The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
on Nov 21, 2009 in quote Disraeli The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Benjamin Disraeli...

The law of the hammer: Give a child a ha…
on Nov 19, 2009 in status law of the hammer The law of the hammer: Give a child a hammer and everything becomes a nail.

The law of the hammer: Give a child a na…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized law of the hammer The law of the hammer: Give a child a hammer and everything becomes a nail.

It is the tragedy of the world that no o…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized tragedy Joyce Cary quote It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn’t know — and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything. — Joyce Cary...

Harboring resentment is like drinking po…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized resentment Harboring resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other guy to die.

PT Barnum did not say, “There’s a suck…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized PT Barnum sucker born every minute PT Barnum did not say, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” He said, “The bigger the humbug, the better the people will like it.”...

Fiction seeks out truth. — John Gardner
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized fiction John Gardner truth Fiction seeks out truth. — John Gardner...

Calling a spade an entrenching device do…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized spade Calling a spade an entrenching device doesn’t change it’s nature.

Mark Twain said, “You cannot depend on …
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized imagination Mark Twain Mark Twain said, “You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”...

There is no maritime law that requires t…
on Nov 6, 2009 in Uncategorized captain on a sinking ship maritime law There is no maritime law that requires the captain to stay with his passengers, or that women and childre are the first allowed off a sinking ship. In August, 1991 as the Greek liner Oceanus was sinking off the coast of South Africa, the captain made...