“To secure approval one must remain within the bounds of conventional mediocrity. Whatever lies beyond, whether it be greater insight and virtue, or greater stolidity and vice, is condemned. The noblest men, like the worst criminals, have been done to death.” MenHas BeensDoneLyingVirtueGreaterWorstBoundsVicesInsightCriminalsSecureMediocrityApprovalConventional Book:Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.” ThinkingWantYearsFunnyLyingWomenAnswersInspiringFoodConversationCookingStartingInsightSurfaceCulinaryChocolateScratchesAnniversaryWomen WantBrowniesYummyFunny ChocolateYears Of MarriageSweets And DessertsScratching The Surface Author:Mel Gibson
“The vulgar herd catches at the gross apparent fact, but the man of insight knows what lies on the surfaces does lie.” KnowsMenDoeFactsLyingHe ManAppearanceInsightSurfaceVulgarGrossHerds Book:The Big Bow Mystery Source: The Big Bow Mystery
“We shall not read it for its sociological insights, which are non-existent, nor as science fiction, because it has a general air of implausibility; but there is one high poetic fancy in the New Atlantis that stays in the mind after all its fancies and inventions have been forgotten. In the New Atlantis, an island kingdom lying in very distant seas, the only commodity of external trade is light: Bacon's own special light, the light of understanding.” MindHas BeensLightLyingUnderstandingFictionAirSeaSpecialTradeScience FictionForgottenInsightInventionKingdomsIslandsFancyPoeticCommodityAtlantisSociological Author:Peter Medawar