Mike Sommer
@mikesommer.bsky.social
Random thoughts, some relevant to the day and some not.
"Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money."
• Bono
• Bono
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Selling out is doing something you don't really want to do for money."
• Bono
• Bono
"Never buy a stock because it has gone up or sell one because it has gone down."
• Benjamin Graham
• Benjamin Graham
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Never buy a stock because it has gone up or sell one because it has gone down."
• Benjamin Graham
• Benjamin Graham
"The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter, but the King cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement."
• William Pitt
• William Pitt
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter, but the King cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement."
• William Pitt
• William Pitt
Something's coming.
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Something's coming.
"There are two things in the world I can't stand: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures . . . and the Dutch."
• Nigel Powers
• Nigel Powers
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"There are two things in the world I can't stand: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures . . . and the Dutch."
• Nigel Powers
• Nigel Powers
"Campuses that were once havens of free speech are now patrolled and regulated by thought police. Intellectual dishonesty has become a job requirement for university administrators."
• Michael Barone
• Michael Barone
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Campuses that were once havens of free speech are now patrolled and regulated by thought police. Intellectual dishonesty has become a job requirement for university administrators."
• Michael Barone
• Michael Barone
"I didn't really say everything I said."
• Yogi Berra
• Yogi Berra
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"I didn't really say everything I said."
• Yogi Berra
• Yogi Berra
"People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals."
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Muhammad Iqbal
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals."
• Muhammad Iqbal
• Muhammad Iqbal
"Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos."
• Polybius
• Polybius
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos."
• Polybius
• Polybius
"Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it."
• Natalie Imbruglia
• Natalie Imbruglia
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it."
• Natalie Imbruglia
• Natalie Imbruglia
Goodbye to the filth of BlueSky.
"Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them."
• Thomas Aquinas
"Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them."
• Thomas Aquinas
September 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Goodbye to the filth of BlueSky.
"Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them."
• Thomas Aquinas
"Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them."
• Thomas Aquinas
"When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed."
• Marilyn Manson
• Marilyn Manson
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed."
• Marilyn Manson
• Marilyn Manson
"To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men."
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves."
• Leo Tolstoy
• Leo Tolstoy
September 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"The most mentally deranged people are certainly those who see in others indications of insanity they do not notice in themselves."
• Leo Tolstoy
• Leo Tolstoy
"When we use the words domestic terrorism, we discount its actual impact as political terrorism, which is, of course, political violence meant to impact an audience outside of the immediate victims."
• Malcolm Wrightson Nance
• Malcolm Wrightson Nance
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"When we use the words domestic terrorism, we discount its actual impact as political terrorism, which is, of course, political violence meant to impact an audience outside of the immediate victims."
• Malcolm Wrightson Nance
• Malcolm Wrightson Nance
"I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are."
• Mark Cuban
• Mark Cuban
September 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are."
• Mark Cuban
• Mark Cuban
"Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror."
• Colin Powell
• Colin Powell
September 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror."
• Colin Powell
• Colin Powell
"In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come out, we may deliver our attack with advantage."
• Sun Tzu
• Sun Tzu
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come out, we may deliver our attack with advantage."
• Sun Tzu
• Sun Tzu