Everything – Page 270 – A book of aphorisms
Sep 062013
 

No party is boring when regarded as field work in cultural anthropology.

Sep 042013
 

To be better it is first necessary to pretend to be; and objections to improvement often masquerade as objections to pretense.

Sep 022013
 

Today we believe everything, except what we are told.

Aug 292013
 

Those who attack the status quo on the grounds that nothing could be worse are usually proposing something worse.

Aug 282013
 

The conclusions of philosophy are both true and interesting; but what is true is not interesting, and what is interesting is not true.

Aug 272013
 

I have never known anyone book-smart, but book-stupid I see every day.

Aug 262013
 

If you think about whether you are genuine, too late.