“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life.“ William Somerset Maugham a writer I have started to read recently… Hardly a day goes by that I do not reflect on how grateful I am that I was brought up in a houseContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #703”
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Choose your analogy with care Mr Secretary
“….Yesterday, the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, compared the NHS to obsolete Blockbuster video-rental stores “in the age of Netflix”, presumably demonstrating the need for modernisation in the health service. When pressed on what that really meant, a government spokesperson couldn’t give much detail – the plan is just to “dramatically improve productivity”. Considering Netflix lostContinue reading “Choose your analogy with care Mr Secretary”
The Monday Morning Quote #702
“People sometimes exaggerate this business of humility. It’s a question simply of knowing who you are, where you are, and that the world will continue exactly as it is without you.” Rafa Nadal (Rafael Nadal Parera)
The Monday Morning Quote #701
“A rule of thumb: if you don’t care about something, don’t *wang on about not caring about it. Wang on about all the things you do care about instead. Here’s another: if you see people getting enthusiastic and happy about something, then, as long as it’s not positively harmful, don’t tell them it’s s**t. TheContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #701”
The Monday Morning Quote #700
700 of these MMQs, something of a milestone, I shall be changing a few things around over the next month or so, hopefully writing and sharing more here, possibly even doing some renaming, time will tell and, of course, so will truth. I’m repeating some words by Ira Glass that my son shared with meContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #700”
The Monday Morning Quote #696
“Art belongs to everybody and to nobody. Art belongs to all time and to no time. Art belongs to those who create it and those who savour it. Art no more belongs to the People and the Party than it once belonged to the aristocracy and the patron. Art is the whisper of history, heardContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #696”
The Monday Morning Quote #694
“Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one’s course by it, one must still try to follow its direction.“ Vincent van Gogh
The Monday Morning Quote #693
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” Goethe One of my favourite quotes, sayings or whatever you want to call them. Probably posted in this series before but well worth repeating. Bob Desautels has a good discussion on it here.
The Monday Morning Quote #691
Three for the price of one from a great of both rugby codes, Sean Edwards, who helped France to a Grand Slam this weekend. I need to keep honing my skills as a coach otherwise I’ll go off the boil. Believe it or not we actually practice putting the ball down properly. It is aContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #691”
The Monday Morning Quote #690
“The attain knowledge, add things every day.” “To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” Lao Tse – Tao Te Ching – Chapter 48
The Incisal Edge 