vrijdag 30 mei 2008

Mark Twain

Deze is van Mark Twain: "Ik ben niet naar de begrafenis gegaan, maar ik heb een mooie brief gestuurd waarin ik zei dat ik het ermee eens was."

2 opmerkingen:

Anoniem zei

deze is ook van Mark Twain:

"Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and goes forth in cold blood and calm pulse to exterminate his kind. He is the only animal that for sordid wages will march out...and help to slaughter strangers of his own species who have done him no harm and with whom he has no quarrel. ..And in the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for "the universal brotherhood of man" -- with his mouth."

Anoniem zei

Nog één dan.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

(mark twain)

Peter Flik en Chuck Berry-Promised Land

mijn unieke collega Peter Flik, die de vrijzinnig protestantse radio omroep de VPRO maakte is niet meer. ik koester duizenden herinneringen ...