In my latest National Post column I say don’t confuse malevolent stupidity with conspiracy.
“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
Max De Pree quoted by Jeff Hayden on Inc. online (www.inc.com/jeff-haden/top-350-inspiring-motivational-quotes-to-tweet-and-share.html)
“And the nicest thing about that Simplicity is its useful wisdom, the what-is-there-to-eat variety – wisdom you can get at.”
Benjamin Hoff The Tao of Pooh
“James J. Hill’s phrase ‘the cost of high living’...”
Robert H. Wiebe, Businessmen and Reform: A Study of the Progressive Movement.
“the only way to enjoy even a weed is to feel unworthy even of a weed.”
G.K. Chesterton, quoted by Eric Scheske in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 4 #1 (September 2000)
“If human nature never changes, why is it that we not only don’t practice cannibalism any more, but don’t even want to?”
George Orwell, quoted as “Thought du jour” in Globe & Mail Feb. 27, 2002
“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.”
Attributed to Tony Robbins (in this exact formulation) and many others in similar words on the Internet (for instance “Do what you have always done and you’ll get what you have always got” sourced to Sue Knight) - I have no idea who first said it or in what words. But a very large number of people have demonstrated its truth in practice... including me. Dang.
“First catch your hare, said Mrs Beeton’s famous cooking instructions for the jugged variety.”
The Economist February 23, 1991