“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
p, 125
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“Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
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
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Hay smells different to lovers and horses.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
p, 125
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“There were grammatical errors even in his silence.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.
Variant translation: Even in his silence were grammatical errors.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
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.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Burząc pomniki, oszczędzajcie cokoły. Zawsze mogą się przydać.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Open Sesame — I want to get out.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
http://books.google.com/books?id=NTtiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Open+Sesame%22+%22want+to+get+out%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage p. 160 <br class="br">Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“All is in the hands of Man. Therefore you should wash them often.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Wszystko jest w rękach człowieka. Dlatego należy je często myć.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
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 <br class="br">Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
p, 125
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 27
“When everything has to be right, something isn't.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 157
“The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Tłum krzyczy jednymi wielkimi ustami, ale je tysiącem małych.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
p, 125
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
p, 125
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“"I will just wag my finger at him", he said, putting it on the trigger.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Pogrożę mu tylko palcem – rzekł, kładąc go na cynglu.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
“The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec book Unkempt Thoughts
Unkempt Thoughts (1957), p. 116
