‘‘It is a monotonous memory which keeps us in the main from seeing things as splendid as they are.’”
G.K. Chesterton quoted by James V. Schall, SJ in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 2 # 8 (July-August 1999)
In BOE Report I skewer the hypocrisy of politicians, most notably our Prime Minister, who demand that we use dramatically fewer fossil fuels while jetting about hobnobbing with his fellow elitists or promoting his electoral prospects so frequently it’s hard to keep track of where he is.
“Intelligence is quickness to apprehend, as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended."
Alfred North Whitehead, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Globe & Mail August 21, 2002
“There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on."
William Blake "English poet and painter (1757-1827)” quoted as "Thought du jour" in Social Studies in Globe & Mail November 20, 2012
Edmund Wilson’s search for “ultimate meaning in the things of this world... quite often fooled him into thinking that the search for transcendent sensuality can be other than vain.”
Terry Teachout in National Review August 9, 1993
“Mysteries are like the sun, dazzling, yet plain to all eyes.”
John Donne "in his third satire" quoted by George Watson in Chronicles magazine September 1991
“The economist’s definition of scarcity is so broad that practically everything can be called scarce… Even if the air is free, we have limited lung capacity.”
P.J. O’Rourke Eat the Rich