Recently, I bought a book at a temporary stall set up in the
entrance to a
Salvation Army
hospital. It cost $11.99, and in retrospect I should have bought
more of their books. It is called "8000 Things You Should Know",
and thanks to
plagiarism,
it could supply blog material for as long as I live.
I suppose not all 8000 will be "words of wisdom", but undoubtedly
some of them will. In the spirit of that book, here are
a few other insightful (and pithy) remarks. These are taken
from an old clipping of unknown origin, and I hereby borrow them
for "my" column.
- Mark Twain: Golf is a good walk spoiled.
- Lily Tomlin: The trouble with the rat race is
that even if you win, you are still a rat. - Groucho Marx: Military intelligence is a
contradiction in terms. - Voltaire: The art of medicine consists in amusing
the patient while nature cures the disease. - Gioacchino Rossini: How wonderful opera would be
if there were no singers. - John Ciardi: There is nothing wrong with sobriety
in moderation. - Woody Allen: I took a speed reading course and
read "War and Peace" in 20 minutes. It involves Russia. - Dorothy Parker: Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
- G.K. Chesterton: To be clever enough to get a
great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
I have some words of wisdom of my own that I have amassed over
the years. But enough — I don't want to overdo it.
As Solomon mysteriously admonished,
"Do not be overly wise".
