"The rage for railroads is so great that many will be laid in parts where they will not pay."
~~~~~ George Stephenson (Letter to Joseph Sandars; December, 1824)
Showing posts with label prescience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prescience. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Thought for Today
Paging Governor Moonbeam! Paging Governor Moonbeam!
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Thought for Today
"A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself."
~~~~~ Joseph Pulitzer
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Thought for Today
"Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it."
~~~~~ C. P. Scott
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Thought for Today
"It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."
~~~~~ James Monroe
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thought for Today
"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
~~~~~ Edward Grey
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Thought for Today
"I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization."
~~~~~ Harry S. Truman
Monday, April 25, 2011
Thought for Today
"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
~~~~~ Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Bt., 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916
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