"If only the real Jackie Robinson could pop up as a public service announcement before Jackie Robinson West plays in the Little League World Series to repeat the words he said about police brutality fifty years ago."

"A large number of American teenagers live exactly like Michael Brown. Very few of them are shot in the head and left to bake on the pavement."

"It’s likely that police in Ferguson, Missouri, have been spraying abortion-causing chemicals on crowds of civilians."

"Instead of counting their blessings, or buying extra-legroom seats with some of their extra income, the tall have the gall to demand that the rules of flying be reconfigured to their advantage, just as everything else in life already has been."

"In no way can I be excommunicated from God."

"Plastics are a nightmare to recycle."

"Recapturing such a prominent news platform for the interests of the rest of the country should be a risk worth taking for TV news organizations that enjoy the privilege of using public airwaves to make their money."

"Reality doesn’t care whether we acknowledge these limits. They will have their say."

"If Beyonce is Black and she's that shade listed in the ad, I must be at least a shade lighter because I'm brown."

“We never wanted to think about selling the cays.”

"Hi, if you are reading this then they killed me."

"One way to be polite is by not touching people unless they specifically invite it."

"It's not like the whole of eBay is 15 – that would obviously be massive news."

Steve Thorngate

The Century managing editor is also a church musician and songwriter.

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