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Saturday, July 09, 2011

Twitter notes, July 2011 (a)

Lately, I've been tweeting more than facebooking :-). My tweets from July 1 to 7 this year.
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Inspire_Us Inspirational Quotes by Noysky
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

We'll be fighting in the streets, With our children at our feet, And the morals that they worship will be gone... - The Who

Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday, And I'll get on my knees and pray, We don't get fooled again. - The Who

@taxreformer Congrats Grover, Kelsey, Chris, Jane, other ATR guys. 26 yrs of defending taxpayers from the onslaught of statism. Way to go.

WomenOfHistory Inspirational Quotes by Noysky
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Dr. Maya Angelou

The law is reason, free from passion... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle

Old economists never die, they just become more Pareto efficient... or they create more monopolistic competition :-)

There is only one pretty child in the world & every mother has it... A man grows most tired while standing still. - Chinese Proverbs

What cant be cured must be endured... Half a loaf is better than no bread... Better to light 1 candle than curse darkness - English proverbs

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. ~ Socrates http://bit.ly/philq

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past... All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. - Spinoza

Old Marxists never die. They just become dialectical and materialist... Or they become classless leaders.

Old economists never die. They just become heteroskedastic and multicollinear.

The use of "Asian war" over the Spratlys getting more noisy. I sense large-scale robbery of taxpayers money here, bit.ly/mhjdtC

If you fall and break your legs don't come running to me… I'm not lazy, I'm just highly motivated not to do anything. - Montberte

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. George Lois

Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police… These two words will open you many doors in life: pull & push. - Steve C.

To think logically d logically thinkable, a mathematician's aim... Even d most pure & abstract math is in danger to be applied - Mymathcloud

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
A consultant is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound complex. #stevec

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. ~ Nietzsche http://bit.ly/philq

A gift consists not in what is done or given but in the intention of the giver or doer... One crime has to be concealed by another. - Seneca

Etiquette is the art of knowing the right way to do the wrong thing... If you wish to be good, first believe that you were bad. - MikeGordon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds…. We come together in the spirit of unity to heal wounds that separate us.- wiserworld

You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. I love deadlines... the whooshing sound they make as they fly by- wiserworld

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! ~ Nietzsche http://bit.ly/philq

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows;it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts ~ Virgilhttp://bit.ly/philq

Derive, something to avoid when you derink… When I was young I was told anyone could be president. Now I'm beginning to believe it - SteveC

IPNLondon IPN by Noysky
2011 Bastiat Prize - Win $50,000 - http://eepurl.com/eBv46

Freedom from debt is hollow and meaningless if there is no Freedom from borrowing, bit.ly/lFdTeL

What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost...There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. - MikeGordon

Many people buy on time but only few pay that way... A decision delayed until it's too late is not a decision, it's an evasion. - MikeGordon

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. Thomas Paine

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
"God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. Garrison Keillor AMEN"

@Karen_DaviLa Hda Luisita is a corp., not single prop. If PNoy is a stockholder of Luisita, he shd have divested fr it avoid conflict of int

@Karen_DaviLa Agrarian reform w/o deadline is wrong. Japan, Korea, Taiwan AR done in just 1-3 yrs and they moved on. Phil AR since '72.

@Karen_DaviLa If you develop an idle land into a productive farm, soon DAR people will come & force you to redistribute your land to workers

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. ~ Rousseau

@GoYoLarrazabal Actually most govt agencies can profile us citizens anytime they want to. They centralize info abt us -- SSS, LTO, BIR, etc.

@GoYoLarrazabal Yes, that's the danger when govt bureaucrats will use their power of prohibition. Prohibit us from travelling, etc.

@GoYoLarrazabal Govt bureaucracies' profiling of citizens is idiotic if they themselves arent transparent. BI website no names of personnel.

@bandila Corrupt PCSO, looking for others corruptible to keep silent of its corruption. Some bishops who got PCSO money were corrupted.

Sports_Greats Motivational Quotes by Noysky
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. -Tom Landry

NowYouBeYou NowYouBeYou by Noysky
"When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself." Sir Alexander Paterson http://bit.ly/bXeQE6 The Productive Me

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard. Edgar R. Fiedler

@piacayetano Employment is a priv contract bet the employer & the employee. Phil govt shd stop setting min wage even for foreign employers.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
A true pessimist will look at a glass filled to the top and say the glass is too small. #stevec

AncientProverbs Motivational Quotes by Noysky
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. –Socrates

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. ~ Cicero

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose." - William M. Bulger

Phil. govt setting min wage law here, then also set min wage for Filipinos working as domestic helpers in HK, Saudi, etc. Is this right?

@lawrencewr US debt default will be a monster violation of the rule of law in that country. One option, US shd cut its foreign aid budget.

@PeterPitts Mandatory rebates in the US, mandatory discount 20% off drug purchase by senior citizens (SC) in the Phils. including rich SC.

@GoYoLarrazabal Even if your job is not that "important" to others so long as you love your job, you still work 50 or more hours a week.

@NewAsianist Privatization of govt enterprises is one good policy. New revenues without additional taxation, while reducing govt cronyism.

Georginegvwzm Georgine Moment by Noysky
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

taxreformer ATR by Noysky
The President has to choose whether the US defaults on its debts or not. How can you accuse lawmakers of issuing “ultimatums?” #AskObama

@karadavid @gmanews AFP, PNP, PCSO, etc corruption feeds politicians' corruption, who give them more budget to perpetuate govt corruption.

Not really "global financial collapse" soon, more of fiscal collapse by really huge governments like the US, Spain, UK, etc.

Am now enjoying twitter than facebook. People and their messages here are more frank and straightforward. Thanks twitter.

@Jimparedes Corrupt PCSO wanted some influential individuals and groups to be corrupted to reduce noise, Some bishops bite the bait.
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See also Twitter Notes
1st half June 2011, and 2nd half June 2011

3 comments:

  1. Love the quotes, very inspiring. There are so many wonderful inspirational quotes - I would like to share with you one of my many favorites:

    "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
    Oprah Winfrey

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  2. Thanks Cathy. I checked your blog, lots of inspiring quotes too. What's your twitter account?

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  3. Actually, tweeting is much fun not only in socializing with people but also in being updated in news and information 'bout government and social happenings.

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