Writer and philosopher, master of the cheerful paradox.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

With the blazing red hair of one she-urchin in the gutter I will set fire to all modern civilization.

Also the man behind Chesterton’s fence: don’t tear down a fence until you know why it was put up. The counterweight to It has always been done this way: sometimes it HAS been done this way for a reason, and the burden of proof is on finding it before removing it.