Quotes of the day, August 23
We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed onto it, but the United States has not. And CEDAW to the United Nations is what the Equal Rights Amendment or the women's equality amendment is to the United States. I think we should pass the women's equality amendment and a lot of these other fights would go away.
Carolyn Maloney
August 10
Each new ontological theory, propounded in lieu of previous ones shown to be untenable, has been followed by a new criticism leading to a new scepticism. All possible conceptions have been one by one tried and found wanting; and so the entire field of speculation has been gradually exhausted without positive result: the only result reached being the negative one above stated, that the reality existing behind all appearances is, and must ever be, unknown.
Herbert Spencer
August 9
August 8
It makes you wonder how this was discovered, because these are some pretty big numbers here. You can't have complete confidence in these numbers yet. I don't think management completely has the situation in their grasp.
David Joyce
August 7
It never occurs to Arnold that the ball won't go in the hole, but I'm always surprised when it does.
Gene Littler
August 6
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
Ira Glass
