Quote Archive for: Jul 18, 2001 to Sep 13, 2001

Wednesday, Jul 18, 2001

"I totally don?t believe that the Hokey Pokey is what it?s all about. That is not what it?s all about. No way."

- Sam Lawrence

Monday, Jul 23, 2001

"If you begin by giving yourself to those you love, you end by hating those you've given yourself to."

- George Bernard Shaw

Wednesday, Jul 25, 2001

"Jobs like that, it's the same thing every day, there's no such thing as accomplishment."

- Brent Simmons

Tuesday, Aug 14, 2001

"White pages for residential phones are like AM radio: an old system that's still around but long since past its popularity peak. There is no directory service for cell phones, and none are seriously contemplated. Maybe this is because of the system's chaotic multicompany origins, but the more significant matter is the absence of a demand for a master directory. Telephony is more personal yet more social than ever."

- Doc Searls

Monday, Aug 20, 2001

"If you ever get the blues, try getting your car washed."

- Dave Winer

Wednesday, Aug 22, 2001

"You know, the Internet is a lot like prayer: Millions of people casting out their feelings, hopes, and fears?hoping that someone will listen, that someone will answer."

- Sam Lawrence

Thursday, Sep 6, 2001

"A lot of the main draw of the Internet isn't consuming things, it's communication."

- Ev

Monday, Sep 10, 2001

"Instant wit, instant fun and instant updates. Oh Blogger, do it to me."

- Dee

Wednesday, Sep 12, 2001

"The worst-case scenario of crossing the road, after all, is that you'll be hit by a truck and killed. Yet we all do cross roads every day, and could hardly function if we did not. To live by the worst-case scenario is to grant the terrorists their victory without a shot having been fired."

- Salman Rushdie

Thursday, Sep 13, 2001

"Nothing about the international picture. Totally self-obsessed. Childlike. Bedtime stories. I'm an adult."

- Dave Winer