Disgrace
“A person who dies rich dies disgraced.” Andrew Carnegie Carnegie was an early advocate of charity...
Chance
“Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur Pasteur’s is a more elegant way of saying “luck...
Old Age
”Old age and the wear of time teach many things.” Sophocles There are advantages to being old. In some...
Wage and Price Controls
“Wage and price controls have a long history, almost all of it bad.” John Steele Gordon In An Empire of...
Words Seldom Seen: Ruck
Ruck Ruck is a multi meaning word. A homonym in fact. Its used to describe a pack is derived from the German...
Motivation
“There is no more powerful motivator in the human universe than self-interest.” Alexander Hamilton The...
Doing Business
"The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge The photo is from Mesa Verde NP....
Not Shocked
“Perhaps one has to be old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.” Pearl Buck American...
Tariffs
“Free trade has proven the greatest engine of economic growth the world has ever known.” John Steele Gordon...
Words Seldom Seen: Metonym
Metonym Noun: A word, expression or name, used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely...
