“The real lesson is that you can’t hide problems with your company. You can market yourself as a fun and interesting and dynamic company, but if you’re not, people will find out.” Steve Yegge, programmer
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“That sameness is the banana’s paradox. After 15,000 years of human cultivation, the banana is too perfect, lacking the genetic diversity that is key to species health. What can ail one banana can ail all. A fungus or bacterial disease that infects one plantation could march around the globe and destroy millions of bunches, leaving […]
“Wouldn’t it be lovely to believe in an imaginary friend who listens to your thoughts, listens to your prayers, comforts you, consoles you, gives you life after death, can give you advice? Of course it’s satisfying, if you can believe it. But who wants to believe a lie?” Richard Dawkins, on the idea of God
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“I started breaking down in tears and screaming and I couldn’t even hear myself scream. I know God is working on me. I’m on a personal journey. I believe God wants to be the only voice I hear right now.” Hip-hop star Foxy Brown, on being diagnosed with severe sudden sensorineural hearing loss
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“Toilet paper with at least enough strength to pull it’s own roll without tearing is a basic human right.” Steven Garrity
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“Gentlemen, we got 20 calls about the David Hyde-Pierce incident. And, as you know, one call equals a billion people, which means 20 billion people were offended by this. Needless to say, something must be done.” FCC Suit #1 in Family Guy’s “PTV” episode
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“So, how does this help the user kick ass?” Kathy Sierra, on user personal experience
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“Now I kinda wish we could re-run the experiment. Are MySpace users just younger and without credit cards? What happens when you make the “Buy CD” links bigger? What happens when you include artwork? Change the colors? What if you offered $2 off just for MySpace members? What about a free t-shirt for the first […]
“Rarely, if ever, in the annals of human history have so many with so much to give to their society, actually given so little and done it so maladroitly as have American Christians over the past fifty years. Speaking as only one Christian, I feel the need to apologize.” Bob Briner, author of Roaring Lambs
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“It’s the occupation, not the fundamentalism” The Logic of Suicide Terrorism
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