Human intelligence, often traced on a curve from stupidity to genius, should perhaps be thought of in terms of a circle on which you always ended with the two of them so close together they overlapped. D.W. Buffa, in ‘Necessity’."It is not the time to argue about the causes of the fires... ... because our country will always be prone to them, in various degrees of severity. But we need an urgent solution and it will not be enough to undertake conventional measures before the next onslaught, such as prudent backburning and access clearing in the winter and deploying more water bombers, firefighting equipment and personnel, important though they are. We should summon technology to the cause — and the technology exists... Tony Grey, in 'Eyes in the skies will give us a chance to nip fires in the bud'. - The Australian 14/01/20.
I used to date a professional Tennis player. But when I suggested marriage, she raised a racket and made it quite clear that for her, Love was not even to be contemplated...