#or

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#also #anything #demanded #especially #i

But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#decision #less #life-changing #like #more

A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#autumn #because #cousins #day #easter

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#although #choice #comfortable #culture #familiar

Journalists do not like to report on uncertainties. They would almost rather be wrong than ambiguous. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#ambiguous #journalists #like #rather #report

I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?' ↗

— Theresa May

#campaign #did #election #god #hairstyle

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#climate #fulfilling #go #guidance #indeed

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#australians #because #communicate #culture #effectively

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#best #child #every #given #literacy

On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#average #compared #couple #day #each