#ada

I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.' ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#alight #almost #become #books #city

Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one... If you include it in your equation, you can calculate all manners of things, which cannot be imagined without it. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#calculate #cannot #equation #eve #imaginary

I love Canada. ↗

— Randy Quaid

#i #i love #love

Judging by my degradation in the last 24 hours, I'll be surprised if I make it to Tuesday. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#hours #i #judging #last #make

I never want to let my teammates or coaches down, so I always fight through the days when I am exhausted or experiencing discomfort with injuries and headaches. ↗

— Christie Rampone

#am #coaches #days #discomfort #down

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter. ↗

— Robert Redford

#attention #because #broader #days #develop

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. ↗

— John Lennon

#hip #i #important #interested #married

I was in the ROTC. Of course, ROTC stood for 'Running off to Canada.' ↗

— Jay Leno

#course #i #off #running #stood

We need to do a lot more thinking about how the regime is going to evolve, how the bad guys are going to adapt their tactics, and what measures we're going to need in order to go forward. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#adapt #bad #bad guys #evolve #forward

I've always been under the radar. ↗

— Buddy Rice

#been #i #radar #under