In a speech to the Augustine College Summer Seminar in June (sorry, I’m a bit behind in my video editing) I argue that the calamities of the 20th century derived, fundamentally, from a rejection of the notion of truth.

“one need not be a strategist to keep out of the way of a motor-bus.”

Father Brown in G.K. Chesterton Favorite Father Brown Stories

In my latest Mercatornet piece I argue that Stephen Hawking’s arguments in his last book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, are as unconvincing as they are dreary.

“Pas assez fou pour mettre le feu, mais pas assez fin pour l’éteindre."

A “Quebec saying” emailed by a friend (roughly “Not dumb (or crazy) enough to set the place on fire, but not smart (or sensible) enough to put the fire out”)

“‘Don’t be a fly on the wall,’ wise cons advise. ‘Be the wall.’”

Maclean’s April 9, 2001 [I did not record the name of the author]

“Four park benches sit on the lawn at Wesley United Church at Main and Graham, offering weary passersby a place to rest. They aren’t chained or locked. One of the slats in the benches bears the inscription: ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ But it’s probably the added inscription on the next slat that is most effective. ‘God is watching.’”

Dave Brown Best of Brown

“Don’t trust the heart, it wants your blood.”

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quoted on www.memorablequotations.com/lec.htm (accessed December 30, 2003)