
The Creation, st. 11.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
"Heavenly Bank Account".
You Are What You Is (1981)
The Creation, st. 11.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
“There is a big difference between hating losing and being afraid to lose.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Writing on the 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing
2010s
Context: p>Americans have more freedom and broader rights than citizens of almost any other nation in the world, including the capacity to criticize their government and their elected officials. But we do not have the right to resort to violence — or the threat of violence — when we don’t get our way. Our founders constructed a system of government so that reason could prevail over fear. Oklahoma City proved once again that without the law there is no freedom.Criticism is part of the lifeblood of democracy. No one is right all the time. But we should remember that there is a big difference between criticizing a policy or a politician and demonizing the government that guarantees our freedoms and the public servants who enforce our laws.</p
“To bend down for money is OK, but to bow is not.”
Introduction to Money, Power, and Honor, In Jerusalem, the Skies are Lower (1989).
Brexit: Jeremy Hunt says 'absolute priority' to avoid European polls https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47933511, BBC News, 15 April 2019
2019
Electrogarden interview with Iris http://www.electrogarden.com/features/iris/
“I can bend my own rules way, way over, but there is a place where I finally stop bending them.”
Travis McGee series, The Turquoise Lament (1973)
Context: Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will. Integrity is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the largest kick in the ass the world can provide. It is not supposed to be a productive asset. Crime pays a lot better. I can bend my own rules way, way over, but there is a place where I finally stop bending them. I can recognize the feeling. I've been there a lot of times.
From now on, Lawton Hisp was not going to have a very nice life. They might never come after him, but it just wasn't going to be very joyous from now on.
Happy New Year, Mister Hisp.