Quips& Quotes

“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.” – adage

“Life in Feilding didn’t just pass you by, it crossed to the other side of the street when it saw you coming.”

– Tom Scott in the Listener, 2004

“I don’t watch television. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.” – Stephen Fry on QI

“Ko te kai a te rangatira he kōrero – the food of chiefs is dialogue.” – from Mauri Ora: Wisdom From the Māori World

“The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.” – author E Joseph Cossman

“Never give up. Persistence brings its own reward.” – Helen Clark

“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” – William Shakespeare

“Apparently, some customs agencies are saying they won’t allow shipment of anything called a ‘flamethrower.’ To solve this, we are renaming it ‘not a flamethrower’.” – Elon Musk

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.” – Benjamin Franklin

“‘I must (deride me not) be somewhere where I can, without disaster, bicycle’ – Oh, God, not him too!”

– Stephen Stratford tweets, and responds to, the words of Henry James