I used to say to our audiences: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
Upton Sinclair "I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked" (1935), ISBN 0-520-08198-6; repr. University of California Press, 1994, p. 109.
Half remembered this the other day but thought it was from Ambrose Bierce.Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
Jeez Keith...
Posted by Ken Waldron on February 2, 2023, 2:56 pm, in reply to "Found it"
...It's only about the commonest quote on Lifeboat:
Posted by Keith-264 on February 2, 2023, 4:05 pm, in reply to "Jeez Keith..."
Actually, it's manflu the most dreadful illness known to humanity.Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
on February 2, 2023, 1:36 pm