As is the ancient tradition of clerkmanifesto, on the final day of the year we gather together all of our notable bon mots of the year past and present them here. As I write clerkmanifesto throughout the year, if, by chance, I spill a sentence that strikes me that it might stand on its own as a concise piece of wit or wisdom, I take note of the post involved. Then, on this day, I look back at these posts and try to figure out what was the quote I was talking about and why I thought it notable. Once I've figured that out, I dust them off and, for good or ill, pass them along to you.
And so here they are! It's like a whole year of clerkmanifesto in tiny, delectable bites! But there are so many of them, you will soon be unbearably stuffed.
1.
Cats said:
"Let me just do two things, but do them well.
And in doing them well, deserve nearly endless time off."
2.
"If you can tolerate critics even when you have several million of them, you might be a sociopath."
3.
"The machine never lies. However, it regularly hallucinates."
4.
There's nothing wrong with minimalism but...
If it offers the invitation of unused space, it probably hasn't been done right.
5.
Only time can weather away the weakness.
And, in the end, everything is gone.
6.
Just because we know the future does not mean we can't live in the present!
7.
How does one answer a question that has many clashing answers?
With art!
8.
Justice for the rich and powerful and their interests in this country uses the very same system (as for the poor), with one essential difference- it ever goes by halves, and so by such means, can never arrive.
9.
"I am a font of wisdom. Not a font of wisdom in the sense of a fountain, rather more in the sense of a set of characters in a consistent size and style."
10.
Oh child, you are not here to trust the universe, you are here to trust yourself.
11.
"The only real leadership is the kind that no one can observe."
12.
The co-workers who almost never want your special help are the very ones you would be happy to give it to. And the co-workers who always call on your help don't deserve it.
13.
To say that each miracle comes at the cost of a hundred slowly and obstinately misunderstood requests would be churlish.
The Universe has always been hard of hearing.
14.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Internet, downvoting is just like upvoting, only more unjust.
15.
Do something for a man at the library, and one of his tasks is accomplished, teach a man to do something at the library, and he will return to have you teach it to him over and over again.
16.
The real secret of all new technology: For all the time it saves, it asks for twice as much in return.
17.
To see the shape of the light, we need the dark.
18.
The problem with being stupid is that though many people pay for their stupidity, very few of them understand that they are.
19.
What if everything is plain, a flat and tired window, that, only if we carefully look through, is full of wonders?
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