October 2011
“My part of Oakland is full of poor people. There’s at least one murder a week....”
– @el_gallo on BoingBoing.com (via lordmoudemort)
Oakland, Oakland. If you’re from Northern CA you’d understand what even the name of that city evokes. Talk about somewhere that people’s human rights are blatantly disregarded. Particularly in the black areas.
(via daniellemertina)
“All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...”
– Carl Sagan (via sonicbloom11)
“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger...”
– George Carlin (via radiatortunes)
“So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may...”
– Stephen Hawking, Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (via asmallsquirrel)
kayleeoh:
“It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or...”
– George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 10 (via strangeandbittercrop)
“Thus a war that apparently begins with a “good” cause— stopping aggression,...”
– Howard Zinn (via movingsculptures)
“Recognize that the very molecules that make up your body, the atoms that...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via saltwaterhearts)
“Look at this gift we were given, this great brain — this wonderful brain, which...”
– George Carlin (1937-2008)
Watchcmfcknw:
This week’s Real Time w/ Bill Maher
Friday, October 28, 2011
Guests Include: Grover Norquist, Ron Christie, Michelle Goldberg, Cornel West, Michael Ware
“Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic...”
– Carl Sagan (via thetripster)
