Friday, September 5, 2014
[1897 - Morris Carnovsky, actor, born in St. Louis, Missouri]
[1897 - Arthur Charles Nielsen, market
researcher, born in Chicago]
[1901 - Florence Eldridge (McKechnie), actress, born in Brooklyn]
[1902 - Darryl F. (Francis) Zanuck, writer, director, producer, born in Wahoo, Nebraska]
[1905 - Arthur Koestler, journalist, novelist, born in Budapest, Hungary]
[1912 - John Cage, musician, writer, composer, born in Los Angeles]
[1921 - Jack Valenti, lobbyist, movie executive, born in Houston, Texas]
[1934 - Donald Gene 'Don' Chandler, Giant and Packer All Pro kicker, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa]
[1972 - PLO terrorists kill 11 Israeli team members in Olympic Village, Munich, Germany]
The notion that Old People are wise is a myth concocted by Old People in a partially successful attempt to justify their continued existence. If Old People possess any quality in greater abundance than others, it is patience. Even so, the patience of the old springs not from virtue; Old People simply don't move as fast as they used to.
William's Whimsical Words:
Come to think of it, to the extent that patience is a necessary (but insufficient) precondition for wisdom, the Old People may actually be a tad wiser.
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