Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Biting the hand that feeds you

It’s like the saying among airline pilots
that the best flying team has three components:
a pilot, a computer and a dog.
The computer is there to fly the plane,
the pilot is there to feed the dog.
And the dog is there to bite the human
if it tries to touch the computer.

        Hannah Fry, Hello World

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

What?

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

        Peter Drucker, interview, Bill Moyers A World of Ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, November 18, 2024

Long days

Oh, don't the days seem lank and long
When all goes right and nothing goes wrong,
And isn't your life extremely flat
With nothing whatever to grumble at!

        W. S. Gilbert, Bab Ballads And Savoy Songs

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 17, 2024

My best part

I am more than dust and ashes:
    I am my best part,
        I am my soul.

                John Donne, Expostulation I








Saturday, November 16, 2024

Bad acting

Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel
who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play.

        Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook

 

 

 

 

Friday, November 15, 2024

America Recycles Day

We don't need any more heroes;
we just need someone to take out the recycling.

    Banksy, Banksy: wall and piece

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, November 14, 2024

The drama of life

What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?

        Alfred Hitchcock, Newsweek magazine