I just had a look at the ‘My Clippings’ section on my Kindle and seen all the bits of text that I have highlighted over the years. Some of them are quite random, but a few are worth dwelling on.
Entries Tagged as 'Quotes'
Some selected quotes
September 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on Some selected quotes · Life, Politics
Tags: Quotes
Programming flavours
June 3rd, 2015 · Comments Off on Programming flavours · Technology
This evening I came across a great passage in the book I am reading. The passage is about programming languages, the book isn’t. Not really anyway. But, of course, the point of a programming language is that you don’t just read it; you write it, too. You make it do things for you. And this, […]
Charlie Brooker on Darwin
March 26th, 2014 · Comments Off on Charlie Brooker on Darwin · Life
This evening I found a great quote from Charlie Brooker, taken from a 2008 Guardian article: Darwin’s theory of evolution was simple, beautiful, majestic and awe-inspiring. But because it contradicts the allegorical babblings of a bunch of made-up old books, it’s been under attack since day one. That’s just tough luck for Darwin. If the […]
San Quentin I hate every inch of you
August 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life, Music
This evening I watched the film of Johnny Cash playing at San Quentin prison. It is a remarkable film of a remarkable concert and a reminder of why Johnny Cash is the country singer that even people who don’t like country music can appreciate. At one point he sings a song called San Quentin I […]
Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow…
May 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Politics
…creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. Etc. etc. Nearly all over now. There is a lot of talk about this being a significant election, about the possibility of massive change in the system. There are hundreds of soi disant experts and each has a different […]
Oops I’ve done it again
May 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on Oops I’ve done it again · Politics
Hot on the heels of his speech to Citizens UK, Gordon Brown has gone and made another excellent and inspiring speech – could have done with it all a bit earlier, but better late than never eh? This time he has gone for a long speech that is packed with soundbites. I think my favourite […]
Tags: Elections·Labour Party·Quotes
Only two weeks to go
April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics
Yes it is only two weeks until the big wobbly sausage! If that makes it sound like I am losing my marbles a bit, I refer you to this story in the Telegraph, specifically the end bit.
Imagination
March 31st, 2010 · Comments Off on Imagination · Politics
I came across a passage in Iain Banks’ novel The Steep Approach to Garbadale this evening that I felt like sharing.  It expresses what I feel about the differences between left and right very well – far better than I could do myself.
Hidden gem
June 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics
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 […]
Told you so
March 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Told you so · 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 […]
