Aphorisms
Aphorism
/ˈafərɪz(ə)m/
noun plural noun: aphorisms
a concise observation which [might] contain a general truth.
“Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.”
This is where I collect my random thoughts/aphorisms. To my knowledge, they’re original (mostly) though they have been shaped by my interactions with people, the world and writers who have come before me. I’m in the process of transferring them all to this page. The original page with all the aphorisms is here.
The Latest Aphorism
(Not one of mine and dedicated to all economically illiterate politicians)
"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. - Mark Twain"
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"It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. - Mark Twain" ---
Opinion and journalism are mutually exclusive
I shouldn’t need to say this, but it seems I do.
The young must vote - they have more tomorrows
We don’t need to make voting compulsory in Aotearoa to get young people to the polls, we just need people to take democracy seriously.
The arts is often a Groucho Marxian club
I’ll leave this for club members to parse themselves.
An unengaged society is unlikely to have a democracy worth saving
Why would we want to save that system of government?
Economics is a social science that works in Practice, not in theory
We should take their advice with the skepticism that we listen to the opinions of taxi drivers.
Stories can be set in the past, present or future, but you must live in the present
You can’t change the past and you can only influence the future by what you do right here and now.