Why Hurry, asks Chesterfield

Why are you ever in a hurry? A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry, because he knows that whatever he does in a hurry, he must necessarily do very ill. He may be in haste to dispatch an affair, but he will care not to let that […]

Quote of the Day – Kaspar Hauser

Every man is a wolf to me. – Kaspar Hauser in Werner Herzog’s award-winning German film Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Source: New York Times, August 15, 2010 P.22 By the way, Bruno Schleinstein (popularly known as Bruno S.), who played the character of

Yale Book of Quotations Review – A Joy to Peruse

For as long as we can remember, we’ve been under the spell of eloquent writers and speakers. And Bartlett’s was our vade mecum, a book we repeatedly borrowed from our local library. On good days and on bad days, we dipped into the heavy tome to great delight. So when we saw favorable reviews of […]

Quote of the Day – I Enjoy Crushing Bastards

Der Spiegel: You could have started a company in Silicon Valley and lived in a home in Palo Alto with a swimming pool. Why did you decide to do the WikiLeaks project instead? WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we […]

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