“We kid ourselves that we're trying to be empathetic with the human condition from a distance, but I don't think that is it at all. It's stupid; it's a waste of time. But when the earth flexes its muscles, that's rather different. That's a powerful reminder of where we are.” ThinkingTryingHumansDifferentKidsEarthPowerfulConditionsStupidWasteDistanceMusclesWasting TimeHuman ConditionRemindersEmpathetic Author:Simon Winchester
“It may be that there is an afterlife and I'll look incredibly stupid, but at least I will have had a crammed pre afterlife, a crammed life, so to me the most important thing is you know as Kipling put it. [...] To fill every unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run.” LooksMayImportantRunningMinutesStupidImportant ThingsDistanceSecondsAfterlifeUnforgivingKipling Author:Stephen Fry
“King Arthur is profoundly stupid and inept.. then there's Clive Owen, rising above it all. Aloof yet watchful, the actor cultivates an inner stillness that is perfect for faintly ironic brooders. He neither distances himself from this risible material nor pulls out the stops and opens himself to ridicule. His King Arthur tells us little about Arthur, but much about protecting one's flank. The mark of a box-office king?” LittlesActorsPerfectStupidMaterialsKingsOfficeMarkDistanceBoxesRisingIronicStillnessRidiculeRise AboveArthurBox OfficeAloofKing Arthur Author:David Edelstein
“Another dream. Another long-distance call on my phantom party line. No wonder i had steadfastly refused to have dreams for most of my life. So stupid; such pointless, obvious symbols. Totally uncontrollable anxiety soup, hateful, blatant nonsense.” LongDreamLinesPartyWonderStupidAnxietyDistanceObviousSymbolsNonsenseSoupHatefulPointlessPhantomsLong DistanceUncontrollable Book:Darkly Dreaming Dexter Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter