A Quote Most of Us Probably Won’t Use

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Jean

A kind word and a gun is more effective than just a kind word.
—Al Capone

Although some of us have used Theodore Roosevelt’s,

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

June 30, 2018

 

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14 Responses to A Quote Most of Us Probably Won’t Use

  1. tammy j says:
    June 30, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    didn’t know about Capone’s quote.
    of course the other is famous now.
    I love all quotes. better than long speeches any day!

    • Jean says:
      June 30, 2018 at 6:15 pm

      Changing times — the anti-gun people would probably appalled by Capone’s quote, so I don’t think they would use it. I thought it was funny.

  2. Catherine de Seton says:
    June 30, 2018 at 5:27 pm

    odd quotes for sure…even the second one…but I guess they related something VIP at the time.

    ummmmm cheese and onion bread just out the machine – and it was steaming – took a picture but don’t think the “steam” will show up. Recipe said top will be wonky (not that word) but it just had a little crease in it…

  3. peppylady (Dora) says:
    June 30, 2018 at 8:03 pm

    TR I heard quite a bit…Can you back up what you say…The weather been just right here in North Idaho.
    Coffee is on

  4. Ursula says:
    June 30, 2018 at 11:00 pm

    Whilst I rarely quote anyone I do think about quotes when I stumble across them.

    Al Capone: If I were facing a gun I don’t think a kind word would stop me from fervently hoping that I won’t piss my pants. Not that I wear trousers.

    Roosevelt? Same difference. Mind you, Nietzsche (a man whose beautiful use of language I revere) advised in his “Zarathustra”: “When you go to woman don’t forget the whip” or some such. Not surprised my grandmother, who took it literally, had no time for him.

    U

    • Jean says:
      July 1, 2018 at 1:27 pm

      A lot of people in the U.S. believe in the good guys having guns too. I’ve never wanted one — my sister and I had cap guns when we were young, but I didn’t like to shoot mine because of the noise.

  6. Still the Lucky Few says:
    July 1, 2018 at 5:24 am

    Using ‘Beda’ to ‘accomplish your goal’ really means using war and punishment to ‘get what you want’. I have no use for war, and its use is never justified. I thought humanity learned this lesson when the two atomic bombs were released in Japan in 1945. Perhaps not…

    • Jean says:
      July 1, 2018 at 1:13 pm

      Lot’s of luck with that. You might want to read Jonathan Haidt’s The The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. Two quotes:

      If you think that moral reasoning is something we do to figure out the truth, you’ll be constantly frustrated by how foolish, biased, and illogical people become when they disagree with you. But if you think about moral reasoning as a skill we humans evolved to further our social agendas—to justify our own actions and to defend the teams we belong to—then things will make a lot more sense.

      We’re not always selfish hypocrites. We also have the ability, under special circumstances, to shut down our petty selves and become like cells in a larger body, or like bees in a hive, working for the good of the group. These experiences are often among the most cherished of our lives, although our hivishness can blind us to other moral concerns. Our bee-like nature facilitates altruism, heroism, war, and genocide.

    • .Rummuser says:
      July 2, 2018 at 5:01 am

      Beda is to divide and rule. Danda is to enter into conflict. It is used only after the first three have failed to achieve the sought goal.

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