Random Quotations
"An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence in plumbing because it is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
John Gardner, Excellence, 1961
"Once a man would spend a week patiently waiting if he missed a stage coach, but now he rages if he misses the first turn of a revolving door."
Simeon Strunsky
"People in our culture have a morbid tendency to avoid blame, because they do not wish to take the trouble to change their conduct in any way: blame-avoidance and blame- transference are therefore endemic amongst us. These are substitutes for repentance and renewal."