"I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles - normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations."

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Source : "Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures" by Adrienne So, www.wired.com. November 13, 2007.

Randall Munroe

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Tiles Quotes

“Every organization has an allotted number of positions to be filled by misfits.”
“Everything in this world happens for a reason yet nothing in this world comes free. Hard work, endurance, determination, persistence, and strong will are key, But without faith you can only go so far before you lose yourself We are all hearts, minds, bodies, and souls searching for something - you are not the only one, So search, and you shall discover, look, and you shall certainly find, read and you shall only behold that the most logical of all answers was always right there before your very eyes'”
“I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life.”
“Jazz is not gonna be a dinosaur and stay around in one form.”
“Touch it gently, put two fingers inside, make sure it's wet & rub up & down. Yep that's how you wash a cup!”
“Unfortunately, our existing traditional thinking habits insist that you must attack something and show it to be bad before you can suggest a change. It is more difficult to acknowledge that something is excellent and then to ask for change because although it is excellent, it is not enough.”
“After the Beatles and Dylan, there's this assumption that you are a singer-songwriter, or that if someone else is writing your rhymes, you're a fake rapper.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers.”

Source : Irvine Welsh (1995). “The Acid House”, p.41, W. W. Norton & Company

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