Sunday 26 August 2018

Representational Oligarchy

American democracy must be a failure 
because it places the supreme authority 
in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
— Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59)

Thursday 23 August 2018

Social Insects

We are anthill men upon an anthill world.
— Ray Bradbury

Thursday 16 August 2018

The Empty Vessel Makes The Loudest Noise

To have news value 
is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
— T. E. Lawrence

Tuesday 14 August 2018

Off Course

As Oscar Wilde should have said, 
when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, 
they emigrate to America and become university courses.
— Frederic Raphael