Truth Savings
Immortalising mere mortals
There's many will go the Dublin Road won't see it.
There's many will go the Dublin Road won't see it.
Molly Dunne (my granny) on encountering a stubborn stain.
There are good goods in small parcels.
There are good goods in small parcels.
Molly Dunne (my granny) who wasn't expected to surivive at birth but lived to a ripe old age.
Mocking is catching.
Mocking is catching.
Molly Dunne (my granny) who caught on at an early age.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
The perennial yearning of the unheeded (and catchphrase of former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds).
To quote thyself is an admissible vanity.
To quote thyself is an admissible vanity.
RVJ Callanan
Closure is for closets where we tend our flesh-eating wounds alongside our skeletons.
Closure is for closets where we tend our flesh-eating wounds alongside our skeletons.
RVJ Callanan
It's easy to be a Tibetan monk when you spend your whole day meditating
It's easy to be a Tibetan monk when you spend your whole day meditating
RVJ Callanan
Rabbit-holes are indispensible in the pursuit of truth. The trick is to climb out before it is too late!
Rabbit-holes are indispensible in the pursuit of truth. The trick is to climb out before it is too late!
RVJ Callanan
Every cloud has a silver-lining playbook
Every cloud has a silver-lining playbook
RVJ Callanan
And the winner of the Nobel Prize for Settled Science is...
And the winner of the Nobel Prize for Settled Science is...
RVJ Callanan
If living is for loving, it's better to have lived and lost than to never have lived at all.
If living is for loving, it's better to have lived and lost than to never have lived at all.
RVJ Callanan
There is truth in paradox and paradox in truth.
There is truth in paradox and paradox in truth.
RVJ Callanan
Truth dynamics: trickles, tides and tsunamis.
Truth dynamics: trickles, tides and tsunamis.
RVJ Callanan
If the truth was admitted, it might be interpreted as the truth!
If the truth was admitted, it might be interpreted as the truth!
RVJ Callanan
Silence is complicity; fear is transient; shame is eternal!
Silence is complicity; fear is transient; shame is eternal!
RVJ Callanan
If politics is the art of the possible, we must be wary of all the possibilities.
If politics is the art of the possible, we must be wary of all the possibilities.
RVJ Callanan
A single source of temporal truth is an oxymoron.
A single source of temporal truth is an oxymoron.
RVJ Callanan
Fact-checkers are the most reliable source of propaganda.
Fact-checkers are the most reliable source of propaganda.
RVJ Callanan
The fine art of propaganda: to weaponise our better instincts against our better judgement.
The fine art of propaganda: to weaponise our better instincts against our better judgement.
RVJ Callanan
We live in an era when sober facts never get in the way of imbibed emotions
We live in an era when sober facts never get in the way of imbibed emotions
RVJ Callanan
Artifical intelligence can make utter fools of us and we are none the wiser.
Artifical intelligence can make utter fools of us and we are none the wiser.
RVJ Callanan
Unmitigated mitigation is insanity.
Unmitigated mitigation is insanity.
RVJ Callanan
Only the coercively vaccinated may gain entry to their own prisons.
Only the coercively vaccinated may gain entry to their own prisons.
RVJ Callanan
The noble lie has the half-life of a gene-based vaccine.
The noble lie has the half-life of a gene-based vaccine.
RVJ Callanan
Legitimate Anger: Feller of Fear; Harbinger of Hope. Read instructions carefully!
Legitimate Anger: Feller of Fear; Harbinger of Hope. Read instructions carefully!
RVJ Callanan
Mission creep by transition creeps of the New World Order.
Mission creep by transition creeps of the New World Order.
RVJ Callanan
Wherever justice junkies go, they always leave more injustices in their wake.
Wherever justice junkies go, they always leave more injustices in their wake.
RVJ Callanan
Bad law always finds the path of least resistance.
Bad law always finds the path of least resistance.
RVJ Callanan
Sometimes we care so much about truth that we lose all sight of reality.
Sometimes we care so much about truth that we lose all sight of reality.
RVJ Callanan
Virtue-signallers will be the death of us all.
Virtue-signallers will be the death of us all.
RVJ Callanan
No matter how you slice it, the superficial always takes away from the real.
No matter how you slice it, the superficial always takes away from the real.
RVJ Callanan
There is no such thing as female intuition — only intuition, where women are more likely to excel. There is no such thing as male logic — only logic, where men are more likely to excel. We depend on logical women to go where logical men fear to tread.
There is no such thing as female intuition — only intuition, where women are more likely to excel. There is no such thing as male logic — only logic, where men are more likely to excel. We depend on logical women to go where logical men fear to tread.
RVJ Callanan
When feelings bear fruit, hard truths are being confronted somewhere down the line.
When feelings bear fruit, hard truths are being confronted somewhere down the line.
RVJ Callanan
Cometh the hour, cometh the wolves in sheep's clothing.
Cometh the hour, cometh the wolves in sheep's clothing.
RVJ Callanan
If a cause needs a crisis , a crisis begets many other causes.
If a cause needs a crisis , a crisis begets many other causes.
RVJ Callanan
Hidden virtue is the most virtuous kind. Hidden aggression is the most aggressive kind.
Hidden virtue is the most virtuous kind. Hidden aggression is the most aggressive kind.
RVJ Callanan
The less we learn, the less we realise how little we know.
The less we learn, the less we realise how little we know.
RVJ Callanan (corollary of quote by Einstein, Fuller)
Knowledge that is hard won is best retained. Knowledge that is hard won is the most credible.
Knowledge that is hard won is best retained. Knowledge that is hard won is the most credible.
RVJ Callanan
Making it up as we go along is all part of the plan.
Making it up as we go along is all part of the plan.
RVJ Callanan
Our Nanny State just had a sex change and turned into Big Brother. Huxley and Orwell got it half-right.
Our Nanny State just had a sex change and turned into Big Brother. Huxley and Orwell got it half-right.
RVJ Callanan
There is no greater threat to a free society than a hyper-vigilant mob intoxicated by its own virtue.
There is no greater threat to a free society than a hyper-vigilant mob intoxicated by its own virtue.
RVJ Callanan
Our government has all the autonomy of a rag puppet whose strings are made of piano wire.
Our government has all the autonomy of a rag puppet whose strings are made of piano wire.
RVJ Callanan
Media martyrs find the devil in the soundbite and saving graces lost in the detail.
Media martyrs find the devil in the soundbite and saving graces lost in the detail.
RVJ Callanan
Propaganda loves the slippery slope that exploits our better instincts.
Propaganda loves the slippery slope that exploits our better instincts.
RVJ Callanan
Once bitten, a thousand times bitten, but never shy.
Once bitten, a thousand times bitten, but never shy.
RVJ Callanan
Fear is the New Stupid; fear is the New World Order.
Fear is the New Stupid; fear is the New World Order.
RVJ Callanan
The silver bullets of progress often find the least progressive targets.
The silver bullets of progress often find the least progressive targets.
RVJ Callanan
"Gotta move with the times; gotta go with the flow!", screamed the lemmings as they dragged us all over the cliff.
"Gotta move with the times; gotta go with the flow!", screamed the lemmings as they dragged us all over the cliff.
RVJ Callanan
The Enemy Within: Regressive Progressives; Selectivist Collectivists; Tyrannical Liberals; Dystopian Utopians
The Enemy Within: Regressive Progressives; Selectivist Collectivists; Tyrannical Liberals; Dystopian Utopians
RVJ Callanan
Same shoe; other foot; one hundred sizes too small.
Same shoe; other foot; one hundred sizes too small.
RVJ Callanan
In the physical realm, the cure is always worse than the spiritual disease.
In the physical realm, the cure is always worse than the spiritual disease.
RVJ Callanan
When the law is an ass, the smart ass wins.
When the law is an ass, the smart ass wins.
RVJ Callanan
Never close your mind to something based on a superficial understanding.
Never close your mind to something based on a superficial understanding.
RVJ Callanan
The Covid agenda has all the scientific integrity of a chicken coop infiltrated by a stuffed fox.
The Covid agenda has all the scientific integrity of a chicken coop infiltrated by a stuffed fox.
RVJ Callanan
Paranioa is logical when coincidences mount up to a hugely improbable degree.
Paranioa is logical when coincidences mount up to a hugely improbable degree.
RVJ Callanan
A new strain of the virus; the same strain of propaganda; a permanent stain on their souls.
A new strain of the virus; the same strain of propaganda; a permanent stain on their souls.
RVJ Callanan
It is the mark of a redeemable soul to relax in your honesty and tremble in your deceit. It is the mark of a troubled soul to tremble in your honesty and revel in your deceit.
It is the mark of a redeemable soul to relax in your honesty and tremble in your deceit. It is the mark of a troubled soul to tremble in your honesty and revel in your deceit.
RVJ Callanan
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Anyone you know with creaking bones.
Wisdom is wasted on the wise.
Wisdom is wasted on the wise.
Corollary of above by RVJ Callanan.
Nothing can have meaning unless it has an opposite. Absence is sometimes the best opposite. A Utopia cannot exist because it is its own opposite.
Nothing can have meaning unless it has an opposite. Absence is sometimes the best opposite. A Utopia cannot exist because it is its own opposite.
RVJ Callanan
If your credibility rests entirely on your credentials, you have no credibility.
If your credibility rests entirely on your credentials, you have no credibility.
RVJ Callanan
Never ask an expert when the truth is staring you in the face. Never trust a computer model when the truth is staring you in the face. When the truth is staring you in the face, it may be hiding a more pertinent truth.
Never ask an expert when the truth is staring you in the face. Never trust a computer model when the truth is staring you in the face. When the truth is staring you in the face, it may be hiding a more pertinent truth.
RVJ Callanan
Never trust anyone who responds to a simple question by demanding your trust. Never trust a scientist who responds to a simple question by asking you to trust the science.
Never trust anyone who responds to a simple question by demanding your trust. Never trust a scientist who responds to a simple question by asking you to trust the science.
RVJ Callanan
The most specialised fields have the most glaring blind spots.
The most specialised fields have the most glaring blind spots.
RVJ Callanan
All lives matter, especially the most vulnerable.
All lives matter, especially the most vulnerable.
RVJ Callanan
Rational empathy is the most caring kind. Irrational empathy is the most uncaring kind. Verbalised empathy is an oxymoron.
Rational empathy is the most caring kind. Irrational empathy is the most uncaring kind. Verbalised empathy is an oxymoron.
RVJ Callanan
You may borrow from your financial future, but you can only borrow from the wisdom of your past.
You may borrow from your financial future, but you can only borrow from the wisdom of your past.
RVJ Callanan
The chickens always come home to roost even when they take the scenic route.
The chickens always come home to roost even when they take the scenic route.
RVJ Callanan
We have never been so conformist in our non-conformity with the truth.
We have never been so conformist in our non-conformity with the truth.
RVJ Callanan
Sameness is all the same.
Sameness is all the same.
RVJ Callanan
Never use an adjective when a noun is sufficient.
Never use an adjective when a noun is sufficient.
RVJ Callanan