Sunday, May 06, 2012

QUOTABLE: Wittgenstein And Horseracing

Bob Costas asked J. Paul Reddam, owner of longshot Kentucky Derby winner, I'll Have Another: "As a former professor of philosophy at USC, which of the great philosophers summed up a day like this?" Mr. Reddam said:
"Ludwig Wittgenstein said that after all philosophical problems have been solved, nothing useful has been accomplished" ... So we went into horse racing!"

No comments: