Category Archives: Quotes

On the iPad, Daring Fireball, and other crap that undoubtedly is of interest to no one but me

Earlier today, I had reason to reference an old John Gruber article, Windows: The New Classic, as I have several times since that article first appeared at Daring Fireball back in April 2006. In addition to providing a terrific explanation of why Boot Camp was important, what segment of the market it would appeal to, [...]

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You can’t just ask customers what they want…

You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.
– Steve Jobs

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Penn Jillette on paranormal phenomena

Paranormal phenomena? I don’t believe in it. The word “paranormal” itself means it doesn’t happen. When you say something’s “supernatural” or “paranormal” it means the person saying it doesn’t believe in it. If it really happens, it’s “normal” and it’s “natural.” Anything that’s real is “normal” and “natural.” When someone says “paranormal” or “supernatural” they’ve [...]

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Quote of the week

vjack writing at his incredible Atheist Revolution blog, Idiot of the Week: Juliana Davis:
It is becoming increasingly apparent to me that some people reconcile any discrepancies they encounter between reality and religious belief by completely disregarding reality.

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Quote of the day

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates his duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
–Thomas Paine

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Funny quote of the day

Maybe I watched too many Disney movies as a child, but my inability to solve conflicts through the magic of song & dance really disturbs me.
– kariedwards on Twitter

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Quote of the day

A most excellent quote from Mousie Cat of the blog Evolving in Kansas in her(?) recent post on the failure of abstinence-only education:
Hormones yell louder than parents.
The whole abstinence-only issue, as well as its constant and continual failure, is just that simple.
[via Evolving in Kansas (obviously)]

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IS Quote of the day

Seriously, who STILL instructs you to quit ALL other applications while you install software.
– Wil Shipley on Twitter, 12-30-2008

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Scientific method vs. religion

I recently rented a DVD entitled “God, the Universe, and Everything Else”.  It is simply a video release of a UK television program of the same name which featured Stephen Hawkin, Carl Sagan and Arthur C. Clarke, and apparently aired in the UK in 1988.
During the program, Carl Sagan had occasion to compare the scientific [...]

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Quote of the day

Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You cannot have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock [...]

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Quote of the day

In honor of my good friend, who occasionally comments on this blog as “thecodepounders alter ego”, here’s a little diddy from Dennis Miller (The Raw Feed, HBO 2003):
I was raised Catholic — I went to confession the other day, I said ‘you first’.

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Obama to end 8 years of misinformation in Global AIDS policy?

Drudge Report headline: “Condoms Over Abstinence in Obama AIDS Policy…” I can’t imagine the Drudge Report or it’s usual readers view this as a positive development, but those of us committed to rationality certainly do.
The linked story resides at Bloomberg, Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy:
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will reverse [...]

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