“The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone’s drunk and ugly and they’re going to pass out in a few minutes.” MinutesInternetBlueUglyBarsDrunkBostonClosingCollarsBlue CollarClosing Time Author:Leon Wieseltier
“If you forget about the money issue for just a minute, if it's possible to do that - because these are people's livelihoods we're talking about - and you look at Internet in terms of the most amazing broadcasting network ever built, then it's completely different. In some ways, that's the best way of looking at it.” PeopleIfsWayLooksDifferentTermForgetTalkingIssuesMinutesInternetBuiltBest WayLivelihoodMost AmazingBroadcasting Author:Thom Yorke
“If you have any doubt that time is relative, try stretching fifteen minutes' worth of input of over four hours cubicle-cell time with an ultra-slow internet connection and frequent visits from supervisors.” IfsTryingHoursDoubtFourMinutesInternetConnectionsCellsRelativeFifteenStretchingInputUltrasSupervisorsCubiclesInternet Connection Author:Rob Payne
“With the Internet, if you erase something it just means you have to spend another half-minute to find it.” IfsMeanHalfMinutesInternetErase Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“Alaska Governor Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey, though she said she was amazed to find out that, besides being a bird, Turkey is also a country. Did you see that all over the Internet today? While Sarah Palin was pardoning a turkey, right behind her was a guy slaughtering turkeys. But, see, like most Internet stories, a little half-true. Turns out that, after a couple of minutes listening to Sarah Palin's voice, the turkeys said 'Kill us now.'” LittlesSaidCountryStoriesTodayGuyTurnsVoiceBehindsHalfMinutesListeningCoupleInternetBirdGovernorsAmazedTurkeysAlaskaPalin Author:Jay Leno
“Now this really annoys me: All these people getting on the Internet and saying Nostradamus predicted this. If Nostradamus were alive today his name would be Miss Cleo and he'd be charging $2.99 a minute.” PeopleIfsWould BeTodayNamesAliveMinutesMissingInternetAnnoyingLive For TodayCharging Author:Jay Leno
“I wanted people to know that I'm not just a guy who does weird videos on the Internet. I actually am a filmmaker, and I can tell stories, and I can create something that's 90 minutes long that feels just like any other movie you see in the theater, and hopefully enjoy.” PeopleKnowsFeelsLongDoeI CanStoriesWantedGuyEnjoyMinutesInternetTheaterVideoHopefullyFilmmakerFeels Just Author:Shane Dawson
“Seances is an internet project where I intended to adapt at least a hundred and maybe three hundred lost films into ten and twenty minute long fragmentary versions. We then uploaded them to an internet archive that fragmented them even more. We treated them like shreds of lost movie spirits and allowed these spirits to interrupt each other in non-consecutive collisions that formed new movies.” LongFilmSpiritThreeLostMinutesInternetTenProjectsHundredTwentiesTreatedVersionsCollisionArchivesFragmentedConsecutive Author:Guy Maddin
“Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet, it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black. It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds - let alone 15 minutes - to decide what you think about it.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityBlackFansMinutesInternetSecondsReceptiveRebeccaChoosy Author:Alan Palomo
“The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country to the other within the space of minutes, crossing channels, crossing oceans, crossing continents. But still, we can't compete with the might and power and wealth of those who dominate, control, and own the means of the production of information today.” MeanHas BeensStillsCountryMightTodayWealthSpaceWonderMinutesInformationInternetOceanProductionsContinentsAcquisitionCrossingsInvaluable Author:Tariq Ali