HonoreDB comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010

HonoreDB 6 Dec 2010 5:41 UTC
12 points

The scared fighter may be the best fighter, but the scared learner is always a poor learner.

--John Holt
- Normal_Anomaly 7 Dec 2010 13:10 UTC
  3 points
  Parent
  Amusingly, the first time I read this I misread “scared” as “sacred.” And it works either way.
  - wedrifid 7 Dec 2010 13:23 UTC
    2 points
    Parent
    
    Amusingly, the first time I read this I misread “scared” as “sacred.” And it works either way.
    
    And for an added twist I read it as “scarred”...
    - Tiiba 15 Dec 2010 15:51 UTC
      0 points
      Parent
      So what IS the best fighter?
      - Paul Crowley 15 Dec 2010 22:40 UTC
        6 points
        Parent
        The scared sacred scarred fighter, it would seem.