gregg Gutfield, host of Fox’s “Red Eye”
Firearms are called “equalizers” for a reason. A woman armed with a gun does not have to belong to a man simply for protection against other men.
I swear Red Eye is the only program worth watching on Fox News.
Friday Quote – F. A. Hayek
The basic tools of civilization – language, morals, law, and money – are all the result of spontaneous growth and not of design.
F. A. Hayek, economist
Friday Quote – Bruce Lee
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor
This applies to my artistic as well as my philosophic sides.
Friday Quote – William Blum
No matter how paranoid or conspiracy minded you are, what the government is doing is worse this you imagine.
William Blum, former State Dept. Worker
My brother was telling me yesterday about discussions surrounding the security hole found in Apple’s iOS which necessitated the emergency patch, and that’s there’s been some discussion about whether the NSA might have turned an Apple employee or infiltrated Apple. Two years ago, this would have been tin-foil hat territory. Now, it seems scarily possible.
Friday Quote – Gerald Vernon
Black people have been programmed to think self-defense, our defense, is someone else’s responsibility – that good, honest, decent black people have nothing to do with guns, because guns are for white folks, police, and black criminals. I find it to be an absurd notion. The vast majority of gun laws in America have been aimed at disarming black people.
Gerald Vernon, Chicago native and veteran firearms instructor
This quote made the rounds on the Book of Face. I think it’s powerful enough to be restated.
It’s not about guns, it’s about control.
Friday Quote – Kenn Blanchard
The name Black Man With a Gun was not without some drama. It would work in the porn industry too.
Rev. Kenn Blanchard, in his book Black Man With a Gun Reloaded.
Brother Kenn is trying to crowdfund a book tour for Black Man With a Gun, Reloaded. If you have something you can throw in the bucket, please consider helping Kenn.
Friday Quote – Brandon Sanderson
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, and I’ll hire you as my lawyer.
Brandon Sanderon, in Alcatraz vs. the Shattered Lens
Sanderson does epic fantasy, well, epically. He also does a surprisingly good youth series. If you and your kids liked the Harry Potter series, I would recommend picking up a copy of Alcatraz Vs. the Evil Librarians.
Friday Quote – Thomas Sowell
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes expects to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?
Thomas Sowell, economist, author, commentator
I swear I could do the whole year with just quotes from Dr. Sowell.
Friday Quote – Alvin Toffler
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those that cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin Toffler, writer and futurist
This is “react, adapt, and overcome” raised to the next power.