Dan Wilson
@sfstagewalker.bsky.social
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Dan Wilson
@sfstagewalker.bsky.social
· Nov 29
It's been so long since I was on Twitter that I've not been sure exactly how I want to use this. I think, to start, that I'll post quotes as I come across them. Feel free to comment or reflect back, or not.
‘Very conceited persons, whom have received less consideration than they expected, attempt for a long time to deceive themselves and others with regard to it, and become subtle psychologists in order to make out that they have been amply honored...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
‘Very conceited persons, whom have received less consideration than they expected, attempt for a long time to deceive themselves and others with regard to it, and become subtle psychologists in order to make out that they have been amply honored...
‘People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
August 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
‘People will do the basest things on account of their so-called honor.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
‘Merlin always said that sportsmanship was the curse of the world, and so it is.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
August 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
‘Merlin always said that sportsmanship was the curse of the world, and so it is.’ - Arthur
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
T.H. White. ‘The Once and Future King’
‘One will seldom go wrong if one attributes extreme actions to vanity, average ones to habit, and petty ones to fear.’
-Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ # 74
-Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ # 74
July 31, 2025 at 3:05 AM
‘One will seldom go wrong if one attributes extreme actions to vanity, average ones to habit, and petty ones to fear.’
-Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ # 74
-Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ # 74
‘In all great deceivers one thing is noteworthy… their belief in themselves; it is this, then, which speaks to wonderfully and persuasively to the spectators. … For men believe in themselves truth of everything that is visibly, strongly believed in.
- Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All to Human’, #52
- Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All to Human’, #52
July 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
‘In all great deceivers one thing is noteworthy… their belief in themselves; it is this, then, which speaks to wonderfully and persuasively to the spectators. … For men believe in themselves truth of everything that is visibly, strongly believed in.
- Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All to Human’, #52
- Friedrich Nietsche, ‘Human, All to Human’, #52
‘that exhibition of a friendly disposition in intercourse, that smiling eye, that clasp of the hand, that cheerfulness with which almost all human actions are usually accompanied. … The sum of all these small doses is nevertheless mighty, their united force is amongst the strongest forces’
July 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
‘that exhibition of a friendly disposition in intercourse, that smiling eye, that clasp of the hand, that cheerfulness with which almost all human actions are usually accompanied. … The sum of all these small doses is nevertheless mighty, their united force is amongst the strongest forces’
(Philosophers) think that with deep feelings one can approach the internal and approach the heart of Nature. But these feelings are only deep in so far as along with them, hardly noticeable, certain complicated groups of thoughts, which we call deep, are regularly excited;…
June 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
(Philosophers) think that with deep feelings one can approach the internal and approach the heart of Nature. But these feelings are only deep in so far as along with them, hardly noticeable, certain complicated groups of thoughts, which we call deep, are regularly excited;…
Man tries to make for himself, in the fashion that suits him best, a simplified and intelligent picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it.
- Albert Einstein. ‘Principles of research’ 1918
- Albert Einstein. ‘Principles of research’ 1918
June 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Man tries to make for himself, in the fashion that suits him best, a simplified and intelligent picture of the world; he then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it.
- Albert Einstein. ‘Principles of research’ 1918
- Albert Einstein. ‘Principles of research’ 1918
‘Nothing is boring if you are aware of it. It may be irritating, but it is not boring. If it is pleasant the pleasure will not fail so long as you are aware of it. Being awake is the hardest work the soul can do’ -Ursula K. Le Guin. ‘Solitude’
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
‘Nothing is boring if you are aware of it. It may be irritating, but it is not boring. If it is pleasant the pleasure will not fail so long as you are aware of it. Being awake is the hardest work the soul can do’ -Ursula K. Le Guin. ‘Solitude’
‘Solitude is noncommunication, the absence of others, the presence of a self sufficient to itself.’ — Ursula K LeGuin, ‘Solitude’
May 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
‘Solitude is noncommunication, the absence of others, the presence of a self sufficient to itself.’ — Ursula K LeGuin, ‘Solitude’
“It is hard to meet a stranger. Even the greatest extrovert meeting even the meekest stranger knows a certain dread, though he may not know he knows it. Will he make a fool of me wreck my image of myself invade me destroy me change me? Will he be different from me? Yes, that he will…
April 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“It is hard to meet a stranger. Even the greatest extrovert meeting even the meekest stranger knows a certain dread, though he may not know he knows it. Will he make a fool of me wreck my image of myself invade me destroy me change me? Will he be different from me? Yes, that he will…
"All of us who are concerned for peace and the triumph of reason and justice must today be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good-will exert upon events in the political field. But however that may be, and whatever fate may be in store for us..."
March 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"All of us who are concerned for peace and the triumph of reason and justice must today be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good-will exert upon events in the political field. But however that may be, and whatever fate may be in store for us..."
Reposted by Dan Wilson
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
March 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Reposted by Dan Wilson
February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"the concern for involvement in and dedication to the principles of equality of rights, justice and opportunity in all segments of our society should be considered as a basic and internal part of the every day Christian ministry of all members of the Church...
February 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"the concern for involvement in and dedication to the principles of equality of rights, justice and opportunity in all segments of our society should be considered as a basic and internal part of the every day Christian ministry of all members of the Church...
"...formerly it was enough for a man to have freed himself to some extent from personal egoism to make him a valuable member of society, today he must also be required to overcome national and class egoism. Only if he reaches those heights can he contribute toward improving the lot of humanity."
February 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"...formerly it was enough for a man to have freed himself to some extent from personal egoism to make him a valuable member of society, today he must also be required to overcome national and class egoism. Only if he reaches those heights can he contribute toward improving the lot of humanity."
Reposted by Dan Wilson
Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Reposting as Sagan is so prescient from 30 years ago.
Reposted by Dan Wilson
“Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.” Albert Einstein, ‘Mein Weltbild’, 1934
February 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
“Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.” Albert Einstein, ‘Mein Weltbild’, 1934
Reposted by Dan Wilson
This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
Or on a plaque in every ATC tower.
Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode.
Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American.
Or on a stamp.
Or maybe currency.
Something.
I keep thinking "why is the administration so determined to raise unemployment by purging its ranks?" and I keep coming back to the thought that high unemployment means that unions are weakened and employers can lower salaries due to high competition for private sector jobs.
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I keep thinking "why is the administration so determined to raise unemployment by purging its ranks?" and I keep coming back to the thought that high unemployment means that unions are weakened and employers can lower salaries due to high competition for private sector jobs.
"I love the idea of democracy, the hope, yes, I love that. I couldn't live without that. But the country? You mean the thing on the map, lines, everything inside the lines is good and nothing outside them maters? How can an adult love such a childish idea?" — Ursula K. LeGuin, The Diary of the Rose
January 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"I love the idea of democracy, the hope, yes, I love that. I couldn't live without that. But the country? You mean the thing on the map, lines, everything inside the lines is good and nothing outside them maters? How can an adult love such a childish idea?" — Ursula K. LeGuin, The Diary of the Rose
"If there is anything that can give a layman in the sphere of economics the courage to express an opinion on the nature of the alarming economic difficulties of the present day, it is the hopeless confusion of opinions among the experts."
- Albert Einstein, "Mein Weltbild", Amsterdam, 1934
- Albert Einstein, "Mein Weltbild", Amsterdam, 1934
January 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"If there is anything that can give a layman in the sphere of economics the courage to express an opinion on the nature of the alarming economic difficulties of the present day, it is the hopeless confusion of opinions among the experts."
- Albert Einstein, "Mein Weltbild", Amsterdam, 1934
- Albert Einstein, "Mein Weltbild", Amsterdam, 1934
Reposted by Dan Wilson
✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨
January 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨
Reposted by Dan Wilson
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.