Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Circumstances

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."

George Bernard Shaw

5 comments:

Rob Boudreau said...

This is an odd quote from a filthy socialist and Stalinist... :) This quote seems like it ought to have come from an upstanding Capitalist like myself.

Anonymous said...

Yea, he probably meant, "If your circumstances suck, don't worry, because the government will take from the hard working guy who earned what he has and give it to you, so you don't have to."

Rob Boudreau said...

...and tag it with some euphemism like income redistribution or progressive income tax. :) Damn, this went off on a different route--armbar, ground n' pound...focus.

James said...

LMFAO....

Anonymous said...

hmmm...supply side economics is great, how bout supply-side martial arts? as in, I like to supply the ass-kicking.