Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.
It is we who are the measure of what is strange and miraculous: if we sought a universal measure the strange and miraculous would not occur and all things would be equal.
To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.
Nothing puts a greater obstacle in the way of the progress of knowledge than thinking that one knows what one does not yet know.
H. L. Mencken told me once that he answered all his mail, pleasant and unpleasant, with just one line, 'You may be right. ' That's the way I feel now. It is in the realm of possibility, just barely, that I could be the one who's wrong.
But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
Venezuelans are tired of 14 years of promises and no results. The only things growing are inflation, murder and crime. The good indicators - production, education and jobs - are all falling.
Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.