WIST Quotations Has Moved!May 26, 2025

A quotation from Judith Martin

Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red hair or goes about in a wheelchair, ought to get married or ought not to be pregnant — see if you can refrain from bringing these astonishing observations to that person’s attention.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (1986-01-19)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/76752/

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garyJul 27, 2024
@gme you have the ability to be flexible - all platforms have some redeeming value and some can be great, i don't think you need to be paranoid but just be aware and remember agency - it is a good topic to toss around #prerogative
WIST Quotations moves again!Mar 14, 2024

A quotation from #Gaiman, Neil:

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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/9988/

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Sandman, Book 9. The Kindly Ones, # 60 "The Kindly Ones: 4" [Dream] (1994-06) - Gaiman, Neil | WIST Quotations

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Dec 28, 2023

A quotation from Gaiman, Neil:

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It is a fool’s prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/9076/

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Sandman, Book 3. Dream Country, # 19 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" [Dream] (1990) - Gaiman, Neil | WIST Quotations

It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak. Because the story includes William Shakespeare as a character, and is named after Shakespeare's play (which is performed in the story), this line is sometimes misattributed to Shakespeare himself.

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beSpacificJan 22, 2023
@brianklaas Brian, thank u - please continue to hammer away at facts, #truth - from the bottom up - local, state, federal > Supreme Court #SCOTUS > America is a #militarized country where the purchase & use of #guns #rifles whose initial purpose was to #kill #humanbeings on #battlefields has over decades been normalized via #lobbying and #republicanparty greed as a #prerogative that took root in sanctioned animal slaughter aka #hunting and is now the norm to #slaughter #people #StopGunViolence
Show threadBe SpacificJan 22, 2023
@brianklaas Brian, thank u - please continue to hammer away at facts, #truth - from the bottom up - local, state, federal > Supreme Court #SCOTUS > America is a #militarized country where the purchase & use of #guns #rifles whose initial purpose was to #kill #humanbeings on #battlefields has over decades been normalized via #lobbying and #republicanparty greed as a #prerogative that took root in sanctioned animal slaughter aka #hunting and is now the norm to #slaughter #people #StopGunViolence