If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on your way down.
- Ray Bradbury quoted in the Carnival of Capitalists (for the week of December 26, 2005)
Hm, not 100% sure but it sounds a bit right…
Barry Dorrans
on Dec 27th, 2005
@ 13:17 pm:
Yes, but there would be a lot less hurt
And it’s the intellect that is building the wings after your instinct drove you like a lemming.
But then I’m bitter right now
Adriana
on Jan 2nd, 2006
@ 22:39 pm:
Yes, I agree, Barry. Intellect is the bit that can (occassionally) sort out the mess at the bottom of the cliff…
Gerry Kenney
on Feb 19th, 2008
@ 22:27 pm:
I came across the following Ray Bradbury quotation mentioned in Carnival of Capitalists: If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on your way down.
Can anyone provide the primary source for the quotation – name of the publication in which it first appeared?
Gerard Kenney, Ottawa, Canada