A Quote of the Day from one of our own

[thatcrazycajun]

From quotationspage.com, this Quotes of the Day inclusion from the late, lamented SF master Gordon R. Dickson:

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

(Um, Gordy? Maybe they framed and hung it to remind them to use it...)

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

I think his point was that some people are really good at espousing the wisdom of others without actually enacting it. It's not the farming of his words that he's objecting to, but the lack of implementation of the ideas expressed in them.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

>>It's not the farming of his words that he's objecting to...<<

Word farming? How does one do that exactly? And where can I get that job? [grin]

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Heh, I have a picture now of a bunch of bespectacled day-labourers hanging around outside the Flatiron Building, holding signs that say "Copy Editor" and "Proofreader".

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

Verb blight last year. Still short supply.