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Was Boris Johnson Trying to Quote Churchill During His Dystopian Chicken Speech at the UN?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a bizarre speech on Tuesday night at the United Nations General Assembly that included plenty of dire warning about the future, including everything from the rise of killer robots to “limbless chickens” on the kitchen table. And as strange as it sounds, Johnson may have been trying to quote former…

The Real Story Behind That JFK Quote About Destroying the CIA

Thanks to Wikileaks, you may have seen a quote from President Kennedy recently about his desire to “splinter the C.I.A. in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” Wikileaks used the quote as the password to decrypt its latest release about CIA spy tools. And the quote can be found in news stories…

9 Quotes From Winston Churchill That Are Totally Fake

I’ve been getting a lot of tweets and emails from neo-Nazis and neo-fascists lately. To be fair, I said that Nazis and fascists were bad, so I was kind of asking for it. But the thing that I’ve found most interesting amongst the mountains of hate are all the fake quotes that racists send me,…

8 Walt Disney Quotes That Are Actually Fake

Sometimes it feels like the internet is 90 percent inspirational quotes. Albert Einstein, Gandhi, and Walt Disney are all popular sources for bite-sized nuggets of inspiration. But sometimes the quotes attributed to these people are just wrong. Like these quotes from Disney — a man who didn’t actually say, “If you can dream it, you…

Which Science Fiction Or Fantasy Book Do You Want Read At Your Funeral?

Sometimes, a work of fiction can be so powerful, it can speak for you and help you to sum up your own life. Some works are so profound, they become emblematic. And even help speak for you, to the people you’ve left behind. So which work of fiction would you like someone to read from…

“I’m interested in man’s march into the unknown, but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me.” — Star Trek legend William Shatner in 2006 when offered the future opportunity to ride Virgin Galactic Image: William Shatner in 2006 via…

Some of the Worst Failed Tech Predictions Ever

From Edison saying that AC electricity was going nowhere to the thousands of journalists claiming that the iPad was going to be a disaster (not me!) the technology world is full of failed predictions. The Week’s Bad Opinion Generator has loads of funny ones, along with other non-tech oriented ones.

Hilarious foot-in-mouth quotes

I’ve been lost for an hour clicking next on the The Week’s Bad Opinion Generator, a wonderful trove of feet in mouth. Such fun. It’s like watching Twitter in action since the 19th century. Here are some of the best, starting with Hitler, of course. × × Got any favorite? Go to The Week’s Bad…

9 Albert Einstein Quotes That Are Totally Fake

As Albert Einstein once said, “Don’t believe every quote you read on the internet, because I totally didn’t say that.” Today would have been Einstein’s 135th birthday, and to celebrate, we have nine quotes incorrectly attributed to Einstein that you may have seen swirling around the internet lately. They’re all fake. 1. The definition of…

What is the most insanely quotable movie of all time?

Some movies have beautiful visuals, other movies have great action sequences or clever plots. But the movies we love the best are usually the ones with the most quotable lines of dialogue. What’s the most quotable science fiction or fantasy movie ever made? Please include a picture, poster or clip representing your chosen movie. And…

100 Famous Movie Quotes in Chart Form

Nathan Yau over at FlowingData has turned 100 of the most memorable movie quotes ever into chart form — and they are absolutely fantastic. The quotes were selected by the American Film Institute in celebration of their 100-year anniversary eight years ago, but there’s something about seeing the frequency of where ET’s calls are placed…

100 Famous Movie Quotes as Charts

Nathan Yau has turned the American Film Institute’s 100 most memorable quotes from American cinema into chart form. Here they are, in all their wonderful geeky glory. Some are inspired, others were clearly tricky to construct, but all are frankly amazing. Click ‘expand’ on the image below to see it real big and soak ’em…

The Top Tech Quotes from 2011 Are Actually Entertaining

The New Yorker has a list of the top ten tech quotes of 2011. Instead of the usual boring quotes about how awesome a product is, they’re insights into the dirty underbelly of the world of technology. The quotes cover topics like the ongoing problems with patent trolls, and what Bill Gates told Steve Jobs…

10 Pieces of Advice from Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Can Transform Your Life

Some people look to religion or well-thought-out systems of ethics when choosing the rules to live their life by — and some people are more comfortable relating to pop culture. Science fiction and fantasy movies provide plenty of wise mentors, who tell the heroes exactly what they needed to know. So if you’re looking for…

Here’s What Stephen Elop Revealed In His D9 Interview

Want to know what CEO Stephen Elop thinks about the past, the present and the future of Nokia. Here are some memorable quotes from his D9 interview with Walt Mossberg. 1. Poor Nokia is tanking while it moves to Windows Phone. Walt Mossberg: “It’s a painful transition.” Elop: “It certainly feels painful right now.” 2.…

“Stay Tuned” for That Amazon Tablet, Says Big Boss Bezos

Rumors of an Amazon tablet—we’d say something like an über-Kindle—started all the way back in September. But with speculation sizzling that the device might ship later this year, the company’s apparently decided to start banging the hype drum. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-amazon-kindle-tablet-might-be-like-5785099 In an interview with Consumer Reports, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said to “stay tuned” for news…

10 Great Zingers From Scientists

Just because scientists don’t generally major in English doesn’t mean they can’t turn a phrase. Especially when that phrase is mean-spirited. Take a look at ten verbal burns that scientists have issued over the years. 1. Feynman gets snide with biology students Richard Feynman was a brilliant man with an admirable curiosity and sense of…

Quotebook for iPhone

A good quote deserves to be remembered, and Quotebook is designed to do just that: it’s a simple, elegant way to archive those scraps of language you know might be worth revisiting down the line. What is it? Quotebook, $2, iPhone. There’s not a whole lot to it: it’s a notebook for quotes. A quotebook.…

Spotify Scores Crucial Label Endorsement

That deal Spotify signed with Sony got you really excited, right? Well, another puzzle piece might be about to click into place; Warner Music CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. just said that “we do see Spotify, and services like Spotify, as ever-more meaningful for our results.” Meaningful enough to sign a contract, Mr. Bronfman Jr.? Hrmmm?…

Steve Jobs, Creator and Destroyer

It’s clear that Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs hold each other in high regard, aligning their companies, to some extent, for the ambitious new iPad-only newspaper The Daily. But Jobs doesn’t just build, Murdoch says, he destroys, too. That’s what Murdoch said after yesterday’s press event, during an interview with Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto:…