August 2009
12 posts
“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggie” until you can find a...”
– Wynn Catlin
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.”
– Will Rogers
“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have...”
– Will Rogers
“You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.”
– Will Rogers
“I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”
– Will Rogers
Defenestration →
is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
– Wayne Gretzky
“My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has...”
– Last words of Oscar Wilde
l'esprit de l'escalier →
“Thinking of the perfect comment when it’s too late is called l’esprit de l’escalier or treppenwitz which is French and German (respectively) for ‘wisdom of the stairs,’ i.e. thinking of the perfect comeback while descending a staircase after leaving a conversation.”