#vent

The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they're going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#between #carry #cart #casey #clubs

It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#denver #ended #first #half #i

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#conventional wisdom #counter #economists #like #often

Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family. ↗

— Mink Stole

#company #couple #desperate #family #guys

But nothing is better than the market, where the customer and the business deal directly with each other, because if you rip people off, word gets out. That business eventually loses its customers, and the good ones that serve people well get the business. You get government in there, and it's just more money for the lawyers who write the bills. ↗

— John Stossel

#better #bills #business #customer #customers

It says something about this new global economy that USA Today now reports every morning on the day's events in Asian markets. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#asian #day #economy #events #every

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#burst #control #distorted #environment #eventually

There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit. ↗

— Pat Summerall

#bit #couple #daughter #did #had

Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution. ↗

— John Sununu

#been #business #digital #disrupted #distribution

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#event #first #major #picture #premiere