Tomb Quotes

[Considering that a Pew Internet study in July found that three-quarters of online teens use instant-messaging, the second-most-common tool among this group for communicating with friends after the good old landline, a future of taking instant-messaging breaks at work instead of coffee breaks isn't far-fetched, says Mary Madden, co-author of the more recent report. It's akin to the idea that employees increasingly use their downtime to shop or check the news.] We're the IM generation... They're going to put our screen names on our tombstones. - Justin Young

[As he's traversing Texas on his quest for vengeance, Vegas runs into a Texas Ranger.] His name is Harlan Stone... His nickname is Tombstone. He's the sort that you're going to pry his guns from his cold dead fingers. In broad western terms Tombstone is the sheriff and Vegas is the drifter. - Karl Kesel

[After the race, Maier praised the skier he had passed on the career list, Alberto Tomba of Italy.] He was a great skier... He was a perfect skier. - Hermann Maier

(Palm Pictures founder) Chris Blackwell said to me 6 or 7 years ago that DVD doesn't have to be a tombstone for creative content. He said (DVD) is such a great format that people will make content solely for DVD, and not just cheap franchise movies, but things that will extend the audio and visual arts. - Richard Brown

(China's) capital market is not fully developed while domestic clients now look for access to efficient sources of capital. - Mario Tombazzi