{"id":21672,"date":"2022-11-08T18:03:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T18:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/?p=21672"},"modified":"2023-01-10T23:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T23:19:05","slug":"epigraphs-aphorisms-and-truisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/epigraphs-aphorisms-and-truisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Epigraphs, Aphorisms and Truisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">One of the hazards of my <s>profession<\/s> obsession are the tantalizing bits that float in our shared consciousness. You know, articles, disquisitions, trenchant pieces of wisdom. Any time I see something worth remembering, I grab it, save it, put it away in a collection (actually multiple collections; yes, that&#8217;s a problem). At this point, I have quite a number of them. Better to share, I suppose, than to hoard. So here you go, friends&#8230; Here you go. Some epigraphs, aphorisms and truisms. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Sides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robert Evans<\/strong>, Hollywood producer: &#8220;There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Groucho Marx<\/strong>: &#8220;A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/classified-mar-a-loco.JPG\" alt=\"epigraphs\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Akira Kurosawa<\/strong> on his film, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rashomon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rashomon<\/a>: \u201cHuman beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing. [They] cannot survive without lies to make them feel they are better people than they really are\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Robert Watson-Watt<\/strong> who developed early warning radar in Britain to counter the rapid growth of the Luftwaffe, propounded a &#8220;cult of the imperfect&#8221;, which he stated as &#8220;Give them the third best to go on with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deer in Headlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anonymous woman on Reddit<\/strong>: &#8220;Freeze should be the third option after fight or flight. Because that\u2019s what I do. Like a deer in headlights.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/deer-through-railing.png\" alt=\"epigraphs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Doe &amp; Fawn<\/strong> (copyright Leland E. Hale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Actress Mabel Albertson<\/strong>: \u201cMake a good bluff. Then make the bluff good.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alanis Morissette<\/strong> (quoting her dad): Sweetheart, there\u2019s three ways people will perceive you in the world: They\u2019re going to love you and you can do no wrong, they\u2019re going to hate you and you can do no right, or they just won\u2019t give a shit. It\u2019s going to be one of those three, so enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ambiguity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Journalist Janet Malcolm<\/strong>: \u201cLife is infinitely less orderly and more bafflingly ambiguous than any novel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/sinclair-inlet-school-bus.mov\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>School Bus Stop, Sinclair Inlet <\/strong>(copyright Leland E. Hale)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E.B. White\u2019s observation<\/strong>: \u201cExplaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As the mathematician John Allen Paulos<\/strong> so eloquently said, \u201cUncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mike Tyson<\/strong>: \u201cEverybody\u2019s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/tyson-punch-mouth-ap-photo-douglas-pizac.jpg\" alt=\"epigraphs\" width=\"488\" height=\"323\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>AP Photo<\/strong> (copyright Douglas C. Pizac)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Copyright Leland E. Hale (2022). All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lelandhale.com\/images\/lelandhale-portrait.png\" alt=\"Craig\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Order &#8220;<strong>What Happened In Craig<\/strong>,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1941890229?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9beb-4819111bef9a&amp;pf_rd_r=7G8DPC5WNEGBWK8G6981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/what-happened-in-craig-leland-e-hale\/1129010868;jsessionid=BB32A736B72D9908645D42CAB43111BE.prodny_store01-atgap08?ean=9781941890226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>. True crime from Epicenter Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hazards of my profession obsession are the tantalizing bits that float in our shared consciousness. You know,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,99,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-politics","category-tragedy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Epigraphs, Aphorisms and Truisms - Leland E. Hale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Herewith some epigraphs, aphorisms and truisms that I&#039;ve been collecting. Time to share. Yeah. 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