Michael Macdonald

“People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent”
― Halldór Laxness, The Atom Station

“Well, it doesn’t work. Lowering standards just leads to poorly educated students who feel entitled to easy work and lavish praise.”
― Matthew Syed, Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success

“There will always be times when we get beaten, said Bill Shankly. There will always be times when we lose. But the important thing is what we take away from that beating, what we learn when we lose. Because we'll always learn more from a loss than a win. So remember that and learn that, lads.”
― David Peace, Red or Dead

“We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange