Winning
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." Margaret Thatcher The photo is of public art in...
Tag: Maxim
Politics
"Politics is a contact sport." Paul Dietz (and others) It is the season to celebrate how ugly democracy can...
Altruism
" Altruism begins at home. " Norman Lefkowitz Everybody seems to hate the Tesla Truck except the people who...
A Secret
“Secretiveness is not a crime.” Aloysius Pendergast From the Pendergast novels by Preston and...
Magic
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C Clarke At the Evergreen...
How to Ruin a Day
“The mere consciousness of an engagement will sometimes worry a whole day.” Charles Dickens The photo...
How to Think
"Don’t make the wish the father of the thought." Sunrise near the Biltmore Hotel. Think about...
Indicators
"Past performance is not indicative of future results." This is legalese for: "If things go wrong it is not my...
Pendergast Error
“I have found that arrogance is the fertilizing manure for the vineyard of error.” Aloysius...
Flow
“It is always better to go with the flow.” Aloysius...
