“That’s fine in practice, but will it work in theory?”--Garret Fitzgerald (1926-2011), onetime economist and former Premier of the Republic of Ireland, assessing the value of an idea, quoted in Alan Cowell, “Garret FitzGerald, Ex-Irish Premier, Dies at 85,” The New York Times, May 20, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Quote of the Day (The Late Leader of Ireland, Balancing Theory and Practice As Only the Gaels Can)
“That’s fine in practice, but will it work in theory?”--Garret Fitzgerald (1926-2011), onetime economist and former Premier of the Republic of Ireland, assessing the value of an idea, quoted in Alan Cowell, “Garret FitzGerald, Ex-Irish Premier, Dies at 85,” The New York Times, May 20, 2011
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