Monday 25 June 2012

Mutual Self-Deception

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.
 — Ambrose Bierce

Friday 22 June 2012

Imperfect Tenderness

SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness.

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Post-Procrastination

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
 ― Mark Twain

Monday 18 June 2012

Emeritus

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
 — Niels Bohr

Sunday 17 June 2012

Uncalled To Account

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; 
it is the part the schools cannot recognise.
 — James Joyce

Saturday 16 June 2012

Man In Before You

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
 — James Joyce

Friday 15 June 2012

The Burden of Proof

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. 
It is innocent, unless found guilty. 
A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. 
It is guilty, until found effective.
 — Edward Teller