“I saw no evidence during my week in Gaza of Israel’s accusation that Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.” Quote by Jeremy Bowen
“What gets up my nose is being infantilized by governments, by the BBC, by the Guardian that there is no argument, that all scientists who aren’t cranks and charlatans are agreed on all this, that the consequences are uniformly negative, the issues beyond doubt and the steps to be taken beyond dispute.” GovernmentStepsIssuesTakenDoubtConsequenceNegativeArgumentScientistGet UpNosesDisputesGuardianCharlatansCrank Author:Michael Buerk
“The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans were talking about things being crap in the 17th and 18th centuries. What Sir Thomas Crapper – complete coincidence – does is not invent the flushing toilet, as many, many people believe, but was a great promoter for it. He ran a business marketing other people's products and that's why his name was on them. When the American soldiers came over in the First World War, they all thought it was hilarious that it said 'crapper' on them.” PeopleWorldFirstsBelieveDoeSaidWarFatherNamesTalkingTakenCenturyProductsEnglandMarketingSoldierRanWar Of The WorldsCrapCoincidenceToiletsPilgrim18th CenturyPromotersFirst World WarAmerican Soldier17th CenturyBusiness MarketingFlushing Author:Lucy Worsley
“The world is on fire; time is a bomb. Ten thousand years are not enough When so much remains to be done” WorldYearsDoneEnoughFireThousandTenRemainsBombsThousand Years Author:Jeet Thayil
“All I did was write it down, one word after the other, beginning and ending with the same one, Bombay.” WritingOne WordBeginnings And EndingsBombay Author:Jeet Thayil
“Come on, a 25-page digression on god? You can’t have that kind of thing, cut it out!”” KindCuttingPages Author:Jeet Thayil
“The Roman arena was technically a level playing field. But on one side were the lions with all the weapons, and on the other the Christians with all the blood. That's not a level playing field. That's a slaughter. And so is putting people into the economy without equipping them with capital, while equipping a tiny handful of people with hundreds and thousands of times more than they can use.” PeopleUseChristianSidesLevelsEconomyBloodFieldsWeaponsTinyLionsArenaHandfulSlaughterPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Louis O. Kelso