“Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better.” ShouldLastsNightSoundKnownMinutesShould HaveLast NightAmerican PoliticsCiaFbiShould Have KnownShould Have Known Better Author:Jimmy Carter
“Trent Lott has regained a position of leadership. He was the former majority leader who lost his post for racially insensitive commentary. I believe he mentioned that Strom Thurmond in 1948, who ran as a segregationist candidate, should have won. ... But now, sound the irony alarm. He has recaptured a position and his position -- I kid you not -- in the Senate will be minority whip. So, my guess is he takes to that job like, let's say, white on rice.” ShouldBelieveKidsJobsLostI BelieveSoundWhiteLeaderPositionShould HaveMajorityFormerPostsIronyRanCandidatesMinoritiesSenateRiceAlarmsWhipsCommentaryInsensitiveMajority Leader Author:Jon Stewart
“If you had come to me a hundred years ago, do you think I should have dreamed of the telephone? Why, even now I cannot understand it! I use it every day, I transact half my correspondence by means of it, but I don’t understand it. Thnk of that little stretched disk of iron at the end of a wire repeating in your ear not only sounds, but words-not only words, but all the most delicate and elusive inflections and nuances of tone which separate one human voice from another! Is not that something of a miracle?” IfsThinkingShouldYearsHumansMeanLittlesEndsUseSoundVoiceHalfHundredYears AgoShould HaveEarsMiracleToneIronDelicateTelephonesWireElusiveNuanceCorrespondenceHuman VoiceDisk Author:William Crookes