Wit & Wisdom

“Remember to look up at the stars and now down at your feet.”

Stephen Hawking, quoted in the Squamish Chief (Canada)

“Copyright is for losers.”

Banksy, quoted in Highsnobiety

“Mothers are like glue. Even when you cannot see them, they are still holding the family together.”

Canadian author Susan Gale, quoted in The Standard (Kenya)

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.”

Economist Ezra Solomon, quoted in The Hill

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live .... We look for the sermon in the suicide.”

Joan Didion, quoted in The Guardian

“Our children may learn about heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves architects of the future.”

Former Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta, quoted in the Sunday Times (South Africa)

“It’s a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”

Martin Luther King Jr., quoted in The New York Times