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mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
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From Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," when the dowager reprimands the young man on having lost both his parents:

The quote in the play is spoken by Lady Bracknell, “'To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
 

RookieGuy

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If a Journeyman can only figure out all the reasons why he can’t do something, let an apprentice try it. He’s too dumb to know what won’t work and it just might!

-My Grandfather
I've read things very similar. I forgot who or context, or even the exact quote. But the gist stuck with me. It was something along the lines of without the proper training, he didn't know you couldn't do that. So he did it.