Tag: Bridges
Too Many Walls
“The human race builds too many walls and not enough bridges.” Frank Lloyd Wright This postcard arrived from China with a postmark from Beijing. I didn’t have the courage to scan the Q... Read More
Leadership
“Leadership consists of nothing, but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.” President Dwight D Eisenhower ... Read More
Postcard of the Week
“You can’t make a short crossing over a long bridge. In the same way no one has ever gone from ignorance to wisdom quickly.” Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Playwright... Read More
Remembering
“As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.” Sir Norman Wisdom... Read More
Over Reaction
“It is common to over react.” “Like the tourists who cancel holidays in Greece because a bomb has gone off in Cairo.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health S... Read More
Wealth and Charity
The general perception is that wealthy people are charitable because they can afford to be. Let me propose another possible cause effect relationship between wealth and charity. It may be ... Read More