From the Foreword of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Tales from Earthsea:
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There’s birth there’s maturity there’s independence there’s success there’s empire and then after that there’s decline and then there’s death. You want to jump off that bus at the point of empire.
Andy Ihnatko on IA23
What if the phone company gave you free unlimited phone calls but they could record, monitor and sell your phone calls and information about what you said on them.
Anil Dash in a conversation about How do blogs need to evolve?.
This is such as great analogy for — ahem — certain free Internet services.
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay:
for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5-37
Some religious advice on avoiding nuance. Sure worked out for them…
I would love Stojkovic to be my successor, there are a hundred reasons for that. Our ideas are the same and we both strive for perfect football. I knew he was going to have teams playing attacking football with many passes. He has done that, showing he will be a great coach.I told him that if he could transmit his football imagination to his players he would fly high.
Arsene Wenger Wants Dragan Stojkovic To Replace Him
As a Grampus supporter this is cool. Great recognition. But as a Spurs supporter… I don’t want Pixy to become a Gooner.
Usage is like oxygen for ideas.
Matt Mullenweg, from 1.0 is the loneliest number
I am filing this inspirational quote away for future use.
English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.
Garrison Keillor [this also goes for marketers, pundits and bloggers]
The taming and domestication of religious faith is one of the unceasing chores of civilization.
Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
If lightning is the anger of the gods, the gods are concerned mostly with trees.
Lao Tzu