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21 thought-provoking quotes about strength

07/23/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, I am exploring quotes about strength.

Life can be overwhelming sometimes, can’t it? We all experience pressure and problems. If that’s you, dear reader, then you’re not alone.

In times of trial, it’s easy to feel like you’re not strong enough to cope.

However, it is through life’s challenges that character is forged.

If you can keep going through your most difficult times, then you’ll become stronger as a result.

Remember this: you’re a lot stronger than you think.

You have enormous strength within you, so dig deep.

Keep going, and never let anything beat you.

You’re as good as anyone. If others can, so can you.

And to help you keep it all in perspective, here are 21 thought-provoking quotes about strength:

Quotes about strength:

Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it. ~Joel Osteen
Tough times never last, but tough people do. ~Robert H. Schuller
There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher. ~Usain Bolt
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. ~Napoleon Hill
Be very strong and be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion. ~Alberto Juantorena
A single arrow is easily broken; a bundle of ten is not. ~Japanese Proverb
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ~Arnold Schwarzenegger
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ~Walt Disney
There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. ~Booker T. Washington
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. ~Vernon Howard
Little strokes fell great oaks. ~Ben Franklin
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. ~Hermann Hesse
We gain strength and courage and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do that which we think we cannot. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~Mahatma Gandhi
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
You have power over your mind; not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength. ~Marcus Aurelius
Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. ~Susan Gale
Anyone can give up it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength. ~Author Unknown
Fall down seven times, get up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Strong people don’t put people down. They lift them up! ~Author Unknown

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Work and Money: Which is more important?

07/22/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, let’s discuss work and money.

How often are we tempted to do something just for the money?

Indeed, I’ve done many things for money alone, and perhaps you have too, dear reader.

In my experience, it has always proved to be a mistake because no amount of money can compensate you for the drudgery of doing something you hate.

And more importantly, if you hate what you’re doing, you’re unlikely to do it very well, are you? It’s hard to feel motivated to do something you hate, surely?

Work and money:

My message today is simple. If you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, you won’t do it well. And if you don’t do it well, eventually you’ll come unstuck. And so it’s all going to end in tears, very probably.

Conversely, if you genuinely enjoy what you’re doing, it’ll hardly seem like work at all, and you’ll be motivated to do it well and produce the best results possible.

Do it well, and people will notice. Once they start to notice, your career will begin to move forward and upward. Every hiring manager wants someone with a track record for delivering exceptional results.

So never do anything for money alone. Money is nice to have, of course, and none of us can get by these days without it. However, life’s too short to spend your time doing something you hate.

Find a job that’s right for you first, and then work hard to master your trade. Improve at it, become more valuable, and then maximise your income.

When you’re producing exceptional results, never forget to ensure you’re getting paid what you’re worth.

It should never be about the money, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore your value and undervalue yourself. It’s about work and the value you can add first, and then it’s about ensuring you’re suitably rewarded for the value you deliver.

Be a dedicated professional, of course, but don’t be a mug. Just because it’s not about the money doesn’t mean you should ignore the money.

You may not be driven by money, but it’s fair to accept the reward for your efforts.

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3 things you need to know about money

07/21/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, I’d like you to consider some key things you need to know about money, dear reader. In other words, think about what it all means to have money.

It’s natural to dream about being rich, of course.

Most people dream about being able to buy whatever they want and go anywhere and everywhere they’d like to go, possibly even in a private jet.

The attraction of having that pot of gold is why a lot of people will chase every rainbow.

However, while money is necessary for sustaining life, there are some things you should understand about money.

Here are three of them:

Things you need to know about money:

1. Having money brings its own pressures:

A great fortune is a great slavery. ~Seneca

It’s reasonable to want to create wealth and build a fortune. Everyone wants to feel financially secure. Why wouldn’t you?

However, being financially secure doesn’t mean you’ll have a life without problems and worry.

You’ll encounter different problems and other things to worry about.

No one goes through life without problems. Dealing with problems and challenges is an inevitable part of human existence.

Put simply, having money brings its own pressures.

Once you’ve got money, your biggest concern will be to ensure that you hang on to it.

Inevitably, that means you can become a slave to managing your money, preserving its capital value, and protecting your fortune.

Being wealthy may be a nice problem to have, but it’s no less of a problem for that.

So keep it all in perspective.

2. Money can never be more important than people:

We love to earn money; who doesn’t? It gets you things. ~Katie Price

Earning money is excellent, as it allows you to buy both the things you want and the things you need. However, money won’t take care of you when you’re ill.

Yes, it might enable you to hire some help.

However, that’s not the same as having someone around who genuinely cares about your well-being. That someone for whom you matter much more than money ever will.

In my experience, while money is important, nothing in our lives matters more than friends and loved ones. Human beings are social animals. So, only people really matter to us.

Never focus on money to the point where you neglect the people who should matter most to you. Forget about them, and eventually, they will forget about you.

You can have all the money in the world, but you’ll have nothing at all without friends and loved ones.

Please go out and earn as much money as you can, and enjoy it too. Fill your boots, as they say.

However, always maintain a sense of balance in your life and make sure that you allocate some time for the people who matter most to you.

An investment of your time in the people you love is an investment that will pay dividends.

3. Money is a precious resource, so use it wisely:

A penny saved is a penny earned. ~Benjamin Franklin

I make no apology for repeating Benjamin Franklin’s money mantra, repeated frequently by generations of well-meaning parents to their profligate children. It’s as valid today as it was in his day.

Whether Franklin was referring to money saved when making purchases or money saved from income is not obvious in his statement, but that doesn’t matter.

The underlying point is that you must be cautious with your finances, as saving money is the key to building wealth and achieving financial independence. No one ever got rich by wasting their money.

Money, like time, is a precious resource, so use it wisely.

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How much should I be paid?

07/20/2025 by Roy Sutton

Dear reader, have you ever asked yourself the question, “How much should I be paid?” Probably is the answer, I would guess. Most people do at some point. Indeed, it’s a question I’ve asked myself many times.

We live in challenging economic times, so we’re all keen to ensure that we earn as much as we can. The question is, how much?

What is work?

In the modern age, people often prioritise their careers, losing sight of what work is truly about.

A career is a natural progression of jobs within a given profession or industry, through which we develop our skills and gain experience over time. Each of those jobs represents work.

In simple terms, work is just doing something for someone in return for money. Essentially, we provide a service or solve a problem, and an employer is our customer.

We’re paid to deliver results for the employer, with a strong emphasis on delivery.

How much should I be paid?

The financial reward you get for the work you do is based on two things:

The value you can add, and
The laws of supply and demand (also known as the market rate).

The value you can add is directly proportional to the skills you have and your knowledge and experience of the profession or industry in which you are seeking to work.

The supply and demand for your skills and experience within the job market will dictate how much an employer will be prepared to pay.

Why don’t businesses pay people more?

Essentially, labour is a commodity. By definition, a commodity is something that can only be differentiated in terms of price.

None of us will pay more for a commodity than necessary.

For example, suppose you want to buy a loaf of bread, and in one store, it costs $1, while in another store, the same loaf costs $1.50. Which store will you buy from? The $1 store, obviously, because that’s what any rational person would do. Why would anyone pay more than they must?

Businesspeople think in the same way.

Businesses exist to make a profit. Profit is sales income less costs, and, almost always, the biggest cost for any business is the cost of labour.

So, businesses will not pay any more than they must for people. Why would anyone expect it to be otherwise?

An employer doesn’t care about what you think you’re worth.

Your worth to the business will be judged solely on the potential value you can add, as well as the availability and demand for your skills and experience.

How do I measure the value I add?

Essentially, value is another way of saying your skills and experience, dear reader.

Alternatively, for an entry-level job, your value would be your potential.

If an employer is seeking a junior staff member for training, then your aptitude and qualifications would be a proxy for the value you could potentially add once your training has been completed.

I think I’m worth more:

If you think you’re being paid less than you deserve, then you have two options:

Go to your boss and request a raise, or
Test the (job) market.

Either way, you need to do your homework first.

Request a raise:

Before speaking to your boss about a raise, do some basic research on pay rates for similar jobs to yours with a requirement for the same skills and experience that you offer.

Also, identify at least three significant things that you do in your current role that make a real difference to the company. Ideally, these should be things only you can do.

Also, consider how you can do those things you do best more efficiently to enhance your productivity.

Test the market:

Even if you’re otherwise happy with your current employer, it can be worth putting yourself about a bit in the job market to see what other companies would be willing to pay you.

Apply for some other jobs and see what companies are willing to pay you.

And remember, most companies know that they’ll have to offer an uplift of at least 20% on your current salary to persuade you to take the risk of leaving your current employer, certainly if you’re highly skilled.

Once you’ve received a suitable offer, you then have two choices.

Either you accept the offer and move to the new employer, or you take that offer to your current employer and see whether they’re willing to match it.

I have done this more than once, and it does work.

Given the cost to the employer of losing a highly valued member of the team, most employers will match an offer rather than lose you.

And if they’re willing to let you leave, then they didn’t value you, and therefore, you might as well go.

How do I earn more?

Another way to think about this is, how do you make yourself more valuable?

You should continually build your value.

If you want to earn more, then learn more.

Work hard on building your experience as well. Be willing and ready to accept new challenges, however daunting, for rough seas make skilled sailors.

Become the ‘go-to’ person for some activity that is perceived as valuable to the business.

Your focus should be on ‘what you’re becoming’ rather than any short-term gain, and eventually, you have a good chance of becoming very valuable.

Think about it this way. Whatever you’re doing, you’re just there to serve customers and solve problems for them.

There will always be customers for goods and services, some of which have yet to be invented. Goods and services are another way of saying problems customers have that need a solution, and you’re the provider of that solution.

The greater the skills and experience required to solve those problems, the more you will earn, assuming you have those skills and expertise.

Know the market rate:

Every business keeps a close eye on the market rates for given skills and experience. They do this to ensure that they’re not overpaying.

You should keep a close eye on market rates, too, to ensure that you’re not being underpaid for what you’re doing.

In short, you must be very disciplined and businesslike in your approach to work and selling your skills.

Think of yourself as a small business providing goods and services to your boss, your colleagues, and the customers of the company for which you work.

Conclusion:

You won’t get paid more than you’re worth.

However, if you continually increase your value by learning and building your skills and experience, you can earn more.

Choose a highly skilled discipline with high demand and an undersupply of potential candidates, and you can earn a lot of money.

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The Value of Time: Life’s most precious resource

07/19/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, I am exploring the value of time.

Life’s most precious resource:

Let me ask you a question first. What is life’s most precious resource, dear reader?

Now, many readers might say money.

However, think about it for a second.

Certainly, money is a vital resource, particularly in the modern era. And for most people, there’s never quite enough.

Nevertheless, you can always get more money. You can start a business; you can earn a bigger salary; you could win the lottery; you could even sell some of your possessions, if necessary.

So, in that sense, money is not a limited resource. You can get more of it.

The importance of time:

If money’s not the most precious resource, how about time?

We often fail to appreciate the significance of time, and most of us can be quite wasteful of it, at least occasionally.

When you think about it, time is a very limited resource. We’re all limited to just 168 hours per week, whether we like it or not.

None of us can get more hours than that each week, however wealthy we may be. We cannot buy more time, can we?

And we’re only on this Earth for a finite amount of time, too.

Precious commodity:

So if we can’t get any more, time must be a very precious commodity. It must be our most precious commodity.

It’s the only commodity we cannot get more of, so it’s got to be more precious than anything else, surely?

Therefore, if time is so precious, we must use it wisely, surely?

We must guard it carefully. And we must never allow other people to waste our time, certainly if we aim to achieve anything of significance in life.

Never give your time away cheaply:

Just because someone asks for a piece of your time, that does not imply an obligation on you to give it to them automatically.

People are entitled to make such a request, of course. However, it’s perfectly reasonable for you to think about it carefully before deciding whether to agree to their request.

And it’s perfectly reasonable for you to say NO if you don’t consider what is being asked of you the best use of your time.

If a NO is the most appropriate response from your standpoint, then so be it.

Remember, it’s your time:

NO is the most powerful time management tool you have at your disposal.

It’s perfectly legitimate for you to have your own aims and your own agenda, and your time should be allocated in such a way that you can achieve whatever it is you’re trying to achieve. So never be afraid to say NO.

Always be polite, of course, but guard your time very carefully.

And remember this: it’s your time, and you decide how best to use it.

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Funny political satire with laughter guaranteed

07/18/2025 by Roy Sutton

If you enjoy funny political satire, then you’ll appreciate the video I have for you today.

In the times we now live in, it seems that intelligent political debate is something from a bygone age.

Perhaps it never really existed at all.

However, the politically correct modern media has created a debate so lacking in intelligent and informed analysis that it has become completely pointless, I think.

If you live in the United Kingdom, dear reader, then an excellent example for me is the BBC’s Question Time. It may have a different host now in Fiona Bruce, but it’s still just a lot of hot air, I think.

Essentially, it’s just a carefully selected group of people with rigid views, coupled with an inability to understand why others may think differently. And an unwillingness even to try.

I suppose that’s just the way it is these days.

Nevertheless, it’s not a complete loss to us all, as it does offer fertile ground for comedy and political satire.

So if you think that the BBC’s Question Time has become a mess of evidence-free assertions, class warfare, soundbites, and smugness, then you might enjoy this comedy sketch from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.

It’s hilarious, and for me, they have truly nailed the nature of what passes for modern political debate.

It made me laugh, and I hope it makes you smile too.

Funny political satire:

And here is today’s funny political satire video:

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25 complaints about holidays that’ll make you smile

07/17/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, I am exploring complaints about holidays.

The problem with travel is that it can fail to meet our expectations. So, naturally, travel agents regularly get their fair share of complaints about holidays from their customers.

Here are 25 examples of complaints received by a well-known British travel agent, all of which certainly made me smile.

So, please take a few moments to enjoy them all.

And please feel free to pass them on.

Complaints about holidays (1-10):

No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were scared.
The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room.
We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers, as they were all Spaniards.
Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg slicer in the drawers.
On my holiday to India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.
They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband, who just wanted to relax.
We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white, but it was more like pale yellow.
I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper British biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.
It’s lazy for the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during siesta time. This should be banned.
We booked an excursion to a water park, but no one told us we had to bring our swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price.

Complaints about holidays (11-20):

A mosquito bit me. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.
We had to line up outside to catch the boat, and there was no air-conditioning.
It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.
On our holiday in Rome, the tourist attractions were all full of tourists, so I couldn’t enjoy them properly.
I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends’ three-bedroom, and ours was significantly smaller.
It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.
The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the resort.’ We’re trainee hairdressers, and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service.
When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, and the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners.
The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guidebook during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun.
My fiancé and I requested twin beds when we booked, but instead, we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.

Complaints about holidays (21-25):

I was disappointed with my holiday in Thailand. It was like taking a vacation in a foreign country.
When we arrived in Beirut, we were told that the local tap water wasn’t safe to drink, so we had to buy bottled water.
The street signs in Tokyo were all in Japanese. As English is the international language, surely, they should all be in English?
The local customs and traditions seemed very strange to us, and that made us feel very uncomfortable. Your brochure didn’t mention that local culture might be different from our own.
I was surprised to find that the local television channels in Latvia didn’t show the latest episodes of Coronation Street and EastEnders. Being away for two weeks means I’ve now missed a big part of the current storylines.

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3 ways for getting rich

07/16/2025 by Roy Sutton

Today, I am exploring the idea of getting rich.

You should never take money too seriously, dear reader, but, equally, you should never underestimate the importance of money either. Let’s face it, in the modern world, money is as essential to sustaining life as oxygen. That’s a fact, whether we like it or not. So getting rich is a worthy topic for discussion.

By getting rich, I mean achieving financial freedom. I think that should be everyone’s goal, if only so that they can enjoy their old age. In my opinion, there’s nothing wrong with getting rich, provided money does not become your obsession. That is, you should have money in your head but not in your heart.

Now getting rich is easier said than done, of course. It requires effort on your part and a lot of determination, too.

Nevertheless, getting rich is also easier than it might first appear to be.

So today I offer you three ways for getting rich that are available to anyone and everyone, and they will all help you to achieve financial freedom.

Getting Rich:

1. Solve problems for people:

Working for someone else may make you a living, but having your own business can make you a fortune. The only way most people can become seriously rich is by setting up a business of their own. It can be done, and people do, very successfully, and you can do it too.

Essentially, business is all about solving problems for people in exchange for money.

Businesses create products that solve problems for customers. The customer buys the product, and the business makes money. You need to ensure that your revenues exceed your overheads, but in essence, business is that simple.

If you want to make money in business, look for problems to be solved, and there you’ll find commercial opportunities.

One person’s problem is another person’s business opportunity.

However, do make sure that every product you offer solves a problem for your customers.

That means understanding the needs and wants of your target customers and always asking the question, “What problem will this product solve for my customers?”

2. Risk leads to reward:

If you want to make serious money, you cannot avoid an element of risk. That’s a fact of business life.

Entrepreneurs have to be risk-takers by definition.

However, that doesn’t mean you take crazy risks. It means taking calculated risks by doing your homework, proper planning and market research, and using your business skills to weigh up the pros and cons of every opportunity.

Risk is simply the probability of you getting an outcome you don’t want.

However, it’s a fact that risk and reward go hand in hand. The greater the reward on offer, the greater the risk you must potentially take to achieve it.

Your attitude to risk is important here.

If a given risk makes you very uncomfortable, then it’s probably not worth taking. It will just lead to too much stress for you. Some people can live with huge risks, while others cannot cope with that much pressure.

Either way, it doesn’t matter. If you can’t cope with significant risks, then avoid them. Just look for something with lower risk and with which you can manage. Even small risks can lead to great riches.

Remember, we all need a mix of certainty and uncertainty in our lives. Business requires you to live with the latter, at least to some degree.

3. The magic of compounding:

Once you’ve made some money, you must put it to work for you if getting rich is your aim.

And putting money to work is all about taking advantage of the magic of compounding.

Compound interest can have a powerful effect on your money.

For instance, if you invest $1,000 at 2% for 10 years with annual interest reinvested, it will be worth $1,219 at maturity.

However, if you invest the same $1,000 over the same period at 10%, then you will earn $2,594, assuming annual interest is reinvested. That’s over a 100% difference over the 10-year period.

Over 20 years at 10%, your $1,000 would have turned into $6,727, assuming annual interest had been reinvested.

So remember, the interest rate and the longevity of your investment both matter if you’re trying to build a capital sum.

So if getting rich is your aim, then start by investing as early as you can, be disciplined, and make regular contributions to build that nest egg.

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50 sarcastic remarks that say, ‘Don’t mess with me!’

07/15/2025 by Roy Sutton

If you admire clever put-downs or sharp, sarcastic remarks, then here are 50 you might like to add to your quiver full of arrows.

These can be your ammunition for another day when someone tries to put one over on you.

We all need a little ammunition for those occasions when we need to send a message to someone that says, ‘Don’t mess with me!‘

And of course, we all need a good laugh too. These should also help with that. Enjoy them all.

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Sarcastic Remarks:

I’ve met some pricks in my time, but you really are the full cactus.
Tact is for people who lack the wit to respond with sarcasm.
Leave sarcasm and insults to the professionals. You’re an amateur.
I’m guessing you’re not a rocket scientist by profession?
You’re mistaking me for someone who cares what you think.
You’re about as useful as a condom with a hole in it.
You’re wearing that shirt for a bet, surely?
There’s more intelligent life at the bottom of ponds.
The mirror doesn’t lie, but lucky for you, it doesn’t laugh either.
If your aim was to impress me, you’ve failed.
Does your carer know you’re out on your own?
Did I ask for your opinion? I think not.
If I act like I don’t care, that’s because I don’t.
If it’s loyalty you want, get a dog.
If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
That’s an eye-catching dress, mam. Where did you buy it? Walmart?
You’re living proof that even dumb people can find work.
Has anyone ever told you that you’re a sandwich short of a picnic?
You’re the result of four billion years of evolution. Try to act like it.
That was about as interesting as watching paint dry.
I’ve had more fun having a root canal treatment.
You’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?
Did you still find it funny when it happened to you?
You’re not ugly. Unattractive, definitely, but not really ugly.
You have all the charm of a cobra in a bad mood.
In another age, you’d have been burned at the stake.
Normally, I pretend to like you, but today I really can’t be bothered.
Violence may not solve anything, but it might make me feel better.
Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
Sure, I’ll help you out, buddy. The same way you came in.
Don’t take yourself too seriously; no one else does.
If I promise to miss you, will you go away?
You sound better with your mouth closed.
Boy, haven’t you been smacked with the ugly stick?
I’m sorry. What language are you speaking? It sounds like bullsh**.
You have every right to express an opinion, sir, and I have every right to ignore it.
Do I think you’re stupid? Well, I was wondering how you manage to tie your shoelaces.
You do realize that a line of work consistent with your weaknesses is not an ideal career choice?
I know I asked for a rare steak, but a good vet could have this one back on its feet again and grazing in the pasture.
I’ve met stingy people before, but you wouldn’t give anyone the snot from your nose.
When they ask me to complete the customer satisfaction survey, I’ll be sure to mention that you’re a complete asshole.
I’ve met plenty of stupid people in my time, but you’re taking stupidity to an entirely new level not seen before.
Which part of ‘I’m not interested’ is too difficult for you to understand?
I could insult you, but it would be cruel to pick on someone so lacking in intellect that they cannot defend themselves.
If that dress you’re wearing is part of a get-noticed strategy, mam, it’s working, I can assure you.
When I look at you, I can see that the lights are on, but no one’s home.
I didn’t realize someone could be annoying at first sight until now!
If I wrote down every intelligent thought you’d ever had, it wouldn’t amount to a single tweet
I didn’t say I hated you, but I’d certainly unplug your life support if my phone needed charging.
You’re a low-paid gatekeeper in a cheap suit and a polyester tie, getting off on your little bit of power. Enjoy the moment, buddy. You know you’re nothing, and so does everyone else.

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25 facts of life that might get you thinking

07/15/2025 by Roy Sutton

Searching for the facts of life, dear reader? I guess the question is, what do we mean by the facts of life?

Well, for some, it means the birds and the bees. For me, it means trying to make sense of life and the lived experience.

Here are 25 facts of life, which are my take on the world based on my own lived experience.

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Facts of life (1-10):

We live by our wits.
Just because it’s dismissed as a conspiracy theory doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Just because it looks genuine doesn’t mean it’s not fake. That goes for people, too.
Human beings are all flawed. You may not be perfect, but you’re as perfect as the next person.
Time is more valuable than money. You can earn more money, but you can’t get more time. With time, once it’s gone, it’s gone. Use it wisely.
We all make a living by selling something to someone. In exchange for adding value in some way to the lives of others, we earn money. Money is a measure of the perceived value we add.
You can choose to be whatever you want, but you must accept that there will always be trade-offs. Everything comes at a price, and that price must be paid first.
Life’s what you make it. It will never be perfect, but with hard work and determination, it can be good. However, if you want the best life for yourself, you’ll need to carve it out yourself.
Just because people don’t share their troubles doesn’t mean they don’t have any. No one can ever truly know the battles other people face. So, be careful when judging.
You must always be prepared for when opportunity knocks. Life is an endless stream of opportunities just waiting for the fleet-footed and those ready and waiting to seize the day.

Facts of life (11-17):

There’s only one way to gain experience. The hard way. You can’t train experience. You must go out there, make mistakes, and learn from them. In short, there’s no elevator; you must take the stairs, one by one.
All too often, people choose to move on because they failed to appreciate what they had. It’s easy to think that the grass is greener somewhere else, but the grass is greener where it’s well-watered.
You may be angry at the way you’ve been treated. You may feel you have every right to be angry. However, a chippy attitude will never win over hearts and minds. You’ll catch more flies with sugar than you will with vinegar.
Those who can only see virtue in their own opinions are keen to close down those with alternative views because they’re concerned that the public may listen to and be influenced by those with alternative views.
It’s wrong to think that the law will protect the individual. It won’t. Do or say anything that runs counter to the interests of the powerful elite, and it will come back to bite you. If you want to go against the powerful, you’ll need numbers on your side.
When the powerful elite suggests the need for limitations on what people are allowed to do, what they have in mind will only apply to ordinary folk. They have no intention of being constrained by such limitations themselves.
Giving is easy, but if you need to take it back, that’s when it gets difficult. Be careful what you give if there’s any possibility you may need to take it back.

Facts of life (18-25):

Politicians are not on your side. They’re driven by personal ambition and self-interest. Your interests only matter to them when being seen to be doing something for you is helpful to them politically.
It’s unwise to agree to anything that would give any government too much control over your life. You cannot trust a politician. We know that from experience.
There is no such thing as government cash. There’s only taxpayers’ cash. Even when governments borrow money, that’s just money taken now from future taxpayers. Governments have no cash of their own.
Acting together, we are strong. If enough of us band together, we are invincible. We don’t have to accept all the nonsense. We can and should push back. Operating in significant numbers, we can scare the hell out of the politicians and the powerful elite.
No one grants us freedom. We are free people, and no government should ever be allowed to believe, mistakenly, that it controls us. We have rights; they’re inalienable, and politicians need reminding of that constantly.
Those seeking to manipulate our language are trying to control the debate. Changing what we say and how we say it is part of an agenda aimed at creating a world that suits their interests but not ours. We must all push back constantly.
Complicating communication can lead to misunderstanding and miscommunication. And misunderstanding and miscommunication can only ever lead to problems and tensions between people. So, please keep it simple, always.
It’s strange in the modern world that so many seemingly sensible people are willing to accept some ridiculous ideas without question. Never be afraid to challenge the orthodoxy.

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