commonplace book. n. Formerly Book of common places (see commonplace n. 3). orig. A book in which ‘commonplaces’ or passages important for reference were collected, usually under general heads; hence, a book in which one records passages or matters to be especially remembered or referred to, with or without arrangement.
OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 5 April 2015.
commonplace blog. n A commonplace book in a blog.
Monday, August 3, 2015
Bernstein's recipe for achievement
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
Leonard Bernstein, quoted in Frank Partnoy, Wait: The Art and Science of Delay (New York: Public Affairs, 2012), p. 168
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