“If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign.” PeopleIfsLooksSeemsGamesHouseIssuesCarNewsCrisisLibraryDrivenSettingSettingsMissilesCubanCuban Missile Crisis Author:Graham Nelson
“But at some point, you know that - you know what poem keeps going through my mind is, "first they came for the Jews." People, all of us, are like, "Well, this news doesn't really affect me." "Well, I'm not a bondholder." "Well, I'm not in the banking industry." "Well, I'm not a big CEO." "Well, I'm not on Wall Street." "Well, I'm not a car dealer." "I'm not an auto worker." Gang, at some point, they're going to come for you!” PeopleKnowsMindFirstsWellsBigsStreetsCarWallIndustryNewsWorkersJewKeep GoingCeoBankingGangDealerCar Dealer Author:Glenn Beck
“The very definition of news is something that hardly ever happens. If an incident is in the news, we shouldn't worry about it. It's when something is so common that its no longer news - car crashes, domestic violence - that we should worry.” IfsShouldHappensCommonWorryViolenceCarNewsDefinitionsCrashDomestic ViolenceIncidentsCar Crash Book:Bruce Schneier on Trust Set Source: Bruce Schneier on Trust Set
“Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands of messages and voices bombard us from the moment we wake, fighting for our attention. All we see and hear, all day long, is news. And most of it is bad.” LongMomentsFightingSocialVoiceAttentionMediaCarTelevisionMessagesNewsRadioSocial MediaPocketsCyclesDesks Author:Joseph Prince
“The alarm rings 4:45, again at 5, but I wake up 4:30 naturally. Shower, shave, orange juice, perk my own coffee, hear the news, and the CBS car arrives 5:30.” My OwnCarNewsWake UpCoffeeRingsShowersOrangeJuiceAlarmsPerksOrange Juice Author:Charlie Rose
“But the good news, the crime rate is down. Isn't that amazing? Less banks are being robbed. Well, sure. A, there's less banks. B, the banks don't have any money left. And C, nobody's got gas money for the getaway car. So, right there, crime is down!” WellsLeftCarCrimeNewsRateGasGood NewsCrime RatesGetawaysGas Money Author:Jay Leno
“We're exposing our minors to abuse by the fact that they leave the radio on in the car and let them listen to the news on the way to school. Or the fact that it's shown on the news, the children can see Gaddafi's face and his glorious Technicolor clothes getting shot off on the news or on the newspaper shelves. In the shelves of the shops where all the sex magazines are consciously put at the top, if they're consciously put at the top, that must mean the violence is all put at the bottom consciously.” IfsWayMeanChildrenFactsSchoolFacesSexViolenceCarClothesNewsShotsAbuseBottomRadioNewspapersMagazinesGloriousShopsMinorsShelvesExposingGaddafi Author:Sinead O'Connor
“A life can get knocked into a new orbit by a car crash, a lottery win or just a bleary-eyed consultant giving bad news in a calm voice.” GivingWinningVoiceCarNewsCalmCrashBad NewsLotteryOrbitConsultantsCar Crash Author:David Mitchell
“It is still news to her that passion could steer her wrong though she went down, a thousand times strung out across railroad tracks, off bridges under cars, or stiff glass bottle still in hand, hair soft on greasy pillows, still it is news she cannot follow love (his burning footsteps in blue crystal snow) & still come out all right.” StillsHandsPassionCarHairThousandNewsBlueGlassesTrackSnowBurningBridgesBottlesCrystalsPillowFootstepsSteersRailroadsRailroad Tracks Author:Diane di Prima
“The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night highway - most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.” HumansLife IsNightSoundJourneyCarBabyBirthCoupleLateNewsAccidentsEngagedTragicTelephonesHighwaysMilestoneLate NightCar Accident Author:Mitch Albom