Peter Shenkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, 11:43am -0800, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>>H. L. Mencken wrote
>>(approximately) "For every complex problem there is a solution that is
>>clear, simple and wrong."
>
>
> I don't think Mencken ever said that; reference please.
>
I tried
for every complex problem mencken
on google (what can I say, it's been a slow day) and
found several similar forms.
"For every complex problem, there is a simple solution.
And it's always wrong."
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is
simple, neat, and wrong.
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
For every complex problem there is a simple solution... and
it is wrong.
"For every complex problem there is a solution that is
concise, clear, simple . . . and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Since I found all of these on the internet, I'm pretty
sure they are true and accurate ;>
Dick Hendrickson
> According to Bartlett's, he is said to have said, "Nobody ever
> went broke underestimating the taste [or, sometimes, intelligence]
> of the American public."
>
> Though it also lacks an iron-clad attribution, this quotation
> appears at least as applicable as the other to this discussion. :-)
>
> -P.
>
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