"The Household Tips of the Great Writers," by Mark Crick

Do you, as a dull man, feel you are apart from other people when you do — and enjoy doing — doing mundane things, life’s daily chores?

Good news for you in this new book — you’re not alone. Great writers do these things too. as explained in the book: Hemingway hung wallpaper; Hunter Thompson put up a garden fence; Julius Caesar put up a shelf; Machiavelli espoused on the Art of Mowing; Harold Pinter made cheese on toast; Charles Dickens made plum pudding.

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Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers