Everything – Page 213 – A book of aphorisms
Nov 182015
 

The erroneous belief is the minor problem, the excessive conviction the major one.

Nov 172015
 

People who like sports say a lot more intelligent things about sports than people who like art say about art.

Nov 162015
 

The best time to mention your high IQ is while explaining how IQ measures nothing important.

Nov 132015
 

We call mad the man with one fixed idea, and sane the man with none.

Nov 122015
 

Autism excuses any conceivable faux pas that cannot be excused by alcohol.

Nov 112015
 

Lying, like the manufacture of arms, is driven by demand.

Nov 102015
 

Political disaster is always preceded by a period of intense popular interest in politics.

Nov 092015
 

We say that we know a man when we catch a glimpse, in him, of ourselves.

Nov 052015
 

Few who profess to ignore what others think extend the policy to praise: they fast by gorging on dessert.