Freak Quotes - page 10
The secrecy hasn't been enforced because the government thinks people are going to freak out when they find we're not alone in the universe, not in 1999. What will be shocking is the scandal of the last 50 years of ecosystem destruction, when we've had the technology to avoid it since the late '50s.
Steven M. Greer
The minute I started breaking the all-time record in record sales-I broke Elvis's records, I broke Beatles records-the minute it became the all-time best-selling album in the history of the Guinness Book of World Records, overnight they called me a freak. They called me a homosexual. They called me a child molester. They said I bleached my skin. They made everything to turn the public against me.
Michael Jackson
Wait,” Foyle commanded. He looked at the beaming grin engraved in the steel robot face. "But society can be so stupid. So confused. You've witnessed this conference.”
"Yes, sir, but you must teach, not dictate. You must teach society.”
"To space-jaunte? Why? Why reach out to the stars and galaxies? What for?”
"Because you're alive, sir. You might as well ask: Why is life? Don't ask about it. Live it.”
"Quite mad,” Dagenham muttered.
"But fascinating,” Y'ang-Yeovil murmured.
"There's got to be more to life than just living,” Foyle said to the robot.
"Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.”
"Why can't we all move forward together?”
"Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow.”
"Who leads?”
"The men who must ... driven men, compelled men.”
"Freak men.”
"You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.”
"Thank you very much.
Alfred Bester
Once again, Apple has seized the early lead, launching a revolutionary product that is taking the world by storm. ... In its short life, Google's Android operating system has captivated developers and stolen mindshare from Apple... [Apple] is coming under increasing scrutiny for being a domineering control freak hell-bent on secretly undermining its competitors ... the movie is starting the same way. And so far, at least, Apple is showing no signs of doing anything differently.
Henry Blodget
