"I suspect the best way to deal with procrastination is to put off the procrastination itself until later. I've been meaning to try this, but haven't gotten around to it yet." -- attributed to [swr] (kuro5hin.org)
"Four out of five of them don't give a fig about writing their own material.... Apart from that, they insist that, while they're happy to accept guidance and advice from ... their record company team, they have their say in everything that goes on in the band. ... 'We're the artists,' says Cheryl. 'If we don't want to do something, we're not going to to do it.'" -- Barbara Ellen, [Aloud and Kicking] (about the band Girls Aloud resulting from the television programme Pop Stars), The Observer, 2003-07-27
Those of you who keep a neat desk don't know the thrill of finding something that was lost forever. -- Unknown
In this sense, the third rule of cool fits perfectly into the second: the second rule says that cool cannot be manufactured, only observed, and the third says that it can only be observed by those who are themselves cool. And, of course, the first rule says that it cannot accurately be observed at all, because the act of discovering cool causes it to take flight, so if you add all three together they describe a closed loop, the hermenuetic circle of coolhunting, a phenomenon whereby not only can the uncool not see cool but cool cannot be even adequately described to them. -- Malcolm Gladwell
it's funny, that i've performed 4'33" a couple of times and heard it performed about 5 times without ever being moved by it. until one concert where due to some mix up with the soloist, the orchestra (bach soc i think, though it may have been a pickup orchestra i was in) was on stage, lights dimmed ready to go, for 6 minutes or so without doing anything. you could really feel the tension in the audience and among the players as each waited for the other, or the house manager, or the conductor, or someone to make a move, but nothing happened. the final resolution, when the door opened, was so powerful it made the music which followed on the program anti-climatic. -- Myke Cuthbert
I am sure that for most of you, the phrase "Paris in 1830" brings a sense of almost familiar reality. -- Jacques Barzun, in "Paris in 1830" in Bloom, ed., Music in Paris in the Eighteen-Thirties
And the really inexpensive part of the set is the remote control staircase that flies. -- Helen Shaw
my attitude toward the idea of using a vibrator is something like my attitude toward claris home page. like, if you can't do it yourself, don't bother doing it at all. -- Susannah Mandel
dude, this morning at breakfast i was wandering around the serving area and i saw this bin labeled "life". out of curiosity and surprise, i had some. and then i had a date tonight! i guess it's true that you are what you eat. -- Mike Epstein
"... because if you're drinking alone, you're an alcoholic." "... whereas if there's two of you drinking, you're both alcoholics." -- Erik Dykema and Aaron Berkowitz, while under the influence
40 minutes in a mall just isn't enough when you've never seen one before. -- Dave Turk, being introduced to American culture
That's not a good sign that I can't compete with MATLAB... I might as well give up and join a convent now. -- Jes Logan, in response to KenShan's work ethic
"Did you like riding the [Ohio white-water rafting] rapids more than riding the [Washington] monument?" "Definitely the monument -- I was sore after the rapids." -- David Fiske and Jes Logan
when i meet people in real life i don't introduce myself as "hi i'm janice and i'm really friendly and your world is gonna be a whole lot nicer now that you've met me." -- Janice Tsai, on cover letters
The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End. Back Bay was filled in years ago. -- Unknown
Life is a sexually transmitted
math too is a terminal representation
game. disease. of Quality.
-- KenShan
Hey, everybody can't be a winner. Isn't it spooky how it always turns out to be you? -- inside a peanut butter M&M wrapper (thanks to Sam Klein)