“In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails, others loosen the buckle of the strap that you may fall and crack your skull; one wrenches off your horse's shoes, another steals your whip, and the least treacherous of them all is the man whom you see coming to fire his pistol at you point blank.” PeopleMenMayCertainFallFireFeetHe ManReadyHorseShoesStealingEntrepreneurshipParisCracksBlankTailsCoatsSkullsWhipsPistolsTreacherousBucklesWrenchesStirrups Book:The Atheist's Mass Source: The Atheist's Mass
“... if we take the universe of 'fitting,' countless coats 'fit' backs, and countless boots 'fit' feet, on which they are not practically fitted; countless stones 'fit' gaps in walls into which no one seeks to fit them actually. In the same way countless opinions 'fit' realities, and countless truths are valid, tho no thinker ever thinks them.” IfsThinkingWayRealityTruthUniverseOpinionFeetWallFitStonesGapsThinkerBootsCoatsFitting Book:The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding Source: The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding
“I used to be an airline pilot. I got fired because I kept locking the keys in the plane. They caught me on an 80 foot stepladder with a coat hanger.” HumorFunnyUsedFeetKeysCaughtUsed To BePlanesPilotsCoatsAirlineHangersAirline PilotsCoat Hangers Author:Steven Wright