Many classics are now read only because so many others have already read them.
May 202015
May 192015
Principles of Statistics
1. An unknown minority is 10%.
2. An unknown majority is 60%.
3. The answer is one-half.
May 182015
One writes so as not to be interrupted.
May 152015
There are perfect fools, and perfection of any kind should be cherished.
May 142015
Brevity is admired: prolixity is paid.
May 132015
Quality, too, is subject to diminishing returns. The world runs on large amounts of good enough.
May 122015
The great contemporary leveller of class distinctions is automated spell-checking.
May 112015
Robes always dignify begging — saffron for the Buddhist monk, black for the college president.
May 082015
One must often choose between stupid and crazy. I used to like crazy, but I am warming to stupid.
May 072015
You think you have a job. What you have is a consulting company with only one client.