Showing posts with label a few words: A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a few words: A. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2026

Thursday, August 21, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Douglas Adams


The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees. 

Saturday, June 14, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Douglas Adams


I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Douglas Adams


If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Saturday, May 17, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Sri Aurobindo


Life is life, whether in a cat or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Isaac Asimov


People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

Monday, May 12, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Aristotle


It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Woody Allen


It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Fred Allen


I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. 

Saturday, May 3, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Isaac Asimov


The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Douglas Adams


It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Monday, March 24, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Jane Austen


The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Monday, March 3, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Abigail Adams


Knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

Monday, February 24, 2025

And now, a few words from . . . Douglas Adams


In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

Sunday, February 2, 2025