Everything – Page 196 – A book of aphorisms
Jul 122016
 

The adverb confesses the verb’s failure.

Jul 112016
 

We measure first-order effects, guess at the second order, and the third order is like the third bottle of wine — all bets are off.

Jul 082016
 

Many who understand that suspicion is a strategy, not a model, persist in treating trust as a model, not a strategy.

Jul 062016
 

“Passionate advocacy” is among our politer terms for insanity.

Jul 042016
 

1. Summarize yourself in three words.
2. Prefix them with “aging.”
3. Repeat until the result is not embarrassing.

Jun 302016
 

Matter makes space, and clocks make time.