Quotes #32: Einstein, AP, Tinsley, Deal, Fisher, Zen, Newhouse, Herhold, Kun, Obama
Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
U.S. consumers are increasingly shifting their attention away from traditional advertising-supported media in favor of entertainment such as the Internet, video games and cable TV, which consumers pay for. --AP
If we become this outraged at the way Michael Vick treats dogs...then I won't give up hoping for more outrage at how the Chinese government treats its people. --Bruce Tinsley in Mallard Fillmore
Unless the Chinese authorities take urgent measures to stop human rights violations over the coming year, they risk tarnishing the image of China and the legacy of the Beijing Olympics. --Amnesty International
I like Australians...they are a bit more Californian than Californians. --Jack D. Deal
When high school was over, most of his classmates had no clue what turns their lives would take -- and that was OK. They kicked around, joined the military or married young and divorced before finding their way. It struck me that today we expect kids to have their lives figured out before they get to college. Why? --Patty Fisher
Immersed in water, you stretch out your hands for a drink. --Zen Koan
All the materialistic minutia goes out the window and mortality takes center stage. No one cares if you're driving a Mercedes or have a time share in Tahiti or you're good friends with Clint Eastwood. All that matters is that you're still here. --Dave Newhouse
Californians wear flip-flops everywhere. Australians go barefoot. --Jack D. Deal
In deciding on the Brocade option-backdating scandal, the jurors in Judge Charles Breyer's courtroom passed judgment on what became our own arms race: the quest to recruit talent through lucrative options. --Scott Herhold
The Wave and the sea are one. --Zen Koan
At least 1 million pounds of suspect Chinese seafood landed on American store shelves and dinner plates despite a Food and Drug Administration order that shipments first be screened for banned drugs or chemicals. --AP
The origin of Tijuana's mala fama, its bad rep as a city of sin, has nothing to do with its Mexicanness and everything to do with its Americanness. --Josh Kun
In a new effort to crack down on illegal immigrants, federal authorities are expected to announce tough rules this week that would require employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers. --San Jose Mercury News
I find it amusing that those who voted to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in history in our generation are now criticizing me. --Sen. Barack Obama
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Posted by: jollymandd | July 6, 2008 05:41 PM