sawyl | A couple of Sunday quotes

A couple of quotes culled from today's Observer, kicking off with David Mitchell being grumpy about Christmas cards:

My only defence for this "Bah! Humbug!" attitude is that a modern day Scrooge wouldn't say "Bah! Humbug!" He'd say: "Make this Christmas special with a Scrooge and Marley loan." Christmas is no longer the interruption in trading that he so resented, it's the time of year when businesses expect to sell most stuff. That's a trend that Sir Henry [Cole, inventor of the Christmas card] spotted and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come didn't.

And closing with a quote from Roger Carr, the CBI president-in-waiting, about the top rate of income tax:

"My personal view is that when things are difficult, everybody should make a contribution," he said, in an interview with the Observer. "Those who can make a bigger contribution should do so. So I do not think the rate is unreasonable."

Or as someone else once put it: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs...