[LINK] The future of Link

[Simon Vandore]

Ah, but ...

"How do I know what I think until I see what I say?"
- E.M. Forster

Simon.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au>
To: "Link" <link at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [LINK] The future of Link


> And ... (this may not be verbatim) ...
>
> "If you have nothing to say, say nothing. Better still, have something to 
> say, and say it no matter what the question was."
> - Jim Hacker, Yes Prime Minister.
>
> (ie, Jonathan Lynn and the co-writer)
>
> Rc
>
>>
>> From: Bernard Robertson-Dunn <brd at iimetro.com.au>
>> Date: 14/06/2005 8:17:06
>> To: Link <link at anu.edu.au>
>> Subject: Re: [LINK] The future of Link
>>
>> Antony Barry wrote:
>>
>> > Bernard might know who once said -
>> >
>> > "When you have nothing to say, say it."
>>
>> OK, I'll bite.
>>
>> When you have nothing to say, say it with conviction
>> -- Edmont's Rule
>>
>> If you have nothing to say, or, rather, something extremely stupid and
>> obvious, say it, but in a 'plonking' tone of voice - i.e. roundly, but
>> hollowly and dogmatically.
>> -- Stephen Potter
>>
>> It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has
>> something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the
>> less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an
>> achievement.
>> -- Horace
>>
>> Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and
>> can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
>> -- Robert Frost
>>
>> -- 
>> Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to
>> say it.
>> -- James Russell Lowell
>>
>> Regards
>> brd
>>
>> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
>> Sydney Australia
>> brd at iimetro.com.au
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Link mailing list
>> Link at mailman.anu.edu.au
>> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
>>
>
> This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Link mailing list
> Link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
>