“rapid unscheduled disassembly”
The preferred SpaceX euphemism for a rocket that blows up, quoted in National Post May 29, 2025
“Life’s short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible on the Internet arguing with strangers about politics.”
An image emailed by a friend without attribution June 9, 2025
“A man is drunk when he feels sophisticated and can’t pronounce it.”
Joe Sullivan quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“Great Hide & Seek players are hard to find”
Emailed by a friend without attribution
“Caution is the most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish.”
“Unknown” quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“Experience is what you get when you are looking for something else.”
“Pathfinder” quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“Publishers do not deny that they are publishers unless there are poets lurking about.”
G.K. Chesterton quoted without further attribution in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)
“An Executive is a man employed to talk to visitors so that the other employees will have a chance to work.”
New York Daily Mirror quoted in “Other Suspects – II Quotes not by GKC” in Gilbert: the Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 28 #3 (Jan./Feb. 2025)