Quotes

Column inches

In Quotes on 16 November 2008 tagged column, guardian, Quote with Comments Off

The pre­vi­ous even­ing, my wife had presen­ted me with one of her quarterly assess­ments of my pro­gress as a human being, and the res­ults were, as they so often are, disappointing.

Tim Dowl­ing makes me read his whole column out loud, Sat­urday after Sat­urday. I sus­pect his wife may be the most amazing/terrifying human being known to mankind.

Cloud computing: it’s about, uh, things

In Quotes on 27 October 2008 with Comments Off

“The way people work and the way people com­mu­nic­ate, open­ness and velo­city and nimble­ness and focus are much more valu­able and I think that’s a very big shift.”

— Sam Schil­lace runs Google Docs and talks rub­bish.

Ain’t that the truth

In Quotes on 25 October 2008 tagged Quote with Comments Off

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. 

— Anais Nin

Judith Kerr is fabulous

In Quotes on 20 October 2008 tagged books, Quote with Comments Off

Did pink rab­bit, the much-loved toy left behind in Ber­lin, exist? “Oh yes. It’s eyes came out because my brother played with it. Bastard!”

- Judith Kerr, cre­ator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the highly influ­en­tial Mog books, turns out to be awe­some.

Guilty?

In Quotes on 19 October 2008 tagged amy winehouse, iceland, Quote with Comments Off

Ordin­ary Icelanders are no more respons­ible for the risk-seeking busi­ness­men who hap­pen to hold our pass­port than the people of north Lon­don are respons­ible for the destruct­ive beha­viour of the tal­en­ted Amy Winehouse.

- Pro­fessor Eirikur Bergmann Einarsson on Britain’s use of ter­ror­ism laws to claw back the money inves­ted in col­lapsed Icelandic bank, Icesave.

Hot Leg and hairbands

In Quotes on 20 September 2008 tagged fashion, links, music, Quote with Comments Off

“The vibe is, we can’t play without head­bands,” he enthuses. “We keep pop­ping down to Claire’s Accessor­ies to find slightly more elab­or­ate ones.”

- Justin Hawkins, formerly lead singer of The Dark­ness, about to release the first single from his new band, Hot Leg.