Remember Deng Xiao Peng’s remark “black cat or white cat, it is a good cat if it catches the mice”.?
Now, if it was said by a common Chinese peasant, no one would pay any attention. But DXP was the leader of the world’s most populous country and his thinking could affect billions of people. Even MM Lee admires him.
Tell you a story I read.
There was a simple-minded gardener. He was quite ignorant of other things but was very knowledgeable about gardening, plants and seeds. One day, a reporter somehow mistook him to be someone who was a well-known economist.
He interviewed the gardener and asked for his views on the economy. The gardener, not understanding the questions, always replied by saying something about gardening, plants or seeds.
His ‘views’ were published and people thought they were very good and he was very clever by using analogies instead of giving direct replies.
For example when he said sunlight was needed for a seedling to grow healthily…..people thought he was referring to the growth of the economy.
Nice story.
3 comments:
Another very famous saying uttered by a prominent statesman when the Gulf War started on 17 Jan 1991 was "The Mother of all Battles has begun." However, I don't know whether that saying was wise or not. Since then, the phrase "Mother of all" was frequently used to describe anything that is huge, like "the Mother of all Theme Parks", "The Mother of all Industries", etc. And what would a rejoinder to that famous saying from a commoner like me be? "On 30 Dec 2006, the Father of all Terrorists was hanged", of course. Now let's see whether what I've said will become famous or not, hehe.
haha hey.. nxt time when u read sth inspiring, can include the source?
ok shanice, if i still remember
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