Monday, February 09, 2009

Bon mot for the week

Contentment: the smother of invention.


Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940)

Not much information on the Internet about Ms Mumford, but it seems she was a fairly prolific American humorist of the early 20th Century, and responsible for quite a few well-known bon mots. We may hear from her again in weeks to come.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. That one is eerily true.

Froog said...

Well then, OMG, I have mixed feelings about your contentment.

Slightly less than perfectly content and still entertainingly inventive would be the ideal balance for me.