Idle Musings

Feb 21

“I challenge you to distinguish a naked prostitute from any other naked woman,” said lawyer Henri Leclerc.”

Jan 19

“Advice from the Mediator’s Fellowship”

Don’t ask the mountain
To move, just take a pebble
Each time you visit.

” — John Paul Lederach

Nov 18

Mr. Majetic said only a few words at Dok-Ing’s press conference here Thursday, but he made them count.

“If you have dreams, and you really want to achieve them, you can do what you wish,” he said.

“If you have money,” his son-in-law added.

” — NYT article

Nov 08

“If conservative talk radio is about fear, then NPR is about guilt.” — Jon Stewart

Nov 03

“A joke I’ve heard in China is that Americans claim to “speak” Chinese no matter how few words they understand, while Chinese claim to be unable to speak English no matter how many words they understand.”

From this article.

Seemed to be true in Japan as well, and a fairly high percentage of other places I’ve traveled.  

Oct 28

“data is the new oil” — anonymous, quoted by David McCandless

Oct 26

“This is not so hard.
Helicopter money please.
Wired straight to households.” — Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity

Oct 18

Oct 17

Oct 07

“I’m feeling curiously optimistic this morning which has me thinking it may be time for a CAT scan.” — David Rothkopf