#obsolete

An old dream with a shiny new veneer. It's fascinating, you know, how an obsolete madness is sometimes adopted and stylized in an attempt to ghoulishly preserve it. These are the days of second-hand fantasies and antiquated hysteria. ("The Chymist") ↗

— Thomas Ligotti

#hysteria #madness #obsolete #dreams

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#became #henry #kissinger #nobel #nobel peace prize

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#forces #go #how #i #implications

I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out. ↗

— Kent McCord

#education #feel #grades #i #i feel

I'm small, sleek and fast, but I can be lost, dropped on the floor, stolen, or chucked out a window at a moment's notice! To have my brain power in my small size should be enough. I'm brainy and beautiful, but two years from now I'll be obsolete! ↗

— Deborah Shucart

#brain #brain power #brainy #dropped #enough

When certain branches of the economy become obsolete, as in the case of the steel industry, not only do jobs disappear, which is obviously a terrible social hardship, but certain cultures also disappear. ↗

— Peter L. Berger

#become #branches #case #certain #cultures

It's Moore's Law, everything will be obsolete in 10 years - I'll be obsolete in 10 years! ↗

— Jerry Zucker

#i #law #moore #obsolete #will

The Internet creates as well as destroys. Social networks, search advertising, and cloud computing are multibillion dollar industries that didn't exist 10 years ago. They are products of the same force that has rendered the Postal Service's core business obsolete. ↗

— John Sununu

#ago #business #cloud #computing #core

Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl

#glorious #had #obsolete

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? ↗

— Charles Schumer

#geneva #geneva convention #obsolete #others #our