Posted on November 30, 2020 “Age is a high price to pay for maturity.”—Tom Stoppard, British playwright, 1937-
Posted on November 29, 2020 “Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.”—Frank Moore Colby, American writer, 1865-1925
Posted on November 26, 2020 “Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.”—Laurence J. Peters, Canadian educator & author, 1919-1990
Posted on November 24, 2020 “When a bad man pretends he’s good, he’s at his worst.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC
Posted on November 20, 2020 “Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.”—Karen Horney, German psychoanalyst, 1885-1952
Posted on November 19, 2020 “All kings is mostly rapscallions.”—Jim in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (by Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910)
Posted on November 18, 2020 “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778
Posted on November 15, 2020 “Machines, from the Maxim gun to the computer, are for the most part, means by which a minority can keep free men in subjection.”—Sir Kenneth Clark, British art historian, 1903-1983
Posted on November 14, 2020 “Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.”—P.T. Barnum, America showman, 1810-1891
Posted on November 13, 2020 “When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.”—Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland; English politician; 1610-1643