“brilliant, but not correct.”
Quoted in Horace Porter Campaigning with Grant as “what Cuvier said of the French Academy’s definition of a crab”.
“Common sense is the little man in the grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it’s always someone else’s money he’s adding up.”
“Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), American novelist” quoted as “Thought du jour” in “Social Studies” in Globe & Mail Jan. 11, 2012
“Maybe we’re all just blobs of sentient meat in a senseless existence.”
Tina in the comic strip “Tina’s Groove” in Ottawa Citizen Feb. 15, 2003
“I thought I was going to seize the day… but the day seized me instead.”
Jon looking very miserable in Garfield in Ottawa Citizen Nov. 12, 2004
“Three consecutive years in a row”
Commentator on TSN during the World Junior Gold Medal hockey game between Canada and Sweden Jan. 4, 1993
“The wheels have fallen apart with their momentum”
Announcer on a Minnesota North Stars game on TSN, March 3, 1992
Yes, my CFRA appearance has moved from Friday at 1:30 to Wednesday at 12:30 at least for now.
“that valuable if unconsidered thing that is one of the two for which civilization was principally originated, which are warmth and dryness...”
Lord Dunsany Up In The Hills