– Theodore Sturgeon
The trick is knowing enough to recognise the ten percent when you see it.
The Emperor’s new clothes are always in style.
Your national capital is the country’s biggest fashion parade.
Humans are a herd animal.
Better keep some some sheep’s clothing on hand for those awkward moments.
Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
– motto of the 2nd Training Brigade, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning Georgia
Make your own rules.
One of those rules probably ought to be “do what the nice policeman says”.
Every person of style needs a good winter coat.
To claim there’s no real ‘truth’. . .
. . . is to disappear up the fundament of your own argument.
Know who the sucker is.
If you’re sitting around a table doing a deal and you don’t know who the sucker is . . . you’re the sucker.
Prefer people who are pleasant and smart.
No matter how eagerly misery looks forward to your company.
If it wasn’t for the last minute . . .
. . . a lot of things would never get done at all.