Miss Spelled by Morgana BestMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
An Interesting book. A simple mystery.
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Review: Miss Spelled
Miss Spelled by Morgana BestMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
An Interesting book. A simple mystery.
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Review: Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories
Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Louisa May AlcottMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A good little set of moral stories.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Quotations to Keep You Positive.
1. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”
— Helen Keller
2. "Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."
— Willie Nelson
3. “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
4. “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.”
— Dalai Lama
5. “I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
— Walt Disney
6. "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
7. “Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.”
— William James
8. "You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.”
— Deepak Chopra
9. "The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.”
— Lee lacocca
10. "Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.”
11. "In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”
— Les Brown
12. “I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.”
— Roger Federer
13. "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
— Colin Powell
14. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
— Winston Churchill
15. “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so let us all be thankful.”
— Buddha
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Review: A Little Country Girl
A Little Country Girl by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Review: Eyebright, by Susan Coolidge
Eyebright, by Susan Coolidge by Sarah Chauncey WoolseyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very good little book.
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Review: In the High Valley
In the High Valley by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book series that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Review: What Katy Did Next
What Katy Did Next by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book series that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Review: Clover
Clover by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book series that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Review: What Katy Did at School
What Katy Did at School by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book series that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Review: What Katy Did
What Katy Did by Susan CoolidgeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A fun little book series that is funny and instructive as well as it keeps you entertained.
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Monday, May 7, 2018
Review: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary by AnonymousMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I highly recommend owning old editions as well as new. The more words we know the less they have the power to cause emotional offense. Read it like a good book. Start wherever you want.
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Review: The Open Bible
The Open Bible by AnonymousMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Over rated, underwhelming and taken way too seriously.
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Review: Holy Bible: King James Version
Holy Bible: King James Version by AnonymousMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Worth the read but don't take it too seriously.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Review: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John BartlettMy rating: 0 of 5 stars
A writers/speakers bible. This is the first, last and only book for those needing accuracy. I personally recommend this book to everyone no matter how old or at any point in there life. Get a copy and you'll become wiser just owning it.
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Thursday, April 5, 2018
Review: A Girl of the Limberlost
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-PorterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very good book.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
A Few Quotes from Donald Trump
A Few Quotes from Donald Trump
“The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal miner or assembly-line worker jumps at the offer of overtime when he knows Uncle Sam is going to take sixty percent or more of his extra pay? . . . Any system that penalizes success and accomplishment is wrong. Any system that discourages work, discourages productivity, discourages economic progress, is wrong. If, on the other hand, you reduce tax rates and allow people to spend or save more of what they earn, they’ll be more industrious; they’ll have more incentive to work hard, and money they earn will add fuel to the great economic machine that energizes our national progress. The result: more prosperity for all—and more revenue for government.”
“One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.”
“Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.”
“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.”
“Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.”
“When you are wronged repeatedly, the worst thing you can do is continue taking it--fight back! ”
“Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.”
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”
“It doesn`t hurt to get more education."
“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.”
“I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.”
“What's the point of having great knowledge and keeping it all to yourself?”
“Don't get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.”
“Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.”
“Remember There’s No Such Thing As An Unrealistic Goal – Just Unrealistic Time Frames”
“I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.”
“good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.”
“Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.”
"Everything in life is luck.”
“And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?”
“I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.”
“I know words. I have the best words.”
“MY STYLE of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
“There’s an old German proverb to the effect that “fear makes the wolf bigger than he is,” and that is true.”
“I like to think of the word FOCUS as Follow One Course Until Successful.”
“success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.”
“It's a blip, not a catastrophe.”
“My people keep telling me I shouldn’t write letters like this to critics. The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn’t I be able to say what I want to about theirs?”
“Unite to win. Divide to conquer.”
“My motto is: Always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.”
“I don’t hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don’t trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.”
“Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority.”
“The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.”
“Contrary to what a lot of people think, I don’t enjoy doing press. I’ve been asked the same questions a million times now, and I don’t particularly like talking about my personal life.”
“When people are in a focused state, the words “I can’t,” “I’ll try,” “I’ll do it tomorrow,” and “maybe” get forced out of their vocabularies.”
“living your words, walking your talk, and talking your walk.”
“Partnerships must have loyalty and integrity at their core.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.”
“Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.”
“Leverage: don’t make deals without it. Enhance”
“Rules are meant to be broken.”
“I want good people to come here from all over the world, but I want them to do so legally. We can expedite the process, we can reward achievement and excellemce, but we have to respect the legal process. And those people who take advantage of the system and come here illegally should never enjoy the benefits of being a resident--or citizen--of this nation. So I am against any path to citizenship for undocumented workers or anyone else who is in this country illegaly. They should--and need to--go home and get in line.”
“Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.”
“A brand is two words: the ‘Promise’ you telegraph, and the ‘Experience’ you deliver.”
“The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people. That’s what gives rise to dictators.”
“No one can match America. We have big hearts—and the courage to do what’s right. But we’re not the world’s policemen. And if we have to take on that role, we need to send a clear message that protection comes at a price. If other countries benefit from our armed forces protecting them, those countries should cover the costs. Period.”
“A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don't drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground — but I also know that Republicans and Democrats need to find common ground to stand on as well.”
“As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.”
“Do not spend too much time planning or trying to anticipate and solve problems before they happen. That is just another kind of excuse for procrastination. Until you start, you won’t know where the problems will occur. You won’t have the experience to solve them. Instead, get into action, and solve the problems as they arise.”
“building a brand may be more important than building a business.”
“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.”
“A tiny leak can sink a ship.”
“Perhaps because my father never got a college degree himself, he continued to view people who had one with a respect that bordered on awe. In most cases they didn’t deserve it. My father could run circles around most academics and he would have done very well in college, if he’d been able to go.”
The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.”
“The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.”
“You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.”
“I had some beautiful pictures taken in which I had a big smile on my face. I looked happy, I looked content, I looked like a very nice person, which in theory I am.”
“Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions.”
“He was also efficient and gave me his four-step formula for success: 1. Get in. 2. Get it done. 3. Get it done right. 4. And get out.”
“He told me was seeking contributions to the Jimmy Carter Library. I asked how much he had in mind. And he said, " Donald, I would be very appreciative if you contributed five million dollars."I was dumbfounded. I didn't even answer him.But that experience also taught me something.Until then, I'd never understood how Jimmy Carter became president. The answer is that as poorly qualified he was for the job, Jimmy Carter had the nerve, the guts, the balls, to ask for something extraordinary. That ability above all helped him get elected president.”
“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”
“Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
“Learn something new every day.”
“The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
“The more predictable the business, the more valuable it is.”
“the biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.”
“Focus is essential to success, and successful people are people who can focus.”
“Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.”
“Strong Relationships Are the Key”
“Be open to new information and ideas.”
“Always think positively and expect the best.”
“The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.”
“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”
“When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.”
“The other people I don’t take too seriously are the critics—except when they stand in the way of my projects. In my opinion, they mostly write to impress each other, and they’re just as swayed by fashions as anyone else. One week it’s spare glass towers they are praising to the skies. The next week, they’ve rediscovered old, and they’re celebrating detail and ornamentation.”
“America is one of the few places in the world where a “poor” person can still be obese.”
“We're going to build a wall and Mexico is going to pay. And the reason they're going to pay and the way they're going to pay, Bob, is this. We have a trade deficit now with Mexico of $58 billion a year. The wall is going to cost $10 billion a year. That's what it's going to cost. It's going to be a powerful wall. It's going to cost $10 billion.”
“You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.”
“That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.”
“I've never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it's almost never true altruism.”
“It is easier to ask for money when you don’t need the money.”
“Most of them have gotten really good at saying absolutely nothing. They’ve all got some kind of program, but when you listen to them, you still don’t know what they’re talking about.”
“Once you focus on your life’s objectives, you need to focus on your instructors to make sure they are qualified to teach you what you want to know. They should have already been where you want to go and have lived to tell about it.”
“The best thing I know about me, is that I'm rich”
“You don't reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.”
“Make America great again.”
“Now people matter.”
“Use your work to better yourself.”
“Make every day extraordinary no matter what your job is.”
“Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.”
“If there's one word to describe Atlantic City, it's Big Business. Or two words--Big Business.”
“The illegal immigrants who have taken jobs that should go to people here legally, while over 20 percent of Americans are currently unemployed or underemployed.”
“In a lot of ways it is easier to do things on a large scale. It is easier to build a skyscraper in Manhattan than it is to buy a bungalow in the Bronx. For one thing, it takes just as much time to close a big deal as it does to close a small deal. You will endure as much stress and aggravation; you will have all the same headaches and problems. It is easier to finance a big deal. Bankers would much rather lend money for a big project than for a small one. They are more comfortable investing money in a big prestigious building than they are a rundown house in a bad section of town. If you succeed with the big project, you stand to gain a lot more money.”
“Expect the unexpected!”
“Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.”
“Sometimes understanding other people’s problems is the key to finding opportunities.”
“Operate your day-to-day business as if bad times are always here,” which is a great precaution.”
“We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests, and values. That realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and nation in this room. It is a question we cannot escape or avoid. We will slide down the path of complacency, numb to the challenges, threats, and even wars that we face. Or do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers today, so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow?”
“Recently though, they have been claiming I haven’t put out enough specifics. There’s a good reason for this, and it fits perfectly with my overall philosophy of leadership: Many of our problems, caused by years of stupid decisions or no decisions at all, have grown into a huge mess. If I could wave a magic wand and fix them, I’d do it. But there are a lot of different voices—and interests—that have to be considered when working toward solutions. This involves getting people into a room and negotiating compromises until everyone walks out of that room on the same page.”
“I only work with the best.”
“We are going to build a wall. You’re going to pay for the wall.”
“I’ve found that people work harder when they are held accountable, and their confidence level rises along with that.”
“1. Project What is the project? Why is it unique? Why is the business needed? Why will customers love your product? 2. Partners Who are you? Who are the partners? What are your educational backgrounds? How much experience do you all have? How are you and your partners qualified to make the project a success? 3. Financing What is the total cost of the project? How much debt and how much equity is there? Are partners investing their own money? What is the investor’s return and reward for their risk? What are the tax consequences? Who is your CFO or accounting firm? Who is responsible for investor communications? What is the investor’s exit? 4. Management Who is running your company? What is their experience? What is their track record? Have they ever failed? How does their experience relate to your industry? Do you believe this is the strongest management team you can assemble? Can you pitch them with confidence?”
“Be willing to take on new challenges.”
“You have to know how to defend yourself.”
“My approach is completely different. I approach complicated problems such as how to provide health care for most Americans at a price we can afford the same way I solve the toughest business problems. We should hire the most knowledgeable people in the world on this subject and lock them in a room—and not unlock the door until they’ve agreed on the steps we need to take.”
“If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness.”
“We must understand that governments cannot create real jobs. Only entrepreneurs can do that.”
“That’s why one of my strongest ideas is to look at the tax code in both its complexity and its obvious bias toward the rich. Hedge fund and money managers are important for our pension funds and the 401(k) plans that help millions of Americans—but far less important than they think. But financial advisers should pay taxes at the highest levels when they’re earning money at those levels. Often, these financial engineers are “flipping” companies, laying people off, and making billions—yes, billions—of dollars by “downsizing” and destroying people’s lives and sometimes entire companies. Believe me, I know the value of a billion dollars—but I also know the importance of a single dollar.”
“We are no longer a leader. Putin has become the leader, and it's an embarassment to our country.”
“It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.”
“You can take the smartest kid at Wharton, the one who gets straight A’s and has a 170 IQ, and if he doesn’t have the instincts, he’ll never be a successful entrepreneur. Moreover, most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don’t have the courage or the good fortune to discover their potential. Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they’ll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.”
“In business, cooperation is essential to success.”
“Even as entrepreneurs, we rely on people to get things done. We may have the original idea, but moving it forward can involve hundreds of people. Every person becomes integral to the overall success.”
“In addition to an education, kids were supposed to graduate with some basic values, self-discipline, and life skills. A little common sense wouldn't hurt either. Our schools don't teach that anymore. instead we're more concerned about kids having self-esteem and feeling good about themselves than we are about preparing them for real life. The politically correct crowd has taken over our schools, and as a result we are failing our children.”
“I have a billion dollars”
“It has not been easy for me”
“Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.”
“You must work on improving your skills every day and never quit.”
“an entrepreneur’s ability to find strength when others want to run, hide, quit, or blame someone else for their failures.”
“The world moves along at such a fast clip that we have little patience when things are slow, whether it’s the line at a supermarket or Internet access. We’ve become intolerant of those things that cannot be accelerated or skipped entirely. I can’t speed up the foundation work for a building, nor can I expect to play piano like Glenn Gould just because I want to.”
“The emphasis should be on fairness and integrity.”
“A pro looks at the people, because they know business is about people.”
“What we need is leadership that can deal with our mess and begin to apply practical solutions to our problems. My goal is not to design hundreds of pages of government regulation and red tape like others propose. We need to outline commonsense policies and then knock some heads together if necessary to make them work. The fact is we are over-regulated. People can’t move. They’re stymied. Companies can’t be built. We’re over-regulated.”
“They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
“People must work together for a company to thrive.”
“The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. From the Soviet Union to Cuba to Venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure. Those who preach the tenets of these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems.”
“Our hope is a word and world of proud, independent nations that embrace their duties, seek friendship, respect others, and make common cause in the greatest shared interest of all: a future of dignity and peace for the people of this wonderful Earth.”
“Always try to improve on your performance.”
“It's always good to be underestimated.”
“Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.”
“I don’t want to stop legal immigration to this country. In fact, I would like to reform and increase immigration in some important ways. Our current immigration laws are upside down—they make it tough on the people we need to have here, and easy for the people we don’t want here. This country is a magnet for many of the smartest, hardest-working people born in other countries, yet we make it difficult for these bright people who follow the laws to settle here.”
“You are fake news.”
"You are very fake news."
“Marriage is a contract unlike any other contract in life. You marry for love. But your signature on the marriage certificate is all about rights, duties, and property. It’s a legally binding contract that knows nothing of love. If the love dies, all you have left is a resentful ex-spouse and the marriage certificate. There’s nothing more terrible than an ex-spouse with a ten-ton axe to grind, and no agreement on how your common property is to be divided. It usually leads to all-out war that is more vicious than any legal battle in business and could easily lead to your financial and emotional ruin. Always get a prenup. It’s just too risky not to.”
“Stop and think about it: even just leveling the playing field with China for a decade would be the equivalent of one-fifth of our national debt (and would have been one-third of our debt had we not elected the community organizer). You add in several hundred billion a year from putting OPEC in line, hundreds of billions from negotiating properly with the many other countries that are ripping us off, root out the hundreds of billions of incredible fraud that occur every year (more on that later), and now we have a debt problem America can manage—one where we can attack waste and abuse and whittle down the remaining debt to get our fiscal house in order. So that’s the first step: bringing home the hundreds of billions of dollars that the petro thugs at OPEC and our enemy China steal from us every single year—and then go after all of the others.”
“Drain the swamp”
"Lock her up!
“This mess calls for leadership in the worst way.”
“I'm the only boss in the world who boosts a person's future status by firing them.”
“The best way not to have to use your military power is to make sure that power is visible. When people know that we will use force if necessary and that we really mean it, we’ll be treated differently. With respect. Right now, no one believes us because we’ve been so weak with our approach to military policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. Building up our military is cheap when you consider the alternative. We’re buying peace and we’re locking in our national security. Right now we are in bad shape militarily. We’re decreasing the size of our forces and we’re not giving them the best equipment. Recruiting the best people has fallen off, and we can’t get the people we have trained to the level they need to be. There are a lot of questions about the state of our nuclear weapons. When I read reports of what is going on, I’m shocked. It’s no wonder nobody respects us. It’s no surprise that we never win. Spending money on our military is also smart business. Who do people think build our airplanes and ships, and all the equipment that our troops should have? American workers, that’s who. So building up our military also makes economic sense because it allows us to put real money into the system and put thousands of people back to work. There is another way to pay to modernize our military forces. If other countries are depending on us to protect them, shouldn’t they be willing to make sure we have the capability to do it? Shouldn’t they be willing to pay for the servicemen and servicewomen and the equipment we’re providing? Depending on the price of oil, Saudi Arabia earns somewhere between half a billion and a billion dollars every day. They wouldn’t exist, let alone have that wealth, without our protection. We get nothing from them. Nothing. We defend Germany. We defend Japan. We defend South Korea. These are powerful and wealthy countries. We get nothing from them. It’s time to change all that. It’s time to win again. We’ve got 28,500 wonderful American soldiers on South Korea’s border with North Korea. They’re in harm’s way every single day. They’re the only thing that is protecting South Korea. And what do we get from South Korea for it? They sell us products—at a nice profit. They compete with us. We spent two trillion dollars doing whatever we did in Iraq. I still don’t know why we did it, but we did. Iraq is sitting on an ocean of oil. Is it out of line to suggest that they should contribute to their own future? And after the blood and the money we spent trying to bring some semblance of stability to the Iraqi people, maybe they should be willing to make sure we can rebuild the army that fought for them. When Kuwait was attacked by Saddam Hussein, all the wealthy Kuwaitis ran to Paris. They didn’t just rent suites—they took up whole buildings, entire hotels. They lived like kings while their country was occupied. Who did they turn to for help? Who else? Uncle Sucker. That’s us. We”
“They think that successful diplomacy requires years of experience and an understanding of all the nuances that have to be carefully considered before reaching a conclusion. Only then do these pinstriped bureaucrats consider taking action.”
“His mouthpiece in Venezuela, ViVe TV, issued a press release in January 2010, saying the 200,000 innocent victims of the awful Haiti earthquake were really killed by an American “earthquake weapon.”
“I own guns. Fortunately, I have never had to use them, but, believe me, I feel a lot safer knowing that they are there. I also have a concealed-carry permit that allows me to carry a concealed weapon. I took the time and the effort to get that permit because the constitutional right to defend yourself doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That doesn’t apply just to me either. It applies to all our driveways or front doors.”
“To be successful in the world of entrepreneurs, especially in the early stages, a person must learn to fail, correct, learn, apply what was learned, and fail again.”
“The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal miner or assembly-line worker jumps at the offer of overtime when he knows Uncle Sam is going to take sixty percent or more of his extra pay? . . . Any system that penalizes success and accomplishment is wrong. Any system that discourages work, discourages productivity, discourages economic progress, is wrong. If, on the other hand, you reduce tax rates and allow people to spend or save more of what they earn, they’ll be more industrious; they’ll have more incentive to work hard, and money they earn will add fuel to the great economic machine that energizes our national progress. The result: more prosperity for all—and more revenue for government.”
“One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.”
“Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.”
“As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big.”
“Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.”
“When you are wronged repeatedly, the worst thing you can do is continue taking it--fight back! ”
“Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.”
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”
“It doesn`t hurt to get more education."
“I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.”
“I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind.”
“What's the point of having great knowledge and keeping it all to yourself?”
“Don't get sidetracked. If you do get sidetracked, get back on track as soon as possible. Ultimately sidetracking kills you.”
“Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken.”
“Remember There’s No Such Thing As An Unrealistic Goal – Just Unrealistic Time Frames”
“I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.”
“good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.”
“Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.”
"Everything in life is luck.”
“And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?”
“I discovered, for the first time but not the last, that politicians don’t care too much what things cost. It’s not their money.”
“I know words. I have the best words.”
“MY STYLE of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I’m after.”
“There’s an old German proverb to the effect that “fear makes the wolf bigger than he is,” and that is true.”
“I like to think of the word FOCUS as Follow One Course Until Successful.”
“success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.”
“It's a blip, not a catastrophe.”
“My people keep telling me I shouldn’t write letters like this to critics. The way I see it, critics get to say what they want to about my work, so why shouldn’t I be able to say what I want to about theirs?”
“Unite to win. Divide to conquer.”
“My motto is: Always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.”
“I don’t hire a lot of number-crunchers, and I don’t trust fancy marketing surveys. I do my own surveys and draw my own conclusions.”
“Our country, our people, and our laws have to be our top priority.”
“The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.”
“Contrary to what a lot of people think, I don’t enjoy doing press. I’ve been asked the same questions a million times now, and I don’t particularly like talking about my personal life.”
“When people are in a focused state, the words “I can’t,” “I’ll try,” “I’ll do it tomorrow,” and “maybe” get forced out of their vocabularies.”
“living your words, walking your talk, and talking your walk.”
“Partnerships must have loyalty and integrity at their core.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.”
“Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks.”
“Leverage: don’t make deals without it. Enhance”
“Rules are meant to be broken.”
“I want good people to come here from all over the world, but I want them to do so legally. We can expedite the process, we can reward achievement and excellemce, but we have to respect the legal process. And those people who take advantage of the system and come here illegally should never enjoy the benefits of being a resident--or citizen--of this nation. So I am against any path to citizenship for undocumented workers or anyone else who is in this country illegaly. They should--and need to--go home and get in line.”
“Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve. That is the true meaning of thinking big.”
“A brand is two words: the ‘Promise’ you telegraph, and the ‘Experience’ you deliver.”
“The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people. That’s what gives rise to dictators.”
“No one can match America. We have big hearts—and the courage to do what’s right. But we’re not the world’s policemen. And if we have to take on that role, we need to send a clear message that protection comes at a price. If other countries benefit from our armed forces protecting them, those countries should cover the costs. Period.”
“A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don't drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground — but I also know that Republicans and Democrats need to find common ground to stand on as well.”
“As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.”
“Do not spend too much time planning or trying to anticipate and solve problems before they happen. That is just another kind of excuse for procrastination. Until you start, you won’t know where the problems will occur. You won’t have the experience to solve them. Instead, get into action, and solve the problems as they arise.”
“building a brand may be more important than building a business.”
“I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.”
“A tiny leak can sink a ship.”
“Perhaps because my father never got a college degree himself, he continued to view people who had one with a respect that bordered on awe. In most cases they didn’t deserve it. My father could run circles around most academics and he would have done very well in college, if he’d been able to go.”
The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves. but they can get very excited by those who do. That is why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest, the greatest and the most spectacular.”
“The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.”
“You do your job, you keep your job. Do it well, you get a better job.”
“I had some beautiful pictures taken in which I had a big smile on my face. I looked happy, I looked content, I looked like a very nice person, which in theory I am.”
“Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions.”
“He was also efficient and gave me his four-step formula for success: 1. Get in. 2. Get it done. 3. Get it done right. 4. And get out.”
“He told me was seeking contributions to the Jimmy Carter Library. I asked how much he had in mind. And he said, " Donald, I would be very appreciative if you contributed five million dollars."I was dumbfounded. I didn't even answer him.But that experience also taught me something.Until then, I'd never understood how Jimmy Carter became president. The answer is that as poorly qualified he was for the job, Jimmy Carter had the nerve, the guts, the balls, to ask for something extraordinary. That ability above all helped him get elected president.”
“Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.”
“Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.”
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
“Learn something new every day.”
“The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
“The more predictable the business, the more valuable it is.”
“the biggest little thing for entrepreneurs is the lifelong commitment to education.”
“Focus is essential to success, and successful people are people who can focus.”
“Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.”
“Strong Relationships Are the Key”
“Be open to new information and ideas.”
“Always think positively and expect the best.”
“The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.”
“I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance. That’s how you build a first-class operation.”
“When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.”
“The other people I don’t take too seriously are the critics—except when they stand in the way of my projects. In my opinion, they mostly write to impress each other, and they’re just as swayed by fashions as anyone else. One week it’s spare glass towers they are praising to the skies. The next week, they’ve rediscovered old, and they’re celebrating detail and ornamentation.”
“America is one of the few places in the world where a “poor” person can still be obese.”
“We're going to build a wall and Mexico is going to pay. And the reason they're going to pay and the way they're going to pay, Bob, is this. We have a trade deficit now with Mexico of $58 billion a year. The wall is going to cost $10 billion a year. That's what it's going to cost. It's going to be a powerful wall. It's going to cost $10 billion.”
“You know what uranium is, right? This thing called nuclear weapons like lots of things are done with uranium including some bad things.”
“That experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.”
“I've never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it's almost never true altruism.”
“It is easier to ask for money when you don’t need the money.”
“Most of them have gotten really good at saying absolutely nothing. They’ve all got some kind of program, but when you listen to them, you still don’t know what they’re talking about.”
“Once you focus on your life’s objectives, you need to focus on your instructors to make sure they are qualified to teach you what you want to know. They should have already been where you want to go and have lived to tell about it.”
“The best thing I know about me, is that I'm rich”
“You don't reward failure by promoting those responsible for it, because all you get is more failure.”
“Make America great again.”
“Now people matter.”
“Use your work to better yourself.”
“Make every day extraordinary no matter what your job is.”
“Stay confident even when something bad happens. It is just a bump in the road. It will pass.”
“If there's one word to describe Atlantic City, it's Big Business. Or two words--Big Business.”
“The illegal immigrants who have taken jobs that should go to people here legally, while over 20 percent of Americans are currently unemployed or underemployed.”
“In a lot of ways it is easier to do things on a large scale. It is easier to build a skyscraper in Manhattan than it is to buy a bungalow in the Bronx. For one thing, it takes just as much time to close a big deal as it does to close a small deal. You will endure as much stress and aggravation; you will have all the same headaches and problems. It is easier to finance a big deal. Bankers would much rather lend money for a big project than for a small one. They are more comfortable investing money in a big prestigious building than they are a rundown house in a bad section of town. If you succeed with the big project, you stand to gain a lot more money.”
“Expect the unexpected!”
“Leaders, true leaders, take responsibility for the success of the team and understand that they must also take responsibility for the failure.”
“Sometimes understanding other people’s problems is the key to finding opportunities.”
“Operate your day-to-day business as if bad times are always here,” which is a great precaution.”
“We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. We have a policy of principled realism, rooted in shared goals, interests, and values. That realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and nation in this room. It is a question we cannot escape or avoid. We will slide down the path of complacency, numb to the challenges, threats, and even wars that we face. Or do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers today, so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow?”
“Recently though, they have been claiming I haven’t put out enough specifics. There’s a good reason for this, and it fits perfectly with my overall philosophy of leadership: Many of our problems, caused by years of stupid decisions or no decisions at all, have grown into a huge mess. If I could wave a magic wand and fix them, I’d do it. But there are a lot of different voices—and interests—that have to be considered when working toward solutions. This involves getting people into a room and negotiating compromises until everyone walks out of that room on the same page.”
“I only work with the best.”
“We are going to build a wall. You’re going to pay for the wall.”
“I’ve found that people work harder when they are held accountable, and their confidence level rises along with that.”
“1. Project What is the project? Why is it unique? Why is the business needed? Why will customers love your product? 2. Partners Who are you? Who are the partners? What are your educational backgrounds? How much experience do you all have? How are you and your partners qualified to make the project a success? 3. Financing What is the total cost of the project? How much debt and how much equity is there? Are partners investing their own money? What is the investor’s return and reward for their risk? What are the tax consequences? Who is your CFO or accounting firm? Who is responsible for investor communications? What is the investor’s exit? 4. Management Who is running your company? What is their experience? What is their track record? Have they ever failed? How does their experience relate to your industry? Do you believe this is the strongest management team you can assemble? Can you pitch them with confidence?”
“Be willing to take on new challenges.”
“You have to know how to defend yourself.”
“My approach is completely different. I approach complicated problems such as how to provide health care for most Americans at a price we can afford the same way I solve the toughest business problems. We should hire the most knowledgeable people in the world on this subject and lock them in a room—and not unlock the door until they’ve agreed on the steps we need to take.”
“If you have laws that you don't enforce, then you don't have laws. This leads to lawlessness.”
“We must understand that governments cannot create real jobs. Only entrepreneurs can do that.”
“That’s why one of my strongest ideas is to look at the tax code in both its complexity and its obvious bias toward the rich. Hedge fund and money managers are important for our pension funds and the 401(k) plans that help millions of Americans—but far less important than they think. But financial advisers should pay taxes at the highest levels when they’re earning money at those levels. Often, these financial engineers are “flipping” companies, laying people off, and making billions—yes, billions—of dollars by “downsizing” and destroying people’s lives and sometimes entire companies. Believe me, I know the value of a billion dollars—but I also know the importance of a single dollar.”
“We are no longer a leader. Putin has become the leader, and it's an embarassment to our country.”
“It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.”
“You can take the smartest kid at Wharton, the one who gets straight A’s and has a 170 IQ, and if he doesn’t have the instincts, he’ll never be a successful entrepreneur. Moreover, most people who do have the instincts will never recognize that they do, because they don’t have the courage or the good fortune to discover their potential. Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they’ll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.”
“In business, cooperation is essential to success.”
“Even as entrepreneurs, we rely on people to get things done. We may have the original idea, but moving it forward can involve hundreds of people. Every person becomes integral to the overall success.”
“In addition to an education, kids were supposed to graduate with some basic values, self-discipline, and life skills. A little common sense wouldn't hurt either. Our schools don't teach that anymore. instead we're more concerned about kids having self-esteem and feeling good about themselves than we are about preparing them for real life. The politically correct crowd has taken over our schools, and as a result we are failing our children.”
“I have a billion dollars”
“It has not been easy for me”
“Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.”
“You must work on improving your skills every day and never quit.”
“an entrepreneur’s ability to find strength when others want to run, hide, quit, or blame someone else for their failures.”
“The world moves along at such a fast clip that we have little patience when things are slow, whether it’s the line at a supermarket or Internet access. We’ve become intolerant of those things that cannot be accelerated or skipped entirely. I can’t speed up the foundation work for a building, nor can I expect to play piano like Glenn Gould just because I want to.”
“The emphasis should be on fairness and integrity.”
“A pro looks at the people, because they know business is about people.”
“What we need is leadership that can deal with our mess and begin to apply practical solutions to our problems. My goal is not to design hundreds of pages of government regulation and red tape like others propose. We need to outline commonsense policies and then knock some heads together if necessary to make them work. The fact is we are over-regulated. People can’t move. They’re stymied. Companies can’t be built. We’re over-regulated.”
“They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
“People must work together for a company to thrive.”
“The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. From the Soviet Union to Cuba to Venezuela, wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted, it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure. Those who preach the tenets of these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems.”
“Our hope is a word and world of proud, independent nations that embrace their duties, seek friendship, respect others, and make common cause in the greatest shared interest of all: a future of dignity and peace for the people of this wonderful Earth.”
“Always try to improve on your performance.”
“It's always good to be underestimated.”
“Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich.”
“I don’t want to stop legal immigration to this country. In fact, I would like to reform and increase immigration in some important ways. Our current immigration laws are upside down—they make it tough on the people we need to have here, and easy for the people we don’t want here. This country is a magnet for many of the smartest, hardest-working people born in other countries, yet we make it difficult for these bright people who follow the laws to settle here.”
“You are fake news.”
"You are very fake news."
“Marriage is a contract unlike any other contract in life. You marry for love. But your signature on the marriage certificate is all about rights, duties, and property. It’s a legally binding contract that knows nothing of love. If the love dies, all you have left is a resentful ex-spouse and the marriage certificate. There’s nothing more terrible than an ex-spouse with a ten-ton axe to grind, and no agreement on how your common property is to be divided. It usually leads to all-out war that is more vicious than any legal battle in business and could easily lead to your financial and emotional ruin. Always get a prenup. It’s just too risky not to.”
“Stop and think about it: even just leveling the playing field with China for a decade would be the equivalent of one-fifth of our national debt (and would have been one-third of our debt had we not elected the community organizer). You add in several hundred billion a year from putting OPEC in line, hundreds of billions from negotiating properly with the many other countries that are ripping us off, root out the hundreds of billions of incredible fraud that occur every year (more on that later), and now we have a debt problem America can manage—one where we can attack waste and abuse and whittle down the remaining debt to get our fiscal house in order. So that’s the first step: bringing home the hundreds of billions of dollars that the petro thugs at OPEC and our enemy China steal from us every single year—and then go after all of the others.”
“Drain the swamp”
"Lock her up!
“This mess calls for leadership in the worst way.”
“I'm the only boss in the world who boosts a person's future status by firing them.”
“The best way not to have to use your military power is to make sure that power is visible. When people know that we will use force if necessary and that we really mean it, we’ll be treated differently. With respect. Right now, no one believes us because we’ve been so weak with our approach to military policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. Building up our military is cheap when you consider the alternative. We’re buying peace and we’re locking in our national security. Right now we are in bad shape militarily. We’re decreasing the size of our forces and we’re not giving them the best equipment. Recruiting the best people has fallen off, and we can’t get the people we have trained to the level they need to be. There are a lot of questions about the state of our nuclear weapons. When I read reports of what is going on, I’m shocked. It’s no wonder nobody respects us. It’s no surprise that we never win. Spending money on our military is also smart business. Who do people think build our airplanes and ships, and all the equipment that our troops should have? American workers, that’s who. So building up our military also makes economic sense because it allows us to put real money into the system and put thousands of people back to work. There is another way to pay to modernize our military forces. If other countries are depending on us to protect them, shouldn’t they be willing to make sure we have the capability to do it? Shouldn’t they be willing to pay for the servicemen and servicewomen and the equipment we’re providing? Depending on the price of oil, Saudi Arabia earns somewhere between half a billion and a billion dollars every day. They wouldn’t exist, let alone have that wealth, without our protection. We get nothing from them. Nothing. We defend Germany. We defend Japan. We defend South Korea. These are powerful and wealthy countries. We get nothing from them. It’s time to change all that. It’s time to win again. We’ve got 28,500 wonderful American soldiers on South Korea’s border with North Korea. They’re in harm’s way every single day. They’re the only thing that is protecting South Korea. And what do we get from South Korea for it? They sell us products—at a nice profit. They compete with us. We spent two trillion dollars doing whatever we did in Iraq. I still don’t know why we did it, but we did. Iraq is sitting on an ocean of oil. Is it out of line to suggest that they should contribute to their own future? And after the blood and the money we spent trying to bring some semblance of stability to the Iraqi people, maybe they should be willing to make sure we can rebuild the army that fought for them. When Kuwait was attacked by Saddam Hussein, all the wealthy Kuwaitis ran to Paris. They didn’t just rent suites—they took up whole buildings, entire hotels. They lived like kings while their country was occupied. Who did they turn to for help? Who else? Uncle Sucker. That’s us. We”
“They think that successful diplomacy requires years of experience and an understanding of all the nuances that have to be carefully considered before reaching a conclusion. Only then do these pinstriped bureaucrats consider taking action.”
“His mouthpiece in Venezuela, ViVe TV, issued a press release in January 2010, saying the 200,000 innocent victims of the awful Haiti earthquake were really killed by an American “earthquake weapon.”
“I own guns. Fortunately, I have never had to use them, but, believe me, I feel a lot safer knowing that they are there. I also have a concealed-carry permit that allows me to carry a concealed weapon. I took the time and the effort to get that permit because the constitutional right to defend yourself doesn’t stop at the end of your driveway. That doesn’t apply just to me either. It applies to all our driveways or front doors.”
“To be successful in the world of entrepreneurs, especially in the early stages, a person must learn to fail, correct, learn, apply what was learned, and fail again.”
A Few Quotes from Ronald Regan
A Few Quotes from Ronald Regan
“The poet called Miss Liberty's torch 'the lamp beside the golden
door.' Well, that was the entrance to America, and it still is. And now
you really know why we're here tonight. The glistening hope of that lamp
is still ours. Every promise, every opportunity, is still golden in
this land. And through that golden door our children can walk into
tomorrow with the knowledge that no one can be denied the promise that
is America. Her heart is full; her torch is still golden, her future
bright. She has arms big enough to comfort and strong enough to support,
for the strength in her arms is the strength of her people. She will
carry on… unafraid, unashamed, and unsurpassed. In this springtime of
hope, some lights seem eternal; America's is.”
“I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.”
“Trust everybody in the game but always cut the cards”
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”
“There is no S in freedom.”
“Vietnam was a noble cause imperfectly pursued”
“I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.”
“Trust everybody in the game but always cut the cards”
“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”
“There is no S in freedom.”
“Vietnam was a noble cause imperfectly pursued”
Monday, April 2, 2018
Review: New Chronicles of Rebecca
New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas WigginMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is another telling of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
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Review: The Bird's Christmas Carol
The Bird's Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas WigginMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is such a good little story. A great story for the holidays.
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Review: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas WigginMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Rebecca is one of the most colorful and interesting characters in fiction.
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Review: Sara Crewe, Or What Happened At Miss Minchin's
Sara Crewe, Or What Happened At Miss Minchin's by Frances Hodgson BurnettMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Another telling of "A Little Princess." The story is still worth reading and still has lessons to learn.
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Review: Pippi in the South Seas
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid LindgrenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pippi is the best girl ever.
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Review: Pippi Goes on Board
Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid LindgrenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pippi is the best girl ever.
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Review: Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Pippi is the best girl ever.
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Review: Heidi
Heidi by Johanna SpyriMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is such a good little story. I think every child and child at heart should read this book at least once.
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Review: Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan SwiftMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I Really enjoy reading this book over and over.
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
Review: The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A remarkable fantasy. Trading places with a prince and changing your country for the better, what more could one ask for.
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Review: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Tom and Huck never get old.
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Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Tom and Huck never get old.
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Review: Tom Sawyer, Detective
Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Tom and Huck never get old.
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Review: Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Tom and Huck never get old.
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Review: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
My family and I have been there and that makes the story even more interesting.
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Review: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Time travel is always fun and this one is rather interesting. Contrasts and conflicts make this book fun.
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Friday, March 30, 2018
Review: Anne Of Green Gables Press-Out Doll Book
Anne Of Green Gables Press-Out Doll Book by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Fun for everyone.
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Review: The Anne of Green Gables Storybook: Based on the Kevin Sullivan Film of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Classic Novel
The Anne of Green Gables Storybook: Based on the Kevin Sullivan Film of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Classic Novel by Fiona McHughMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
These pictures never get old.
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Review: The Avonlea Album
The Avonlea Album by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
These pictures never get old.
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Review: The Bend In The Road: An Invitation To The World And Work Of L.M. Montgomery
The Bend In The Road: An Invitation To The World And Work Of L.M. Montgomery by Elizabeth Rollins EpperlyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I pull this out every so often just because it is so interesting.
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Review: After Many Years
After Many Years by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoy short stories and this collection especially.
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Review: The Watchman and Other Poems
The Watchman and Other Poems by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I like the diversity and contrasts that the author incorporates into her poetry.
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Review: The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery by Kevin McCabeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
"The Grumble Family" is my favorite. This is worth reading for several reasons, you'll find out why when you read it.
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Review: Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence
Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed
After Many Days: Tales of Time Passed by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement
Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales
At the Altar: Matrimonial Tales by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea
Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans
Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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Review: Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side
Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love short stories and these are some of the best.
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For those of you that might have an interest, here is a link to my old blog. I still think I should update it once in a while. Let me know it y'all think I should. Enjoy it, or not, whatever you wish. End of Line.
https://thebookmanoftheuniverse.blogspot.com/
https://thebookmanoftheuniverse.blogspot.com/
Review: The Blythes Are Quoted
The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. MontgomeryMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very different book but still good.
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