Gullible’s Travels
IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS SPONTANEOUS, YOU’RE A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR WATCHING REALITY TELEVISION. — CORDIALLY, HELEN Continue reading Gullible’s Travels
Tag: Naivete
Walter Mondale Quotation
IF YOU ARE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON, YOU ARE HOPELESSLY CONFUSED. — WALTER MONDALE Continue reading Walter Mondale Quotation
Don’t Overestimate Book Smarts
WISDOM IS NOT WISDOM WHEN IT IS DERIVED FROM BOOKS ALONE. — HORACE, ROMAN POET Continue reading Don’t Overestimate Book Smarts
Averting a Misguided Distinction
(Editor’s Note: The source of this quote is in dispute. On some websites, the statement is attributed to Greek historian Thucydides. Others credit William Francis Butler, a senior officer in the British Army during the 19th Century. Well, it’s possible both dudes said it because it’s pretty darned wise.) THE NATION THAT MAKES A GREAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN ITS SCHOLARS AND ITS WARRIORS WILL HAVE ITS THINKING DONE BY COWARDS AND ITS FIGHTING DONE BY FOOLS. — THUCYDIDES Continue reading Averting a Misguided Distinction
Tabloid Journalists Feed on This Crap
MOST PEOPLE, IN FACT, WILL NOT TAKE THE TROUBLE IN FINDING THE TRUTH, BUT ARE MUCH MORE INCLINED TO ACCEPT THE FIRST STORY THEY HEAR. — THUCYDIDES Continue reading Tabloid Journalists Feed on This Crap
The San Francisco Treat? Whatever.
I confess. I believed this commercial jingle for years. You can’t imagine how much better I feel after admitting that. The weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders. Actually, during my entire childhood and adolescence, I heard adults claim Rice-A-Roni was no more popular in San Francisco than anyplace else. I called bullshit on them. Every one of them. I had graphs, pie charts, statistics, gossip column clippings and cable car advertising to prove them wrong. I don’t recall when I was forced out of my denial state and considered the possibility that the San Francisco Municipal … Continue reading The San Francisco Treat? Whatever.
