Dark Side of the Moon

"Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an..."

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:11:51 +1000

“Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don’t exist, fights that never happened, all set against the sort of medieval background”

- “The Lord of the Rings,” “Twilight,” and Young-Adult Fantasy Books : The New Yorker

"It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid. And I want to save the future..."

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:08:38 +1000

“It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid. And I want to save the future generation, I want to teach them to read when they’re 5 and 6 and 7 years old. If we don’t do that, we lose them forever.”

- Ray Bradbury on NPR

"So they look upon this new thing and they make a new word to call it. They call it..."

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:04:48 +1000

“So they look upon this new thing and they make a new word to call it. They call it ‘fire.’ “If they come upon one who still has not seen it and they speak to him of fire, he does not know what they mean. So they, in turn, fall back upon telling him what fire is like. As they do so, they know from their own experience that what they are telling him is not the truth, but only a part of it. They know that this man will never know reality from their words, though all the words in the world are theirs to use. He must look upon the fire, smell of it, warm his hands by it, stare into its heart, or remain forever ignorant.”

- Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

"Life is never free of contradictions"

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:35:31 +1000

“Life is never free of contradictions”

- Manmohan Singh

"Sanjaya Baru recalled that it was difficult to convince Singh to take even a single day to relax...."

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:42:37 +1000

“Sanjaya Baru recalled that it was difficult to convince Singh to take even a single day to relax. “We were going to Goa one day, to inaugurate the Birla Institute of Technology in Panaji,” Baru said. “We were to fly there in the morning, inaugurate the Birla Institute, and fly out in the evening back to Delhi. I said to him, sir, it’s a weekend. Why don’t we stay Saturday night, spend Sunday morning on the beach and come back Sunday evening. You don’t miss a working day. You know what he asked? ‘But what do I do there?’ Only Manmohan Singh could ask what he could do in Goa.””

- Falling Man: Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm

"Here is better than home, eh, sir? I mean, at home if you kill someone they arrest you — here..."

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:19:18 +1000

“Here is better than home, eh, sir? I mean, at home if you kill someone they arrest you — here they’ll give you a gun and show you what to do, sir. I mean, I killed 15 of those buggers. Now, at home they’d hang me — here they’ll give me a fucking medal, sir!”

- Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a..."

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 01:09:41 +1000

“Every gun that is made,
every warship launched,
every rocket fired,
signifies,
in the final sense,
a theft
from those who hunger
and are not fed,
those who are cold
and not clothed.”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

(via ourtimes)

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:20:04 +1000

(via ourtimes)

(via convoy)

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:40:36 +1000

(via convoy)

"1.17 Playing equipment including but not limited to the bases, pitcher’s plate, baseball, bats,..."

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:58:44 +1000

“1.17 Playing equipment including but not limited to the bases, pitcher’s plate, baseball, bats, uniforms, catcher’s mitts, first baseman’s gloves, infielders and outfielders gloves and protective helmets, as detailed in the provisions of this rule, shall not contain any undue commercialization of the product. Designations by the manufacturer on any such equipment must be in good taste as to the size and content of the manufacturer’s logo or the brand name of the item. The provisions of this Section 1.17 shall apply to professional leagues only.”

- Official Baseball Rules: 1.0 Objectives of the Game

"It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up..."

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:52:00 +1000

“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.”

- Ernest Hemingway.

By-Line, Ernest Hemingway: Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades by Ernest Hemingway. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. p. 364.

"When an ethnic restaurant opens up in a western country, that’s diversity. When a western restaurant..."

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:53:33 +1000

“When an ethnic restaurant opens up in a western country, that’s diversity. When a western restaurant opens up in a non-western country, that’s cultural imperialism.”

- The Futile Quest for the Authentic Experience | Everything Everywhere: Around the World Travel Blog

"Now that you know who you are, what do you want to be?"

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:17:48 +1000

“Now that you know who you are, what do you want to be?”

- The Beatles

"When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of..."

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:35:25 +1000

“When you set out on your journey to Ithaca,
pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the angry Poseidon — do not fear them:
You will never find such as these on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
emotion touches your spirit and your body.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter,
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not set them up before you.”

- (via raamdev.com — Starting the Journey to Ithaca)

"Let’s assume that Mister and Misses Meyer have called up Mister and Misses Johnson to go and have..."

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:20:37 +1000

“Let’s assume that Mister and Misses Meyer have called up Mister and Misses Johnson to go and have dinner with them. In the Chinese mind, everything is set from that very moment. Mister Meyer is expected to book the restaurant, choose the dishes (at least 2 more than anyone can eat), watch over the drink supply and at the end of the day to pay the bill. Mister Johnson’s task on the other hand is to act like he wanted to take on the check. After that, both should fight for a short moment, only to have Mister Meyer prevail. This enables Mister Johnson to express a friendly “next time it’s on me”.”

- Main dish on the side « Suddenly Beijing

Spun chair by Heatherwick Studio. Watch the video to see it in...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:02:45 +1000

Spun chair by Heatherwick Studio. Watch the video to see it in action.

JCPenney, 1979 (via Container List: A new Penney)

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:54:25 +1000

JCPenney, 1979 (via Container List: A new Penney)

"Go, give a speech. Go, start a blog. Go, ship that thing that you’ve been hiding. Begin,..."

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:23:21 +1000

“Go, give a speech. Go, start a blog. Go, ship that thing that you’ve been hiding. Begin, begin, begin and then improve.”

- Seth’s Blog: The myth of preparation

Watch this. The Story of Stuff (via storyofstuffproject)

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:38:27 +1000

Watch this. The Story of Stuff (via storyofstuffproject)

"There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone...."

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:08:26 +1000

“There’s an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.”

- Bjarne Stroustrup (via mnmal)