“We have not had this much FUD – fear, uncertainty and doubt – since 9/11.”
Dean Freeman, analyst at Gartner, on why technology stocks are being hit so hard.
“Humour and juxtaposition.”
Vancouver agency, Offsetters, commenting on the two tactics they use to get people to rethink the concept of global warming. They hung two inflatable lifeboats from a skyscraper, and placed a ‘lifeguard’ on the streets as part of the campaign.
“I don’t write for FOX viewers.”
Heather Mallick, on being criticized for likening Sarah Palin to a porn actress, in her column for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
“Every time so-called citizen journalism muffs one, I get such calls, as if to say, look what your bratty kid is up to now. Funny, I don’t get them – as a journalist – every time a reporter messes up.”
Jeff Jarvis, on being called upon by journalists, on the rumor that spread about Steve Jobs having a heart attack.
“I was just trying to keep Tina Fey in business.”
Sarah Palin, responding with a great sense of humor to the Saturday Night Live parody of her gaffe-ridden media interviews.
“Our intention here is not to repeat the metaphors about the glass being half full or half empty. It can’t be…”
Ad copy for Groupo Artplan, a Brazilian communication company, in a full page ‘open letter to Wall Street ad’ in the New York Times, saying “our democracy is consolidated, our economy is strong.” Sao Paulo suspended trading in its stock market twice that same day.
“Multitasking causes a kind of brownout in the brain. … all the lights go dim because there just isn’t enough power to go around.”
David Meyer, at the University of Michigan, quoted in a story on NPR, about how multitasking is ultimately unproductive.
“It links everybody together in this unholy chain.”
“It’s a push back from the sound-bite culture.”
“Forgive me for being an old fart, but today’s “social networks” look to me like yesterday’s online services.”
“At the end of A Bug’s Life, the main character, Flick, finally convinces all the ants that they have to stand up to the grasshoppers who’ve kept them repressed for years …It’s what happens when we all have a voice, and distribution, and the ability to get together and say something.”
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