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  1. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  2. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  3. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  4. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  5. A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

    It is of the first importance not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

    Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
    Story (1890-02), “The Sign of the Four,” ch. 2 [Holmes], Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, Vol. 45 (US) / 1 (UK)

    More about this quote: wist.info/doyle-arthur-conan/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arthurconandoyle #sherlockholmes #holmes #sherlock #appearances #attachment #attraction #bias #emotion #judgment #objectivity #virtue

  6. What is Security Theater?

    #Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.

    The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.

    techtarget.com/whatis/definiti

    #SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority

  7. What is Security Theater?

    #Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.

    The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.

    techtarget.com/whatis/definiti

    #SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority

  8. What is Security Theater?

    #Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.

    The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.

    techtarget.com/whatis/definiti

    #SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority

  9. What is Security Theater?

    #Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.

    The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.

    techtarget.com/whatis/definiti

    #SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority

  10. What is Security Theater?

    #Security #theater refers to highly visible security measures that create the #illusion of increased #safety but don’t stop #threats.

    The term is often used disparagingly to describe #superficial security practices that don’t reduce risk. Simply put, security #theatre is all about #appearances, not #results.

    techtarget.com/whatis/definiti

    #SecurityTheatre #ignorance #incompetent #IT #CriticalThinking #Internet #banking #airports #QuestionAuthority

  11. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA:                     Let no one think of me
    As humble or weak or passive; let them understand
    I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies,
    Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω
    μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου,
    βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ:
    810τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων εὐκλεέστατος βίος.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83545/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #appearances #enemies #friends #selfassessment #selfevaluation #selfimage #underestimation #weakness

  12. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA:                     Let no one think of me
    As humble or weak or passive; let them understand
    I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies,
    Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω
    μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου,
    βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ:
    810τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων εὐκλεέστατος βίος.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83545/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #appearances #enemies #friends #selfassessment #selfevaluation #selfimage #underestimation #weakness

  13. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA:                     Let no one think of me
    As humble or weak or passive; let them understand
    I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies,
    Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω
    μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου,
    βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ:
    810τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων εὐκλεέστατος βίος.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83545/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #appearances #enemies #friends #selfassessment #selfevaluation #selfimage #underestimation #weakness

  14. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA:                     Let no one think of me
    As humble or weak or passive; let them understand
    I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies,
    Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.
     
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω
    μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου,
    βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ:
    810τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων εὐκλεέστατος βίος.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83545/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #appearances #enemies #friends #selfassessment #selfevaluation #selfimage #underestimation #weakness

  15. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds. I drop hints about the absolute priority of meditation and contemplation to create the impression that I am a man of prayer. At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety. In the most humiliating sense of the word, I have become a legalist. I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8348…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #appearances #faithandworks #intention #legalism #legalist #motivation #motive #performance #purpose #sin #virtue #wordsanddeeds #works

  16. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds. I drop hints about the absolute priority of meditation and contemplation to create the impression that I am a man of prayer. At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety. In the most humiliating sense of the word, I have become a legalist. I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8348…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #appearances #faithandworks #intention #legalism #legalist #motivation #motive #performance #purpose #sin #virtue #wordsanddeeds #works

  17. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds. I drop hints about the absolute priority of meditation and contemplation to create the impression that I am a man of prayer. At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety. In the most humiliating sense of the word, I have become a legalist. I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8348…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #appearances #faithandworks #intention #legalism #legalist #motivation #motive #performance #purpose #sin #virtue #wordsanddeeds #works

  18. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover that I am ministering to AIDS victims to enhance my resume. I find I renounced ice cream for Lent to lose five excess pounds. I drop hints about the absolute priority of meditation and contemplation to create the impression that I am a man of prayer. At some unremembered moment I have lost the connection between internal purity of heart and external works of piety. In the most humiliating sense of the word, I have become a legalist. I have fallen victim to what T.S. Eliot calls the greatest sin: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8348…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #appearances #faithandworks #intention #legalism #legalist #motivation #motive #performance #purpose #sin #virtue #wordsanddeeds #works

  19. A quotation from Wendell Berry

    Do not think me gentle
    because I speak in praise
    of gentleness, or elegant
    because I honor the grace
    that keeps this world. I am
    a man crude as any,
    gross of speech, intolerant,
    stubborn, angry, full
    of fits and furies. That I
    may have spoken well
    at times, is not natural.
    A wonder is what it is.

    Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
    Poem (1980), “A Warning To My Readers,” A Part, ch. 3

    More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/82608/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #crudity #failings #humannature #imperfection #warning #appearances

  20. A quotation from Thoreau

    No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

    More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #appearances #clothes #clothing #conscience #earthly #ethics #facade #fashion #morality #priorities #reputation #virtue

  21. A quotation from Thoreau

    No man ever stood the lower in my estimation for having a patch in his clothes; yet I am sure that there is greater anxiety, commonly, to have fashionable, or at least clean and unpatched clothes, than to have a sound conscience.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

    More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #appearances #clothes #clothing #conscience #earthly #ethics #facade #fashion #morality #priorities #reputation #virtue

  22. This Saturday: Holiday Bookfest!

    A reminder that on Saturday afternoon 28 fine, fabulous and friendly local writers will be gathered in one place with a delicious selection of our books for sale—a perfect opportunity to buy gifts for family, friends, and yourself, and to get them signed and personalised.

    Hope to see you there!

    Details

    • Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025. Phinney Holiday Bookfest.
    • Time and Place: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
    • Event: Me and 27 other local authors—see the image below for the list—will gather for the annual neighbourhood Holiday Book Fest, with cookies, and conversation, and lots and lots of wildly different books to buy as holiday gifts and get signed and personalised for friends and family (and, of course, yourself!), all while chatting with favourite authors or meeting new ones
    • There will also be select author readings, so just drop by and listen to some lovely storytelling.
    • This is an absolutely free community event, no registration required.
    • Just come on down to the Phinney Center and bask in books and conversation.

    #appearances #bookSigning #holidayFest #phinneyCenter #seattle

  23. This Saturday: Holiday Bookfest!

    A reminder that on Saturday afternoon 28 fine, fabulous and friendly local writers will be gathered in one place with a delicious selection of our books for sale—a perfect opportunity to buy gifts for family, friends, and yourself, and to get them signed and personalised.

    Hope to see you there!

    Details

    • Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025. Phinney Holiday Bookfest.
    • Time and Place: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
    • Event: Me and 27 other local authors—see the image below for the list—will gather for the annual neighbourhood Holiday Book Fest, with cookies, and conversation, and lots and lots of wildly different books to buy as holiday gifts and get signed and personalised for friends and family (and, of course, yourself!), all while chatting with favourite authors or meeting new ones
    • There will also be select author readings, so just drop by and listen to some lovely storytelling.
    • This is an absolutely free community event, no registration required.
    • Just come on down to the Phinney Center and bask in books and conversation.

    #appearances #bookSigning #holidayFest #phinneyCenter #seattle

  24. Holiday Bookfest!

    Saturday, November 22, 2025Phinney Holiday Bookfest, Seattle.

    • Event: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
    • Me and 27 other local authors—see the image below for the list—will gather for the annual neighbourhood Holiday Book Fest, with cookies, and conversation, and lots and lots of wildly different books to buy as holiday gifts and get signed and personalised for friends and family (and, of course, yourself!), all while chatting with favourite authors or meeting new ones
    • There will also be select author readings, too, so just drop by and listen to some lovely storytelling.
    • This is an absolutely free community event, no registration required.
    • Just come on down to the Phinney Center and bask in books and conversation.

    Hope to see you there!

    #appearances #bookSigning #holidayFest #phinneyCenter #seattle

  25. Holiday Bookfest!

    Saturday, November 22, 2025Phinney Holiday Bookfest, Seattle.

    • Event: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Phinney Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103
    • Me and 27 other local authors—see the image below for the list—will gather for the annual neighbourhood Holiday Book Fest, with cookies, and conversation, and lots and lots of wildly different books to buy as holiday gifts and get signed and personalised for friends and family (and, of course, yourself!), all while chatting with favourite authors or meeting new ones
    • There will also be select author readings, too, so just drop by and listen to some lovely storytelling.
    • This is an absolutely free community event, no registration required.
    • Just come on down to the Phinney Center and bask in books and conversation.

    Hope to see you there!

    #appearances #bookSigning #holidayFest #phinneyCenter #seattle

  26. Likes – YouTube. Agathe invited me on her …

    Likes – YouTube.

    Agathe invited me on her weekly show The Space to talk about The Art (and science) of content that works!

    Thanks Agathe for the invite, I’m so glad I finally get to add a marketing entry to my Appearances page!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wobibwd-HM

  27. @wilsonhurley , thank you for sharing however, there is a technical meaning, but it’s been flattened into a cryptic slogan. The real idea: “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” The meme version (“two sides of the coin”) turns it into a shallow dualism, as if and were just opposites to flip between. The original warns against that — they’re not separate.

  28. A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

    Virtue would not go so far if vanity did not keep her company.
     
    [La vertu n’iroit pas si loin si la vanité ne lui tenoit compagnie.]

    François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
    Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶200 (1665-1678) [tr. Whichello (2016)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #appearances #ego #pretense #pride #vanity #virtue #showingoff

  29. A quotation from Gordon Hewart

    It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.

    Gordon Hewart (1870-1943) British politician and jurist; Lord Chief Justice of England (1922-1940)
    Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy, [1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] EWHC KB 1, [1924] KB 256 (1923-11-09) [unanimous decision]

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hewart-gordon/78501/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bias #court #impropriety #jurisprudence #justice #legalsystem #appearances #irregularity #conflictofinterest

  30. A quotation from Gordon Hewart

    It is not merely of some importance but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.

    Gordon Hewart (1870-1943) British politician and jurist; Lord Chief Justice of England (1922-1940)
    Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy, [1924] 1 KB 256, [1923] EWHC KB 1, [1924] KB 256 (1923-11-09) [unanimous decision]

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hewart-gordon/78501/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bias #court #impropriety #jurisprudence #justice #legalsystem #appearances #irregularity #conflictofinterest