Maybe it's just me, but when I saw this Jagger quote I though of Zhuangzi:
"We were young, good-looking and stupid," he told the audience. "Now we're just stupid."
(h/t: Sullivan)
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He forgot to mention that they may still be stupid but now they are very, very wealthy.
Posted by: gmoke | May 25, 2010 at 12:07 AM