For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.
Quotes about digress (4 Quotes)
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, 'Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isnt it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an oxcart hauled by a donkey' Lloyd George replied, 'I digress just a moment and thank the gentlemen for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass.'
A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.