Mat Hatton

"The most important political office is that of private citizen." —Louis Brandeis #onpoli #cdnpoli

It's #ElectionDay in #Ontario today. Please (please.) read about each party and candidate: their successes, failures, and controversies. How often are they mired in scandal? Do they lie? A lot? Behind the talking points and promises, who are they looking out for? Do they deliver?

"The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is." —Nadine Gordimer

"It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." —Moliere

"The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men." —Rod Serling

"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them." —Turkish proverb

Not Pasteur doing the world another solid with this insightful quote: "One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me." —Louis Pasteur

@drasian17 I hadn't seen this routine before! Lots of good stuff in here. "Don't be the asshole" is spectacular advice for life.

@mathatton Not sure if you are a fan but this was 8 years ago and is still true. youtu.be/L-98RjrmqO4?si…

Oooooh, this one is so sharp.

"A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." —Joseph Conrad

Where will the mob direct its collective outrage now? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

"We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts." —George Matthew Adams

Make a point this week to notice small acts of kindness. So often these tiny gestures go unnoticed in life.

Why didn't anyone tell me that there's a tradition called "Stew Year" where you ring in the new year with delicious stew (and of course continue to celebrate into the new year because leftover stew is arguably better)? Kicking myself!

i’m speaking for everyone when i say that drone shows are way better than fireworks

Merry Christmas. Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo

When you’re wrapping Christmas presents and the scissors start to glide

@TheCinesthetic This has already been mentioned, but I'm posting it again because Boromir's arc wrecks me every time. "They've taken the little ones!"💀

What film scene absolutely destroys you everytime. No matter how many times you've seen it?

I’ve seen a lot of the Toronto running community, but this guy wins.