5-26-09
And dude, when you’re rooting for the machines in a Terminator movie, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
- Carrie Vaughn, Filling the Well
And dude, when you’re rooting for the machines in a Terminator movie, something has gone horribly, horribly wrong.
- Carrie Vaughn, Filling the Well
Leaders who refuse to listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing important to say.
- Andy Stanley, via Tony Morgan Live
Apparently, panicking is an acceptable substitute for forethought, contingency planning or actually taking productive action.
- Seth Godin, Might as Well Panic
One of the reasons I believe in God is that there's no other explanation for Apple's survival.
- Guy Kawasaki, @ Catalyst West
"There’s no big "S" on your chest . . . You’re just human." I have to admit I find that a little disappointing. It would be so cool to be able to fly.
- Laurell K. Hamilton, If Only I Could Fly
We have both always worked from home together and it has always worked for us. The upside to this scenario has been that we get to eat lunch together in our jammies and grope each other when we pass in the hallway - both of which are frowned upon in a regular office.
- Antique Mommy, Boundary Issues
How much do you have to hate someone to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell someone about that?
- Penn Jillette, A Gift of a Bible
President of General Motors: fifty million dollars a year to run General Motors into the ground. I coulda done it for half that.
- Jake Johansen, on David Letterman 2/13/09
We have no idea how long Adam and Eve lasted in [the Garden of Eden] before sinning and thus creating prime rib, which seriously, the Fall wasn’t all bad.
- Anti-itch Meditation, Vegetarian Sex
Darwin . . . put wheels on the chair in his study so he could get to his specimens more quickly — and, bingo, the modern office chair was invented.
- FOXNews.com, Darwin's Kin, Admirers, Opponents Mark 200th Birthday
[P]art of me is still that little girl who was raised with no money, and a grandmother that could pinch a penny, and make it sing. It’s hard not to hoard things, just in case.
- Laurell K. Hamilton, A Taste for Something New
[G]ood and evil are present in this world, and between the two of them there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right.
- George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Farewell Address
See how virtuous I am? My politics are correct. I am a fully paid-up member of the herd — nothing independent-minded about me.
- Jay Nordlinger, My Kingdom for a Safe Zone
A shrug. For one thing, it’s a sweater, and it’s not even a whole sweater. It’s like 1/3 of a sweater. It’s like the thong of the sweater world — another prank played upon women by the fashion industry.
- Antique Mommy, Fashion Gifts I Don't Want For Christmas
No audience member, in the history of presentations (written or live) has ever said, "it was exciting, useful and insightful but far too short."
- Seth Godin, Blah, blah, blah, blah...
Palin as a pro-life wife, mother and ambitious professional represents the next big shift in feminism. Pro-life women will save feminism by expanding it, particularly into the more traditional Third World.
- Camille Paglia, Obama Surfs Through
In democratic systems, the people are free to screw up their own societies.
- Mark Steyn, Vox Populi
I'm like Hugh Hefner. Except without all the girls. Or the mansion.
- Anonymous, Appreciating Beauty
It's easy to be against something that you're afraid of. And it's easy to be afraid of something that you don't understand.
- Seth Godin, Seth Godin's Blog
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