Info in Bits & Pieces

NEWS IN BRIEF

THE REAL COST OF WHAT WE BUY
If you want to become more intentional with your spending, here’s a helpful truth to remember: Whenever you buy something, you are deciding it’s worth more than anything else you could have used that money for.
”The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” ~~~ Henry David Thoreau

US Manufacturing Falls Deeper Into Recession as Economy Faces ‘Clear Challenges’

25% of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to a report by Pew Research.

Radioactive Water from Fukushima Nuclear Plant is deemed safe to relase into the ocean. About $1.2 million cubic meters of water that has been used to cool the fuel rods of the Fukushima plant will be released under the plan, per the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Deadliest Barn Fire in Texas, though ruled accidental, killed 18,000 cows at one of the courntry’s largest dairy farms.

QUOTES – Misc.

COLORS:
“Gray is the Queen of colors because she makes everyone else look good.”
~~~ Helen Van Wyk

Quotes from Walter Williams:
“Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.”

“Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.”

“Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place.”
~~~ see more quotes by Walter Williams at the link below:
Gary M. Galles is a Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University

ATTITUDE:
“Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. 95% of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.”
~~~ Brian Tracy

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
“Pity the man who inherits a million dollars and isn’t a millionaire. Here’s what would be pitiful, if your income grew and you didn’t.”
~~~ Jim Rohn

FAIR PAY:
“If you pay in peanuts, expect to get monkeys.”
~~~ Anonymous

DOING YOUR BEST
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time.”
~~~ Sandra Day O’Connor

TRUE LOVE
“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.”
~~~ Westley

SAFETY
”A ship in harbor is safe; but that’s not what ships are built for.”
~~~ John A. Sneed (1850-1926), American Businessman

QUOTES – Religious

“No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, of planning the. movements of water, or gardening – still all is Beauty.”
~~~ John Muir

“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Amighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favors.”
~~~ George Washington (1732-1799), First President of the United States.