9fat Inches Quotes & Sayings

A reality that is electronic ... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting. — J.G. Ballard

People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve. — Herman Cain

Obviously, a rigid, blinkered, absolutist world view is the easiest to keep hold of, whereas the fluid, uncertain, metamorphic picture I've always carried about is rather more vulnerable. Yet I must cling with all my might to ... my own soul; must hold on to its mischievous, iconoclastic, out-of-step clown-instincts, no matter how great the storm. And if that plunges me into contradiction and paradox, so be it; I've lived in that messy ocean all my life. I've fished in it for my art. This turbulent sea was the sea outside my bedroom window in Bombay. It is the sea by which I was born, and which I carry within me wherever I go. — Salman Rushdie

In the modern corporation the decisive power, that of the managers , is derived from no one but the managers themselves controlled by nobody and nothing and responsible to no one. It is in the most literal sense unfounded, unjustified, uncontrolled and irresponsible power. — Peter Drucker

Therefore, a grotesque account of a period some thousands of years ago is taken seriously though it be built by piling special assumptions on special assumptions, ad hoc hypothesis [invented for a purpose] on ad hoc hypothesis, and tearing apart the fabric of science whenever it appears convenient. The result is a fantasia which is neither history nor science. — James Bryant Conant

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person and as a responsible member of the human community — Arthur Dobrin

Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion. — Betty Ford

cursed hat. It made his ears shrivel up." Harry laughed but didn't — J.K. Rowling

Studies have proved that checking records, possible diagnoses and drug interactions on a computer during a medical examination can interfere with what should be not only a fact-based investigation but a deeply human, partly intuitive and empathetic process. — Anonymous

Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion — Dwight Macdonald

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it. — Julia Cameron

But the answer is obvious: it is easy to believe one is sovereign when alone, to believe oneself strong when carefully refusing to bear any burden. — Simone De Beauvoir

In Cornwall, it is quite possible to take a stride from the richest vegetation into the abomination of desolation. It has been said in mockery that Cornwall does not grow wood enough to make coffins for the people. — Sabine Baring-Gould

I haven't been in a store to buy anything for five years. — Ted Turner