“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” Albert Einstein
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The Monday Morning Quote #262
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” Gabriel García Márquez B. 6 March 1927 – D. 17 April 2014 RIP
The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz
Growing up in non-conformist Wales in a Catholic household meant that Good Friday was a black day. No shops, no pubs, no cinema and no newspapers. I was told it was because this was the day that Jesus was crucified and it should be treated with solemnity. The habit has stuck – to a certainContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz”
The Monday Morning Quote #261
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void Cartoons
Australia urged to pull up the “Dental Drawbridge”.
From Time Higher Education 10th April 2014.
The Monday Morning Quote #260
“….in my own experience, happiness led to success a heck of a lot more often than success led to happiness,…. Michael Neil
The Monday Morning Quote #259
“If you win the rat race, you’re still a rat.” Anna Quindlen
The Monday Morning Quote #258
“Dance first. Think later….It’s the natural order.” Samuel Beckett
30 years on – another birthday, another airport
Birmingham Airport. Thirty years ago having watched the St Patrick’s Day parade in San Francisco I flew with TWA to Hawaii. This was the third stop on a round the world journey that had already taken in California and would move on to Australia, Singapore, Malaysia & Thailand. I arrived in Honolulu airport at 3amContinue reading “30 years on – another birthday, another airport”
The Monday Morning Quote #257
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” Happy St Patrick’s Day William Butler Yeats
The Incisal Edge 