#up

We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup. ↗

— Nate Silver

#gallup #google #living #where #world

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#commentary #humor #less #more #reflect

I criticize a lot of players and coaches. But I back it up with facts. A lot of times guys get mad at me because someone told them what I said. I say, 'You're wrong: Go check the tape.' ↗

— Phil Simms

#because #check #coaches #criticize #facts

Laine had been very proud of herself last night. Nicholas had talked about ghosts and magic and woven a bit of a spell himself. He'd sounded so convincing, so logical, so sad, that she'd found herself wanting to believe him. But testing prods at his argument had made him angry, and long years with Gavin had taught her that angry, defensive people shared the lousy habit of being wrong. ↗

— Stephen M. Irwin

#charisma #conning #defensiveness #pride #supernatural

Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#earth #even #expect #extinct #extremely

I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision. ↗

— Upton Sinclair

#had #i #just #lady #lots

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. ↗

— Upton Sinclair

#difficult #get #his #man #salary

I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day. ↗

— Webb Simpson

#because #christ #day #felt #his

Do you sleep in a coffin?” Okay, I admit that one was a little out of line, not to mention corny. “Of course not,” he laughs loudly. “I sleep in a bed.” A pause. “Would you like to see it? ↗

— L.H. Cosway

#superstition #funny

Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves? ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#teacher #whip #why #why not