First of the year

[chalcedony]

It's not classical music if the guy just finished writing it this afternoon. – Jed Bartlet

I've always been a voracious reader. When I was a young girl, I would get so absorbed in books that people used to come up to me and literally shout in my ear and I'd be so far gone inside the book that I wouldn't even hear them. – Emma Thompson

We're still in a place in our society where sexism is more palatable than racism. It's not as repugnant to people. There is still a mentality that you can make jokes about how someone’s hot or a babe, and about gender roles, in a way that is completely taboo vis-à-vis race. – Katie Couric

Also, his name is Fitzwilliam. Which is why he prefers to go by "Mister." – someone on Austenblog

We are surrounded by science. – Chef José Andreas

Women might be able to fake an orgasm, but men can fake a whole relationship. – Sharon Stone

You're heartless bastards for science. – Craig Ferguson to Adam and Jamie of MythBusters

It's like Rachel Maddow wouldn't be considered attractive or pretty or cute if she wasn't a lesbian. – unknown

He wrote The Trouble with Tribbles, not King Lear. Certainly, he deserves respect for being a success in the industry, but at the same time, there's no need to genuflect here. – unknown

A chemical reaction is the change in the compound of two elements when met. – one of my students

Comments

[thistlethorn.livejournal.com]

He wrote The Trouble with Tribbles, not King Lear. Certainly, he deserves respect for being a success in the industry, but at the same time, there's no need to genuflect here. – unknown

OMG, yes to this, a thousand times YES. Mind you, one of these days I may actually read The Martian Child (rather than just seeing the movie, which was endearing). But otherwise, meh.

And, God, the Rachel Maddow line is so sadly true.