Content tagged newyorktimes
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A $2000 bet held by Long Bets, an spin-off of the Long Now Foundation: "In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five … gulfstream/710
Only just now figured out that the two ways of ordering quotation marks (either after periods (and commas) or before) are the American way and the … gulfstream/724
“Bush ‘sorry’ for Iraqi prison abuse.” And ABC just couldn’t resist! Bush did use the word “sorry,” but to take it out of context … gulfstream/1432
Photos of Seattle’s new public library. The New York Times really loves this building. gulfstream/1439
Timothy Noah wants Barbara Ehrenreich to keep writing for the New York Times. gulfstream/1484
“Hey look it’s the personification of The New York Times, a smug, self-indulgent, boomer, pussy that thinks he matters and is always wrong.” gulfstream/2160
Smackerels
Quotes Collected
Manhattan's wealthiest residents have plenty to spend. Census data show that the wealthiest 20 percent of Manhattan residents made nearly 40 times more … quotes/470
My own prescription for making poetry popular in the schools would be to ban it--with possession treated as a serious misdemeanor, and dealing as a felony--but … quotes/404
... they started pouring normal glasses. And I said. "What are you doing? I am not a little girl! Fill it up! I drink vodka!" They started filling them … quotes/394
As is customary in this kind of picture, Sara is determinedly single, offering a cynical shoulder and moral support to her obligatory insecure friend … quotes/391
But Mr. Mankoff says it is possible to organize cartoons not just chronologically but taxonomically, in relation to four vectors: caption, image and two … quotes/358
Too many of our children have come to believe that it's easier to become a black professional athlete than a doctor or lawyer. Reality check: according … quotes/326
"If our people studied calculus like we studied basketball," my father, age 91, once remarked as we drove past a packed inner-city basketball court at … quotes/325
Some White House officials felt that release of the pamphlet would create a public panic. Already, shelter mania was possessing large segments of the … quotes/285
There were so many squirrels, and no one was trying to eat them. -- Xeufei Jin, on why he initially thought all Americans must be rich. New York … quotes/154
Tell Guiterman he not only go the statue cleaned up but the word `hell' in the _New York Times_, which is a much greater accomplishment. -- from a memo … quotes/76
It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care. -- Pablo Picasso's reaction to the Apollo 11 moon landing, _The New York … quotes/52
"Along with responsible newspapers we must have responsible readers. The fountain serves no useful purpose if the horse refuses to drink." -- attributed … quotes/46
To Verlyn Klinkenborg, the professional trivialist whose job is to remind New York Times readers that spring follows winter and summer follows spring, … franzen/9
