Posts tagged Quote
“ We bought that son of a bitch and then he didn’t stay bought.”
“ Madeleine’s love troubles had begun at a time when the French theory she was reading deconstructed the very notion of love.”
“ People used to buy bootleg CDs and Japanese imports containing music that none of their friends could get hold of. Now that almost every track is available free on music-streaming services like Spotify or on a pirate website, music fans need something else to boast about. That limited-edition 12-inch in translucent blue vinyl will do nicely.”
Vinyl is back. In America vinyl sales are running 39% above last year’s levels. (via theeconomist)
This is my life.
(via theeconomist)
“Here. The most precious thing I own.” He took his union card from his wallet and showed them, one by one. “the words right here”-pointing to the slogan on the back of the card-“is what it all comes down to, you won’t here it in school, maybe the Gettysburg Address, Declaration of Independence and so forth, but if you learn nothing else, learn this by heart, what it says here- ‘Labor produces all wealth. Wealth belongs to the producer thereof.’”
- Webb Traverse, Against The Day, Thomas Pynchon, 2006
“ I think we are in a hell of a mess, and I am not sure of the path out of it.”
State Senator John Whitmire (D), vice chair of the Finance Committee.
Reassuring words.
I’ve been fortunate enough to work with the likes of Peter Baynham, Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris, Simon Pegg, Julia Davis, Caroline Aherne, Ruth Jones, and the Mighty Boosh – some of the funniest and most innovative people in British comedy. And Rob Brydon too.
I’m a huge fan of Top Gear. But this time I’ve had enough - Steve Coogan, The Observer
Nice burn Coogan. You got a legitimate and hearty lol out of me.
I asked an old friend here in Cairo, a woman with Western tastes that include an occasional glass of whiskey, whether the Muslim Brotherhood might be bad for peace. She thought for a moment and said: “Yes, possibly. But, from my point of view, in America the Republican Party is bad for peace as well.”
It is not unethical for an ambitious young person in, say, Mumbai to land a job that might otherwise go to an ambitious young personin, say, Seattle, and there is no opprobrium in your helping him or her land it. Americans do not enjoy moral precedence over Indians. Some people feel we have a greater ethical duty to those closest to us — our neighbors — but in an era of global trade and travel, that is a recipe for tribalism and its attendant ills.
-The Ethicist - Doing The Outsourcing, NY Times Sunday Magazine
“ I want them to suffer the same marrow-level dread of the oceanic I’ve always felt, the intuition of the sea as primordial nada, bottomless depths inhabited by tooth- studded things rising angelically toward you.”
- Shipping Out: On the (nearly lethal) comforts of a luxury cruise - David Foster Wallace, Harpers Magazine
Finally (15 years ago), someone put into words how I feel about seas and oceans.
And my sister still refuses to understand why I don’t want to go on a cruise. I don’t need to be at sea as an excuse to gorge and dance excessively for five consecutive days.
