“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.”
p, 125
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Quotes from book
Unkempt Thoughts
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Original title
Myśli nieuczesane
(Polish, 1957)
“Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?”
Czy jeżeli ludożerca je widelcem i nożem to postęp?
This inspired the title for Cannibals with Forks : The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (1998) by John Elkington
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“There were grammatical errors even in his silence.”
Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.
Variant translation: Even in his silence were grammatical errors.
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“In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.”
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 21, http://books.google.com/books?id=NTtiAAAAMAAJ&q;=%22In+a+war+of+ideas+it+is+people+who+get+killed%22&pg;=PA21#v=onepage
“When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.”
Burząc pomniki, oszczędzajcie cokoły. Zawsze mogą się przydać.
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“Open Sesame — I want to get out.”
http://books.google.com/books?id=NTtiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Open+Sesame%22+%22want+to+get+out%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage p. 160
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“All is in the hands of Man. Therefore you should wash them often.”
Wszystko jest w rękach człowieka. Dlatego należy je często myć.
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“When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.”
Gdy z radości podskoczysz do góry, uważaj, by ci ktoś ziemi spod nóg nie usunął. <sup> http://books.google.com/books?id=IjpiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98&q=%22Gdy+z+rado%C5%9Bci+podskoczysz+do+g%C3%B3ry+uwa%C5%BCaj+by+ci+kto%C5%9B+ziemi+spod+n%C3%B3g+nie+usun%C4%85%C5%82%22&pg=PA134#v=onepage</sup> http://books.google.com/books?id=NTtiAAAAMAAJ&q;=%22When+you+jump+for+joy+beware+that+no+one+moves+the+ground+from+beneath+your+feet%22&pg;=PA150#v=onepage]</sup
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“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.”
p, 125
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“Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.”
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 27
“The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.”
Tłum krzyczy jednymi wielkimi ustami, ale je tysiącem małych.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.”
p, 125
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“"I will just wag my finger at him", he said, putting it on the trigger.”
Pogrożę mu tylko palcem – rzekł, kładąc go na cynglu.
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“The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.”
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 116
