#cal

I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#been #between #consciousness #culture #etc

It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so fucking what. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#philosophical #politics #wisdom #humor

I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes. ↗

— Larry Hovis

#from time to time #get #going #grapes #i

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#farm #feeding #full-time #full-time job #got

Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them. ↗

— Robin Cook

#medical #humor

I like people too much or not at all. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#humor

Wii Sports: All the frustration of real sports with out the physical exercise. ↗

— Felix Harneis

#humor #physical-exercise #sports #wii #humor

We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today. ↗

— Bruce Vento

#already #between #bridge #bring #diagnosed

Sidekick? Fuck you, porky. ↗

— Julie James

#insults #name-calling #humor

I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough, it will be believed. ↗

— John McCain

#mccain-lies #political #humor