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The formula for personal happiness

04/14/2024 by Roy Sutton

Personal happiness is a feeling, not a circumstance.

Happiness is more than just fun or pleasure. It’s a more durable sense of well-being.

Our personal happiness depends not on what happens to us but on what happens within us.

It’s the way we choose to think about ourselves and our lives.

Gratitude and people are the most important factors which dictate our personal happiness.

Gratitude is all about being grateful for everything we have.

With people, it’s all about rewarding personal relationships.

Spending quality time with people whose company we enjoy is essential for our personal happiness. Equally avoiding those people who would make our lives difficult will increase our quality of life.

So the formula for personal happiness is actually quite simple.

Appreciate what you’ve got;
Don’t fret over things you haven’t got;
And enjoy the time you spend with your family and friends.

It takes discipline and practice to think positively. However, the ability to maintain a positive mental attitude is essential to our personal happiness.

So go on; start today. Be happy. Life’s far too short for a negative state of mind.

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How to ensure you’re a satisfied customer

04/04/2024 by Roy Sutton

Pay beforehand was never well served. ~English Proverb

Have you ever been in a situation where someone is trying to sell you something and seemingly they can’t do enough for you? They promise so much and they seem so keen to ensure that you enjoy a ‘great customer experience‘.

Then you buy; you part with your money; and suddenly everything changes.

They’d love to help you but that wasn’t included in the sale price, despite you having been given the impression that it was.

This is particularly true with a service, in my experience.

If you have a tradesman or woman doing work for you, for as long as they haven’t been paid, they’ll do just about anything and everything you ask.

Once they’ve been paid, “they’d love to help you but they’re far too busy”.

The moral of the story is that paying for a service before you’ve actually received it is always a mistake.

You won’t be well-served if they’ve already got your money, undoubtedly that’s a fact I’m afraid.

So my message to you is clear dear reader. You pay as little as possible upfront and retain as much as possible until the work has been finished to your complete satisfaction.

Do that and you’ll always be sure to get a job well done. Part with your money first and you’ll be a hostage to fortune.

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Success Secrets: How your life can be better than it is now

03/31/2024 by Roy Sutton

How is life for you? Perhaps you’re lucky and you have a great job, a nice house, a fancy car, a loving family and a lifestyle which is the envy of your neighbours. If that’s you then well done but there’s nothing for you here. If you’ve achieved all that then you don’t need any success secrets from me.

If it is you then I must tell you, you’re in a minority. However, I’m guessing you’re not part of that minority. Am I right? Statistically, you’re much more likely to be a member of life’s majority. Those people with a desire for their lives to be better but who for whatever reason cannot translate that desire into something that’s better.

Statistically, you’re more likely to be part of that group of people constantly on the lookout for success secrets. People searching for the ‘secret sauce‘ if you like. You’re not alone of course but I hope this post will help you.

Why is it that some people are successful and others are not?

What secrets do the successful know that the unsuccessful do not know?

Can anyone be successful? The simple answer is yes.

However unsuccessful people tend to think it’s not possible, so they don’t try. They just accept what they’re given as if that’s all they can expect from life. It’s almost as if they say to themselves, this is all life has for me. It’s like they believe that there are no success secrets.

Well, I must tell you now, if it’s not obvious to you, life can be better. Life is what you make it. Within reason, you can be whatever you want to be. You can have more. Other people do, so why not you?

Right now, where you are is where you are. It doesn’t really matter. What matters is that you don’t have to remain where you are. You’re not a tree, you can move. You can change. You can decide that your life will be different. And you can work towards something that’s better.

Your life really can be better than it is and you can be better than you are. However for it to be better you have to believe it can be better and you have to believe that you can turn it around. In fact, you have to believe in success secrets.

One thing all successful people have in common is a belief that something different can happen and they can make it happen. They don’t allow anyone to tell them it can’t be done. They know what they want and they’re determined to get it.

Some might consider them delusional but successful people see it as self-belief. They won’t accept that they cannot do something because intuitively they know, if they try hard enough, then anything is possible. If they decide what they want and strive for what they want, they just know that somehow they can get it. The price is determination and hard work but they’re willing to pay that price.

Successful people know that when faced with an elephant you cannot swallow it whole. However, it can be eaten one bite at a time.

If you’re building a wall then you don’t start with the entire wall. You start with a single brick and you get that right. Then once that’s securely in place you move on to the next brick and then the next and the next and so on. Pretty soon if you stick at it long enough you’ll have the whole wall.

Successful people know that they can’t get to where they want to go in one single leap. They know you get there gradually, one step at a time. And if you want to be successful, it starts with taking the first step.

Readers familiar with Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) will know that if you want to be successful you look for successful people, identify what they do and then copy that model. The idea is that if it worked for them then there’s a good chance it will work for you too. Most successful people will have had role models they’ve copied at various times.

So if you want to be successful look around for successful people and listen to what they have to say. Most people would accept that Will Smith is successful. In the video included here, he shares his thoughts on the secrets of success.

His observations are interesting and well worth a few minutes of your time. I can recommend them to you.

Why you should teach your children that failure doesn’t matter

03/28/2024 by Roy Sutton

1. What is success?

We all want our children to reach their full potential, don’t we?

We want our children to lead lives in which they’re happy and fulfilled. I’m sure you’ll agree, dear reader.

My definition of success is, “Continually doing the best I can to exploit my full potential while making sure that I enjoy every day as it comes along.”

I don’t want to live forever but I do want to live right now.

There are many things I want. Firstly, I want to enjoy the work I do. I want to be stretched, growing in character and strength all the time. And even as an increasingly mature adult, I remain keen to learn something new every day. If I keep learning, I won’t become old before my time.

My philosophy about life and success I gained from my parents and it’s something I try to pass on to the next generation.

Essentially, my philosophy is that it’s better to try and fail than it is to spend the rest of my life wondering what might have been.

If I try, either I’ll succeed or I’ll learn a valuable lesson. And if it proves to be a lesson, then it will be one I won’t forget. In other words, I can’t lose.

2. There’s no such thing as a failure:

There are two things you should always remember about what we refer to as failure:

There’s no such thing as failure. There are just outcomes you didn’t want and opportunities to learn and try again.
Failure is an outcome; it’s never a person. A person cannot be a failure, ever!

Unfortunately, we often label people as failures, and that label’s burden can become something hard to bear and even harder to shake off.

Parents and teachers can often be guilty of this, however unintentionally.

Teach children that it’s much more important to try and that they should never worry about failure.

If children can appreciate that failure is just an outcome other than what they wanted, they’ll be better placed to learn the lessons and do better next time.

And those lessons learned will be more valuable to children than anything an adult can tell them.

If you tell me the stove is hot, I may not remember. If I burn my hand on a hot stove, I’ll only do it once, and I’ll never forget it. That’s a valuable commodity known as experience.

If we keep trying, we’ll learn, and if we keep learning, eventually we can all be successful.

3. Teach your children well:

The best way to teach children about success is to teach them that failure is not a bad thing. It’s an essential ingredient for achieving success.

Teach children never to fear failure. As long as they learn the lessons, then failure doesn’t matter at all.

So teach your children to have a go and to make sure they enjoy the experience along the way too.

Let them know that either they’ll succeed or they’ll learn a lesson. Either way, they’ll gain, and of course, they’ll grow in character too.

Remember that we can only truly appreciate success if we’ve experienced a few failures along the way. And to fail occasionally helps keep us humble too, and that’s no bad thing, is it?

4. Force for good

If you think about it, failure is a force for good.

Failure is simply a natural part of life and learning. No one starts as a master of their craft. Every successful person starts as a complete beginner.

Everyone fails occasionally, and at any given time, we’re more likely to fail than we are to succeed.

Learning from failure makes us wiser, of course, and it makes us tougher too. It builds character.

Failure is never desirable as such, but it’s very useful. It’s also inevitable, at least sometimes.

The only way to avoid failure is to avoid risks and challenges, and then you cannot learn and you cannot grow as a person. If you never try anything, you can never be anything. And what would be the point of that?

5. Secret to success

The secret to success is to use all your unsuccessful experiences as stepping stones to achieving your goals.

Failure is never final and we should not allow an unsuccessful experience to discourage us or cause us to give up. All too often, people give up just as they’re on the verge of success.

REMEMBER: Failure is not, nor will it ever be, a person.

Next time your child gets an outcome he or she didn’t want, reassure him or her that, though it might be disappointing, it’s not a problem, and they should never think otherwise.

Always reassure them that a failure is simply an opportunity to learn a lesson and try again. However, make sure they recognize the lesson to be learned.

Anyone experiencing failure should simply reflect on their actions and the outcome to discover the underlying lesson within.

Then we simply use the knowledge gained to guide future efforts.

Perseverance and persistence will get us there in the end.

Teach your children well, but never, ever allow them to believe they’re in any way a failure. Just encourage them to use the experience of undesirable outcomes to be a bit smarter next time.

Do that, and you’ll prepare them well for their life ahead.

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Unleash Your Inner Power: 33 Motivational Quotes for Success

03/12/2024 by Roy Sutton

You can be more than you are, dear reader. Your life can be better, and you can be more successful. To encourage you, today I offer you 30 short but powerful motivational quotes for success.

Pick one or two of them that resonate with you and pin them on the wall in front of your workspace.

Success can be achieved, and many people do. So can you!

Decide what it is you want from life, and then go out there and get it.

Yes, you will need to work hard. Yes, you will need to be disciplined and persistent. However, you can achieve your goals when you have something to aim for.

Don’t be afraid to rise to the challenge. You’ll achieve success in the same way that you’d eat an elephant. One bite at a time!

So, go for it!

Motivational Quotes for Success (1-11):

Never give up!
Mindset is everything.
Don’t bark if you can’t bite.
A jealous friend is an enemy.
Never forget why you started.
Don’t give power to the problem.
I never lose. Either I win or I learn.
Every master was once a beginner.
Tough situations build strong people.
Your best teacher is your last mistake.
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.

Motivational Quotes for Success (12-22):

I’m built from every mistake I’ve made.
The more you learn, the more you earn.
The past is to be learned from, not lived in.
Your worth is who you are, not what you have.
Don’t change your goals. Change your strategy.
Be around people who feed your soul, not eat it.
Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.
Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.
Your attitude matters. You won’t get far with a bad one.
Big results come from making a little progress every day.
What you used to be is irrelevant. What matters is what you could become.

Motivational Quotes for Success (23-33):

Consistency beats talent.
Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.
Success has enemies. Some are closer to home than you think.
Stop doubting yourself. You’re better than you think you are.
Mistakes are valuable. They teach you lessons you’ll never forget.
Success is not an accident, it’s the direct result of a lot of hard work.
You can learn more from observation than you can from conversation.
Your future is created by what you do, not by what you think you might do.
There’s no such thing as failure, only outcomes you didn’t want, and valuable experience gained.
Nothing worth having ever comes easy, but you can achieve your goals with persistence, discipline, and hard work.
Greatness comes from being challenged, not from being comfortable. Never be afraid to step out of your comfort zone.

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7 inspirational quotes about experience

03/11/2024 by Roy Sutton

Today I want to explore some quotes about experience.

Education is a fine thing, but nothing beats experience, in my opinion.

There is nothing anyone can tell you that will be more valuable to you than doing it for yourself, getting your fingers burned and learning from the experience.

You’ll forget many things you were taught in a classroom but you won’t forget your mistakes, mishaps and the experience you got from them.

So don’t worry about making mistakes for mistakes can be pure gold, provided you don’t repeat them too often.

From mistakes, you’ll get experience and experience is a valuable and much sought-after commodity.

As a hiring manager, I value people with experience. The more experience you have the less likely you are to make mistakes whilst you’re on my payroll. So it’s good business to hire for experience I think.

However, let me add that I’m not dismissing the value of education. I can tell you now that education is important too, dear reader. Not necessarily a college or university education but certainly through reading, listening and learning. What you might call self-education.

Learning is an investment in you and it can pay great dividends.

The higher your level of education, the more you can earn potentially. Learning is a lifelong process, so don’t forget you must always keep your knowledge current.

And if you have both experience and knowledge then you can go as far as your ambition and determination will take you.

Here are seven inspirational quotes about experience to reinforce today’s message.

Quotes about experience:

The only source of knowledge is experience. ~Albert Einstein
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. ~Oscar Wilde
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. ~Paulo Coelho
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Experience is the teacher of all things. ~Julius Caesar
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. ~Mao Zedong
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~Helen Keller

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99 Short proverbs about life (you’ll just love No 54)

01/18/2024 by Roy Sutton

Travel around the world, and you’ll hear so many insightful, short proverbs about life and how best to deal with it.

Now I believe that the best education you can have is at the University of Life.

In my time at the University of Life, I’ve travelled to more than 70 countries, and I now have several journals of proverbs from around the world that I’ve collected along the way.

So, today I’ve put together another batch of those short proverbs about life that appeal to me.

In the era of COVID-19, in particular, Number 54 resonated with me.

So take a few minutes to reflect on them all, and then see how many of these little bite-sized pieces of wisdom you can work into your day.

Short proverbs about life (1-20):

Even silence speaks. ~Hausa Proverb
A stumble is not a fall. ~Haitian Proverb
As you teach, you learn. ~Jewish Proverb
Need is a bad negotiator. ~Icelandic Proverb
Blame is a lazy man’s wage. ~Danish Proverb
The bitter heart eats its owner. ~Bantu Proverb
Mewing cats catch no mice. ~Georgian Proverb
Nothing is easy to the unwilling. ~Gaelic Proverb
All married women or not wives. ~Japanese Proverb
A big chair does not make a king. ~Sudanese Proverb
No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
Prepare your proof before you argue. ~Jewish Proverb
When deeds speak, words are nothing. ~African Proverb
Ask for advice, then use your head. ~Norwegian Proverb
Evil thoughts often come from idleness. ~Gaelic Proverb
Fear an ignorant man more than a lion. ~Kurdish Proverb
It’s easier to give orders than to work. ~Lithuanian Proverb
A bad worker always blames his tools. ~Traditional Proverb
Always tell the truth in the form of a joke. ~Armenian Proverb
The noisiest drum has nothing but air inside. ~Filipino Proverb

Short proverbs about life (21-40):

A disease known is half cured. ~Irish Proverb
A contented man is always rich. ~Latin Proverb
Locks keep out only the honest. ~Jewish Proverb
Useful trees are cut down first. ~ Korean Proverb
Gold glitters even in the mud. ~Lithuanian Proverb
A dog with a bone knows no friend. ~Dutch Proverb
As he thinks in his heart, so he is. ~Jewish Proverb
A man dies when he stops working. ~Hebrew Proverb
Promised berries will not fill the basket. ~Latvian Proverb
He who puts up with insults invites injury. ~Jewish Proverb
The wise man will be cheated only once. ~Finnish Proverb
Examine what’s said, not who is speaking. ~African Proverb
A man is known by the company he keeps. ~Gaelic Proverb
Put it off for one day, and ten days will pass. ~Korean Proverb
For every wise man, there’s one who’s still wiser. ~Kurdish Proverb
Bad is called good when worse happens. ~Norwegian Proverb
If you can’t use your eyes, follow your nose. ~Latvian Proverb
People show their character through what they laugh at. ~German Proverb
Don’t insult the alligator until you’ve crossed the river. ~Haitian Proverb
Calm water does not mean there are no crocodiles. ~Indonesian Proverb

Short proverbs about life (41-60):

A fish gets bigger when it gets away. ~Japanese Proverb
You cannot strike a face that is smiling. ~Korean Proverb
The wise man will be cheated only once. ~Finnish Proverb
He who knows nothing doubts nothing. ~Brazilian Proverb
Five fingers are brothers, but not equals. ~Afghan Proverb
Against stupidity, God himself is helpless. ~Jewish Proverb
A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth. ~Irish Proverb
Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake. ~Persian Proverb
Nothing is difficult if you’re used to it. ~Indonesian proverb
Make a friend when you don’t need one. ~Jamaican Proverb
Who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure. ~Jewish Proverb
By getting angry, you show you’re wrong. ~Malagasy Proverb
Eggs have no business dancing with stones. ~Haitian Proverb
Do it today. Tomorrow it might be forbidden. ~Finnish Proverb
A man grows most tired while standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands. ~Jewish Proverb
Boil the water and the scum will rise to the top. ~Berber Proverb
You can’t take the milk back from the coffee. ~Jamaican Proverb
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen. ~Jewish Proverb
A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish Proverb

Short proverbs about life (61-80):

Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile. ~Jewish Proverb
If you’re not going to bite, don’t show your teeth. ~Ivorian Proverb
Listen with one ear, be suspicious with the other. ~Laotian Proverb
Bargain like a gypsy but pay like a gentleman. ~Hungarian Proverb
A dog that barks all the time gets no attention. ~Argentine Proverb
To a starving man, bread is sweeter than honey. ~Lithuanian Proverb
Never beat a snake when you haven’t seen its head. ~Swazi Proverb
The only truly dead are those who’ve been forgotten. ~Jewish Proverb
Give a blind man eyes and he will ask for eyebrows. ~Georgian Proverb
Don’t insult the alligator until you’ve crossed the river. ~Haitian Proverb
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. ~Lebanese Proverb
Those who can’t dance say the music is no good. ~Jamaican Proverb
A bad word whispered will echo one hundred miles. ~Chinese Proverb
A fool and water will go the way they are directed. ~Ethiopian Proverb
When a habit begins to cost money, it’s called a hobby. ~Jewish Proverb
Only your friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Burmese Proverb
He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others. ~Galician Proverb
A closed mouth and open eyes never did anyone harm. ~German Proverb
The Sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to know one. ~Jewish Proverb

Short proverbs about life (81-99):

A good conversation is better than a good bed. ~Ethiopian proverb
Romance without finance doesn’t stand a chance. African-American Proverb
Be happy while you’re living for you’re a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
A joke is often the hole through which the truth whistles. ~Japanese Proverb
The coroner and the lawyer grow fat on the quarrels of fools. ~Gaelic Proverb
Keep your eye on girls that don’t tell the mothers everything. ~Luxembourg Proverb.
Never wrestle with a strong man, not bring a rich man to court. ~Latvian Proverb
Don’t be so much in love that you can’t tell when it’s raining. ~Malagasy Proverb
If there were no fools, how would we recognise the wise? ~Norwegian Proverb
Offer the lazy man an egg, and he’ll want you to peel it for him. ~Lithuanian Proverb
A chameleon does not leave one tree until he’s sure of another. ~Arab Proverb
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your tongue. ~Jewish Proverb
Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. ~Korean Proverb
Consider the fact seven times before you suspect someone. ~Japanese Proverb
Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match. ~Creole Proverb
Cold tea and cold rice are bearable, but cold looks and cold words are not. ~Japanese Proverb
Offer the lazy man an egg, and he will want you to peel it for him. ~Lithuanian Proverb
If the rich could hire someone else to die, the poor would make a wonderful living. ~Jewish Proverb
Better to have a thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it. ~Lebanese Proverb

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How to overcome laziness in 4 steps

01/04/2024 by Roy Sutton

Laziness can get the best of us, can’t it?

We’d all love to be more productive, but often we lack the energy and drive.

Do you ever feel a little work-shy and sluggish, dear reader? If you do, you’re not alone.

The problem is that if we don’t deal with our laziness, we can never get anything done.

And if we don’t get anything done, work and chores all pile up, which increases our stress levels. Small jobs can become very big jobs if we get into the habit of leaving things for another day.

And that makes it even harder for us to get going and get things done.

We have to be on top of our work all the time, whether we’re in the office or at home.

And to do that, we have to be on top of our feelings of laziness and force ourselves to get going if necessary.

Do you need help to overcome your laziness? Don’t worry; help is at hand.

How To Overcome Laziness In 4 Steps: The Video

In this short video, Emil Ihsan-Alexander Torabi offers some useful advice on how you can overcome your inclination to laziness, should it be a problem for you.

We can all be lazy at times, and I’m as guilty as the next person. However, the tips in this video have helped me, so I recommend them to you.

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Change habits and you can change your life

12/23/2023 by Roy Sutton

Is your life not quite going in the direction you’d like it to go, dear reader?

Somehow, you can’t quite achieve the results you’d like to achieve. Would that be true?

In the video included here, Bob Proctor explains that the reason you’re stuck and can’t get the results you want is likely to be because of a paradigm.

And what’s a paradigm?

Well, Bob goes on to explain what paradigms are and how they are formed.

He also explains how change can be achieved.

If change is something you’d like to achieve, then this is a really interesting presentation; it is fairly short but worth watching.

I recommend it to you, so take a few minutes and check it out now.

Change your habits:

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25 thoughtful quotes about politics and power

12/08/2023 by Roy Sutton

Today, I’ve curated some thoughtful quotes about politics and power.

In doing so, I’m hoping it’ll get you thinking about, and perhaps even participating in, something that rules our lives but isn’t given anywhere near the scrutiny it merits.

Politicians on all sides frequently take us all for fools, and the sad thing is we let them. That must change, surely?

They do what they do because they know that they can get away with it, at least most of the time.

It’s time we all let them know that we’ll not allow them to get away with it anymore.

Politics has become nothing more than show business for people who lack both talent and an engaging personality. And yet, they all seem to get rich without adding any real value to our lives at all.

So, let your local politician know that you’ve got your eye on them and you won’t be putting up with any nonsense.

Quotes about politics and power (1-15):

Don’t vote. It only encourages them. ~Billy Connolly
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. ~Napoléan Bonaparte
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. ~Stewart Udall
We have the best Government that money can buy. ~Mark Twain
I love to go to Washington if only to be near my money. ~Bob Hope
We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office. ~Aesop
For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. ~Noam Chomsky
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno
A politician is a fellow who’ll lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. ~Winston Churchill
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate. ~Eric Idle
I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally. ~Bill Maher
Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. ~Pericles
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. ~Frank Herbert
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. ~Maureen Murphy

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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ~Douglas Adams
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson
You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn’t long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena. ~Jon Stewart
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. ~George Burns
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. ~Ronald Reagan
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months, you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months, you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here. ~Harry S Truman
Take our politicians; they’re a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with the encyclopedia of clichés the first prize. ~Saul Bellow

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