“I took great pride in my performance on and off the field, and often questioned why our culture embraces alcohol while simultaneously stigmatizing those who choose to consume a less harmful alternative, marijuana…it is inconsistent, both legally and socially, for our laws to punish adults who make the ‘safer’ choice.” LawChoicesCultureFieldsPrideAdultsPerformancesEmbraceAlcoholAlternativesMarijuanaAnd OffInconsistent Author:Mark Stepnoski
“I tend to believe that computers are drawing kids -- and adults -- away from reading purely because they provide an alternative, vast source of spare-time amusement and entertainment. I recently heard a frightening statistic: there are less than one million true readers in this country (those who read every day instead of one book per year on a beach). Terrifying.” YearsBelieveBookCountryKidsReadingMillionsHeardSourceReaderComputerAdultsEntertainmentDrawingAlternativesBeachFrighteningSparesAmusementSpare Time Author:Tim Lebbon
“I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that makes it onto the radio and people sort of think it's nice.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsKindDoeSongKnownNiceAdultsRadioTricksAlternativesPonies Author:Ed Sheeran
“To this day, we get letters at Alternative Tentacles from young teenagers who hide their Dead Kennedys albums behind their mirror or in the mattress of their bed. Wouldn't it be better if the parents just discussed this with the kids instead of creating this culture of sneaking and dishonesty within the family? The moral of the story being, you don't hide reality from your kids because then they grow up to be smarter, more aware adults.” IfsStoriesRealityKidsYoungCultureGrowsParentBehindsMoralGrowing UpBedCreatingAdultsLettersMirrorsAlbumsAlternativesTeenagerThis DaySmarterDishonestyMattressesTentaclesMoral Of The Story Author:Jello Biafra
“The youth have a prodigious talent for inventing progressive ideas and alternative courses of action that elude the jaded, in-the-box minds of worn-down adults.” MindIdeasActionCoursesTalentYouthAdultsBoxesAlternativesProgressiveWornInventingEludeJadedProdigious Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I was just a guy who did adult or alternative comic books. And then suddenly to be, like, a New Yorker cover artist was a different thing.” BookDifferentArtistGuyAdultsComicAlternativesDifferent ThingsComic BookNew Yorkers Author:Adrian Tomine
“Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.” WritingMeanLinesAdultsAlternativesSwearing Author:Steven Moffat