The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.
Sun Tzu
'What would Deftmenes be if we went around obeying orders all the time?'
'They might be ruling the Carpet,' said Pismire.
'Ha!' said Brocando, 'but the trouble about obeying orders is, it becomes a habit. And then everything depends on who's giving the orders.'Terry Pratchett
Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.
Maria Edgeworth
Not even on finding himself in a well-ordered house does a man step forward and say to himself, I must be master here! Else the lord of that house takes notice of it, and, seeing him insolently giving orders, drags him forth and chastises him. So it is also in the great City, the World. Here also is there a Lord of the House, who orders all things... (110)
Epictetus
I'm only giving orders because I'm more efficient and smarter than you are.
Jack Vance
Anyway, if anyone reading this hasn't seen the Dark Knight yet, you officially aren't allowed on the internet until you rectify that. I think I should give it a few months and maybe watch it again on DVD before giving a definitive opinion, because being a massive cynic I'm immediately suspicious of any film that appears on the surface to be absolutely f**king legendary. (19 July 2008)
Ben Croshaw
Sun Tzu
Sunday, Billy
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