“
If we’re not meant to eat animals, why are they made of food.”
ewan
“Be happy with yourself as the individual you are
… with all your idiosyncrasies”
read somewhere on the net
“May you grow for the glory of man
and the benefit of mankind.”
Grandy, my grandfather said when planting anything in the garden
“
If you can’t say something positive, don’t say anything at all
—especially after the fact. Down with negativity ... who needs it!”
essaybee, 2017
“Tinnitus is the sound of The Big Bang. It’s been around for ever.
It depends on the sensitivity of your ears whether
you can pick it up or not.”
essaybee, January 2020
Collective noun for Tenors : “A Shortage of Tenors”
My brother, Andy 2008
"Hamba kahle, Sala kahle"
(Go gently and Walk in peace)
Xhosa saying on departure
“Behind every successful person is a substantial amount of coffee.”
In the Rush Café, Southgate
My most favourite quotation is this from Sir Humphrey, in Yes, Minister,
written by Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, and attributed to Francis Bacon, though Iithink the authors coined it.
“Success is not the key to happiness—Happiness is
the key to success."
Albert Schweitzer
“To people who want to be rich and famous, I’d say,
‘Get rich first and see if that doesn’t cover it.’”
Marshall Fine, Gannett Westchester Newspapers, July 1992
“May the sun bring you new energy by day. May the moon softly restore you by night. May the rain wash away your worries. May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.”
Apache Blessing
“When I went to school. they asked me what I wanted to be when
I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn't understand
the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life.”
John Lennon
There is a story that during the Ashes ‘Bodyline’ Cricket Series of 1932–33, controversial England skipper Douglas Jardine went to the Australian dressing room after a day’s play to demand an apology from the player who called him aibastard on the pitch. The call went up : “Which one of you bastards called this bastard a bastard!’
Unnamed Bodyline Wit, 1932–33
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
Maybe they were thinking of mainframes, which were the only serious things around then.
