tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post115462441098295644..comments2024-03-27T15:07:58.078+05:30Comments on Plus Ultra: Who said this?Rajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1155386189868737842006-08-12T18:06:00.000+05:302006-08-12T18:06:00.000+05:30Shruthi : Thanks for the suffix "as usual" casemen...Shruthi : Thanks for the suffix "as usual" <BR/><BR/>casement : yes, all that nonsense about small steps and giant leaps<BR/><BR/>d&c : thanks. about Keynes' quote, yes, if we had said it, we would have got strange looks. But keynes did invest so much of meaning into that sentence.<BR/><BR/>usha : I was also indulging in some 'blasphemous' humour. These quotes have to be appreciated in the context of history.<BR/><BR/>talkative man, ghost particle, you are talking about 'cliches", not quotes. A separate post follows on cliches<BR/><BR/>sridhar : Point taken, sir. I was using my humourist licence to debunk Nehru by taking a very literal view.<BR/><BR/>tt giant : Quotations go through several mutations, I guess. <BR/><BR/>ram : thanks.<BR/><BR/>viky : yes, TOI and their inane quotes!Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1155357136193211582006-08-12T10:02:00.000+05:302006-08-12T10:02:00.000+05:30I agree. Totally. And you can trust Times of India...I agree. Totally. And you can trust Times of India to pick the choicest of them quotes, and carry it in the top left corner...<BR/><BR/>Via Shruthi, and Shastri...Vikyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02978805643059765569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1155130128221511352006-08-09T18:58:00.000+05:302006-08-09T18:58:00.000+05:30Ghost Particle - May be you are seeing the mirror ...Ghost Particle - May be you are seeing the mirror quite often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1155117588412202232006-08-09T15:29:00.000+05:302006-08-09T15:29:00.000+05:30You said it all..halo-effect and who said more tha...You said it all..<BR/><BR/>halo-effect and who said more than 'what was said'...<BR/><BR/>I like you writing style.. enjoyed it..Ram Viswanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505725596819403724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1155082924056652962006-08-09T05:52:00.000+05:302006-08-09T05:52:00.000+05:30Nice one!! Enjoyed it. Agree with Naveen (under an...Nice one!! Enjoyed it. <BR/><BR/>Agree with Naveen (under anon):<BR/>Critical analyses of Robert Frost's poems - we had this in school. I cannot believe how many differnt analyses students could come up with for a single poem!<BR/><BR/>Guess its left to the observer!tt_gianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177501911411505253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154967954642479602006-08-07T21:55:00.000+05:302006-08-07T21:55:00.000+05:30Nice post.Couple of clarifications, though:And tha...Nice post.<BR/><BR/>Couple of clarifications, though:<BR/><BR/><B><I>And that smooth-talking Nehru.</I></B><BR/><BR/>Well, if it were intended to be a pun then you may forget it. Otherwise, Nehru is widely known for his sudden spurt of anger & angry remarks and hence not "smooth-talking Nehru". <BR/><BR/><B><I>Old man, there can never be a midnight hour when the whole world can sleep together. There are longitudinal differences and various time zones. So, will you skip this rhetoric and move on with it?</I></B><BR/><BR/>The statement doesn't say/imply/intended to mean to have midnight for whole world at a particular longitudinal-refrence-free timeframe. What it meant is -- usually whole world sleeps at midnight (i.e. their respective midnight) but India would stay awake (in its) midnight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154927754330400132006-08-07T10:45:00.000+05:302006-08-07T10:45:00.000+05:30I had a colleague who would launch a monologue on ...I had a colleague who would launch a monologue on some programming/debugging technique and pompously declare "It's only the tip of the iceberg!".<BR/><BR/>Everytime, I was tempted to ask "Dude, have you ever seen an iceberg?"<BR/><BR/>For good measure, he grew up in Jaipur.The Talkative Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06378431456149841572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154922210537316572006-08-07T09:13:00.000+05:302006-08-07T09:13:00.000+05:30Had to comment again. Just imagine if you or me ha...Had to comment again. Just imagine if you or me had said what Keynes said, "In the long run we are all dead."<BR/><BR/>I would have got bumps, definitely.dazedandconfusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126167686699868662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154874691246971492006-08-06T20:01:00.000+05:302006-08-06T20:01:00.000+05:30I guess when you know you are going to be a part o...I guess when you know you are going to be a part of a moment preserved for history ( like casement said above of neil armstrong) I think you might as well think up a good one so you don't blow up your 5 secs of fame. Personally I am a quotes addcit and love the one about climbing the Everest because it is there.But I relate to the humour side of the story too.Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154752598986418122006-08-05T10:06:00.000+05:302006-08-05T10:06:00.000+05:30Funny,and very true!Funny,and very true!dazedandconfusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126167686699868662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154751531024107302006-08-05T09:48:00.000+05:302006-08-05T09:48:00.000+05:30That is also the case with some of the films. If a...That is also the case with some of the films. If a good director makes a movie, it is a common practice to deeply interpret the movie in ways the director himself/herself would not have thought of. <BR/><BR/> -naveen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154693770673496652006-08-04T17:46:00.000+05:302006-08-04T17:46:00.000+05:30And, Neil Armstrong's 'giant leap for mankind' is ...And, Neil Armstrong's 'giant leap for mankind' is never forgotten.<BR/><BR/>He must've spent hours thinking over what to say after landing!:))Casementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319588427409526483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1154664415144339182006-08-04T09:36:00.000+05:302006-08-04T09:36:00.000+05:30Priceless, as usual! :))I have contemplated on thi...Priceless, as usual! :))<BR/>I have contemplated on this question quite a few times too!<BR/>As for "midnight hour, when the world sleeps" -- I can't believe I never caught that! :DShruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.com