March 2012
1 post
“What we’re focusing on is the same thing we’ve always focused on: making the...”
– “Price is rarely the most important thing.” Tim Cook on Apple
February 2012
3 posts
“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple...”
– Niccolo Machiavelli. He is right about this.
“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation...”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
January 2012
2 posts
November 2011
4 posts
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of...”
– Harry S. Truman (via dreamhampton1)
“What am I in the eyes of most people—a nonentity, an eccentric, or an...”
– This Vincent van Gogh was sent to me by a friend, Asanda Sizani. I think it’s fantastic.
October 2011
1 post
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of...”
– Henry Ward Beecher
September 2011
7 posts
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
4 posts
“Thus, everyday, and during every hour of our time beyond sleep, the demons...”
– Thabo Mbeki’s warning and prophecy. this is from a lecture he delivered
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“I HAVE OFTEN wished that Jefferson had not used that phrase, “the pursuit of...”
– Toni Morrison during her commencement speech at Rutgers University
June 2011
23 posts
“Tears are our sincerest prayers to God when we don’t know what to say to...”
– me on Twitter
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"Always use a condom" my dying uncle told me
Many years ago, in 2000 an uncle of mine was dying from HIV AIDS related complications. He was as thin as an anorexic. He had summoned me from Cape Town where I was studying to see him in East London. I knew he was dying, although no one ever talked about what it was he was dying from. I took a bus that very day to East London.
My uncle was frail. Thin. Gaunt. Everything about him was opposite of...
“Just because you don’t know what you’re going to to with your life...”
– Me, from a speech I delivered at the Daily Maverick’s The Gathering
“Know what you want. Know why you want it. Know what to do to get it. Then do the...”
– Me. On Twitter
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“This is my favourite part of my GQ interview, my response to this question.
GQ:...”
– From GQ http://www.gq.co.za/style/632312.html
May 2011
9 posts
“Popular culture, on average, has been growing more cognitively challenging over...”
– Steven Johnson, No Bitmaps for These Territories
“Just met the great Zakes Mda, we’re on our way to the Franschoek Literally...”
– This happened last week actually. But who cares. What a great fellow Zakes Mda is.
“Learn from the past but don’t live in it.”
– Me on Twitter