Monthly Archives: January 2009

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. – Arthur C. Clarke Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. – Bertrand Russell Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it’s wrong. – Mo Udall Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. – Barbara Tober Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don’t know why I do things. – J. B. S. Haldane Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, … Continue reading →

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. – Abraham Lincoln Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it. – Voltaire Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. – Dandemis Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. – Anatole Broyard Wyzwmn© remains but a work in progress…nothing more, nothing less

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had … Continue reading →