Martin Amis: Donald Trump: “Hammily scowling out from under an omelet of makeup and tanning cream & has a little woodland creature that sleeps on his head.”
WE CAN EASILY FORGIVE a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. PLATO
GOOD ACTION are a guard against the blows of adversity. ABU BAKR
CHARLES LAMB—1775-1834——“ESSAYS OF ELIA””A DISSERTATION UPON A ROAST PIG”
WE GROW GRAY IN OUR SPIRIT LONG BEFORE WE GROW GRAY IN OUR HAIR.
ANYTHING AWFUL MAKES ME LAUGH. I MISBEHAVED ONCE AT A FUNERAL.
MY MOTTO IS: CONTENTED WITH LITTLE, YET WISHING FOR MORE.
CARDS ARE WAR IN DISGUISE OF A SPORT.
TIS the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense and to have nonsense respected.
I’D LIKE TO GROW VERY OLD AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WERE HAPPIER WHEN WE WERE POORER BUT WE WERE ALSO YOUNGER.
THE GREATEST PLEASURE I KNOW is to do a good action by stealth & to have it found out by accident.
OPINIONS IS A SPECIES OF PROPERTY-I AM ALWAYS DESIROUS OF SHARING.
BEHOLDING HEAVEN AND FEELING HELL.
JEFFREY GITOMER–1946–“Sales Bible” “Little Gold Book of Yes”
MOST PEOPLE will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don’t be like most people.
OBSTACLES can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.
TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY — SOME SMALL DOSE AT A TIME.
DON’T DWELL ON THE PROBBLEM; CONCENTRATE ON THE SOLUTION.
HANS-GOERGE GADAMER–1900-2002–“TRUTH AAND METHOD”
NOTHING ELSE EXISTS EXCEPT THROUGH LANGUAGE.
BEING THAT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IS LANGUAGE.
THE ESSENCE OF THE QUESTION is the opening up and keeping open of possibilities.
HISTORY DOES NOT BELONG TO US; WE BELONG TO IT.
IT IS THE TYRANNY of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition.
THE FOCUS OF SUBJECTIVITY IS A DISTORTING MIRROR.