“A vacation is having nothing to do and having all day to do it.”
Robert Orben, quoted in Reader’s Digest Canadian Edition November 2004
“Tomorrow is Christmas! It’s practically here!”
The Grinch in Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A brief excerpt from a chess instructional video by GM Ben Finegold. His comments on chess are great... if you like chess. (And you can find lots of them on YouTube.) But this is a rather wistful reflection on how much childhood has changed that I think is of far wider interest.
In Convivium I say the NAC production of Roch Carrier’s “The Hockey Sweater” is a surprising, delightful and morally intelligent improvement on the original.
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
Archilochus, a 7th century BC Greek poet, quoted by Paul P. Streeton in Gerald M. Meier and Dudley Seers Pioneers in Development
“Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.”
Thomas Fuller (1608-61) quoted as “Thought du jour” in Globe & Mail May 29, 2000
“Those who maintain that, provided he is good, a man is happy on the rack or surrounded by great disasters, is talking nonsense, whether intentionally or not.”
Aristotle, Ethics
“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”
W.C. Fields (I have encountered other variants but this one is the earliest I’ve seen)