“Those who tell the stories rule society.”
Widely cited on line [often attributed to Plato but I cannot find any specific place he supposedly said it, and it also turns up as native American wisdom. So I doubt Plato said it and if you know where he did please tell me, but if he did not say it he should have.]
“Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81/ Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81.”
Subject line/headline and text of email teaser from “NBC News Top Stories” December 29, 2022 [oh, that’s original a fashion maverick, whatever will they think of next, to shock the bourgeoisie?]
In my latest Epoch Times column I cite Canada’s swelling bureaucracy and shriveling RCMP and armed forces to illustrate that bad policy drives out good.
“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.”
John William Gardner, quoted as “Thought du jour” in “Social Studies” in Globe & Mail April 26, 2010
“Oh, pshaw! When ya’ can’t have what you choose, ya’ just choose what you have.”
The title character, regarding the food at Col. Cyrus Jones’ eating palace, in Owen Wister The Virginian
“The #UCP has no connection to the PCs. They’re a coalition of the religious & libertarian right. So it’s a coalition of anger & resentment. If you don’t have a chip on your shoulder you don’t belong – the least attractive place to be for balanced, rational people.”
Complete text of tweet by Canadian radio personality Charles Adler November 26, 2022 [assuming every balanced, rational person knows anger, resentment or both are the foundation of faith]
“Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have film.”
“Top 15 Taglines From the Internet” in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 3 No. 4 (Jan/Feb. 2000)
In my latest Loonie Politics column I berate Canadian “conservative” politicians for being as clueless about how to avoid wedge issues as they are spineless about how to approach them.