“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.” KnowsYearsWellsIdeasFeltSupportSawsGroupsPolicyFieldsPoliticianYears AgoKillingComedianPotGood IdeasPublic PolicySatiristFundraiserSchmucks Author:Al Franken
“Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.” YearsImportantFightingPleasurePoorMinesYears AgoBreathsKillingFishesI RealizedPassingPassingsFishing Author:Paul McCartney
“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.” IfsFeelsShouldYearsTwoShowsBeautifulYoungGirlChallengesInspireHugeLike YouSmartYears AgoKillingPassionateDrivenCompareTwo YearsSurroundAmbitiousThrillOther GirlDisserviceTwo Years AgoKilling ItAmbitious Women Author:Taylor Swift
“The chunks of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were so large, and were moving so fast, that each hit Jupiter with at least the equivalent energy of the dinosaur-killing collision between Earth and an asteroid 65 million years ago. Whatever damage Jupiter sustained, one thing is for sure: it's got no dinosaurs left.” YearsEarthMovingEnergyLeftMillionsOne ThingYears AgoKillingDamageExtinctionDinosaursChunksCollisionJupiterCometsAsteroids Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“They look at me and say how come you're winning? You came back from the dead three years ago, and you're already killing it. I mean I came back from the dead. Thanks to my family and thanks to Kevin Zinger and my brother Evidence and Rocko, especially my blood family and the guys in Swollen Members. I wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for those people.” PeopleIfsYearsLooksMeanTodayGuyThreeWinningBloodBrotherMembersEvidenceYears AgoMy FamilyKillingThanksMy BrotherThree YearsLook At MeKevinSwollenKilling It Author:Shane Bunting
“I buy a tractor two years ago, and four-fifths of the tractor manual is about not tipping over, not raising the bucket high enough to hit high-tension wire... not killing yourself, basically. And in that manual, I found out - and it cost me a thousand dollars - that when the tractor is new, 10 hours into use of the tractor, you have to re-torque the lug nuts. If you don't, you will oval the holes. This is buried between the moron warnings. I never found it. I take the tractor in for its regular servicing, and they say my wheels are gone. How am I supposed to know that? "It's in the manual."” IfsKnowsYearsTwoEnoughUseFoundHoursGoneFourCostThousandYears AgoDollarsKillingHolesTensionWheelsTwo YearsBuriedWarningNutsWireManualsMoronBucketsTippingKilling YourselfOvalTwo Years AgoTractorsTorque Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Twelve thousand years ago, everybody on earth was a hunter-gatherer; now almost all of us are farmers or else are fed by farmers. The spread of farming from those few sites of origin usually did not occur as a result of the hunter-gatherers' elsewhere adopting farming; hunter-gatherers tend to be conservative.... Instead, farming spread mainly through farmers' outbreeding hunters, developing more potent technology, and then killing the hunters or driving them off of all lands suitable for agriculture.” YearsEarthResultsTechnologyLandThousandYears AgoKillingConservativeSpreadDrivingDevelopingFedsFarmersTwelveElsewhereAgricultureSiteThousand YearsHuntersFarmingSuitableAdoptingHunter Gatherers Author:Jared Diamond
“Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore. I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication” TryingYearsFunnyCommunicationListeningConversationHumorousYears AgoKillingWittyI RealizedRuinsAlways TryingToppers Author:Groucho Marx