“I definitely am going to take a course on time management… just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.”
“Louis Boone (1914-65), American critic” quoted in Cy Charney The Salesperson’s Handbook
Christie Heffner “told the [Chicago] Sun-Times, ‘pornography is a word used by critics to demonize sexual images they don’t approve of.’ Failing to follow up properly, the reporters neglected to ask Ms. Hefner why she thinks ‘to demonize’ is a bad thing.”
Gilbert! magazine Vol. 3 #8, July/August 2000
“Like a true philosopher, Flambeau had no aim in his holiday; but, like a true philosopher, he had an excuse. He had a sort of half purpose, which he took just so seriously that its success would crown the holiday, but just so lightly that its failure would not spoil it.”
G.K. Chesterton Favorite Father Brown Stories
“I indulged in what the Germans call Grübeleien, a word difficult to translate, connoting aimless broodings focused on oneself, with the outside world serving only as a resonance box for unbridled egoism.”
Nicolas Slonimsky Perfect Pitch (about time he spent in a sanatorium as a teen).
“To do nothing is in everyone’s power.”
Samuel Johnson widely quoted online (for instance at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/828498)
My final appearance on the show so thanks to all who listened, to Anthony for being a great host, and to all those behind the scenes who made it happen.
“leisure: a word that means three totally different things: 1. being allowed to do something, 2. being allowed to do anything, 3. being allowed to do nothing.”
G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News July 23, 1927, quoted in “Chesternitions” in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 7 #2 (10-11/03)
In the National Post I remember as always those who gave all their tomorrows for my today, and try to treat it as the precious gift that it is.