J. D. Trout Quotes

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.

Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

I just keep thinking about putting up good numbers, playing hard and winning games.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough.

I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

A successful trader is rational, analytical, able to control emotions, practical, and profit oriented.

I was always told that if people don't want a picture with you, or they don't want an autograph from you, that doesn't mean you're not doing anything good.

As a kid, I had this ultimate goal to be a teacher. I wanted to be a history teacher like my dad.

Make sure you have an edge. Know what your edge is. And have rigid risk control rules.

Growing up, I was such a picky eater. I'm finally starting to expand.

No curfew. I live in the basement. I got everything I need. Home cooking ... it's awesome.

As I get older every year, I'm eating better. As a kid, who can turn down chips and candy? But I'm getting better.

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

I grew up a Phillies fan. Me and my buddies tailgated a couple of times when they won the World Series. I like just being in that atmosphere.

The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians.

The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal.

The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.

With technology expanding at this ridiculous pace, bit by bit we're losing our humanity and our ability to connect with each other without having electronic media in the middle.

Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

Well, I always did want to go out in a Braveheart kind of way. I'll just have to think of something cool to yell before they cut my head off.

Let the meek have the kingdom of heaven. The strong shall rule on earth.

It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up.

Steve Fister is a great guitar player. He's ROCKIN'!!

Roger “Hurricane” Wilson is the real deal!

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

The myth that John Locke was the philosopher behind the American Republic, is easily refuted by examining how Locke's philosophy steered Thomas Jefferson, for example.

When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.

Here I find the true nature of the tree - not in the bulk of its shape but in the way its form alters my vision of the world.

Do you want to die, or do you want to die trying? Give up or give it a shot.

I love writing, but I would be able to love it more if that love wasn’t motivated by fear of homelessness.

...hoping that he might peek through a gap in the fance and see that Patch was really a big softy, all bark and no bite, or, as they sometimes say in England, "All mouth and no trousers"!

Really, it's amazing. You are his other half, Alexandria, You are fated to be with him. You belong to

I am sorry the only outlet for her troubled mind was in clumsy foreplay with an inadequate partner."He threw the rest of her sandwich at the swinging door as she passed through it.

Success and talent aren’t even in the same neighborhood.