I just came across a candidate for quote of the week, hidden away amongst a huge number of comments to a post over at Labour List, Nils Boray said:
I even have a modicum of respect for Margaret Thatcher – you always knew where you were with Maggie. It was just being there without a paddle [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Quotes'
Hidden gem
June 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics
Told you so
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
[Cross-posted from Common Endeavour]
I am rarely in a position to say “told you so” but someone who is in a great position to utter those words is Naseem Nicholas Taleb. I am nearing the end of his book The Black Swan (published in 2007) and on page 225 he says:
We have never lived before under [...]
The Olivetti Chronicles
January 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I make no secret of my affection for the late John Peel. I’m sure he would be the first to admit that he was far from perfect, but he was one of the few celebrities I could imagine seriously wanting to be. The most obvious reason for his becoming a national treasure was his radio [...]
Co-incidence…
October 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Jane, Music
Can’t think of an appropriate song title but…. I just had the quote over the photo at the top and the random song lyric match. Do I win?
Tags: Quotes
Hero of the Day
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Music, Politics
With a new album just over the horizon, Metallica are on a major PR offensive and doing all sorts of interviews. Today was the turn of the Guardian, with a full-page spread. It covers a lot of the same ground as other articles, but does contain this decent quote from James Hetfield:
Tags: Quotes
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
August 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
Some good quotes from Lemmy in an interview in Word magazine this month, including this one where, I think, he is making up a new word:
I’ve always looked like a do-er, not a do-ee.
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Karaoke rebels
July 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Life
My favourite quote of the month (so far) is, surprisingly, from Malcolm Maclaren in an interview. He says:
What I would say is this: the authentic always shines through. Karaoke rebels always look like fools in the end. If you’re looking for something real, put your money away. The authentic experience is very rarely for sale.
Not [...]
A good point
June 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Life
I am currently reading John O’Farrell’s surprisingly thick history of Britain, and was very taken by this footnote:
The Bible forbade Christians to lend money and so it became the trade of the Jewish diaspora. Modern right-wing Christians citing the Bible’s opposition to homosexuality do not seem to have the same enthusiasm for outlawing the moneylending [...]
Alternatives
April 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Life
A nice quote I came across yesterday about alternative medicine, alternative religion, alternative diets and all the other alternatives:
It’s a good thing for people to examine an alternative , but dissatisfaction with the norm can also panic people into falling into love with the first philosophical piece of tail that falls upon their inward eye. [...]
Bicycle sex
November 15th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Life
What to make of the story about the man who has been put on probation for attempting to have sex with his bicycle?
Its easy enough to make jokes about it, and the headline seems to say it all, but I think the man in question has had a bit of a rough deal. Not [...]
Tags: Bicycle Sex·Books·Cycling·Quotes·WTF
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