Comments on: 5th Sentence meme

By: Dan Z

Dan Z — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:24:53 +0000

“An early medieval Arab traveller describing to his readers the wonders of the mysterious land of China, has a strange tale to tell.”

The sentence is from “The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 years”

By: Kristie

Kristie — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:55:21 +0000

Page 161 was the Chapter 5 Title Page for the book I was reading and the only sentence is:
“To an evolutionary psychologist, the universal extragance of religious rituals, with their costs in time, resources, pain and privation, should suggest as vividly as a mandrill’s bottom that religion may be adaptive.” -Marek Kohn
I’m reading the God Delusion by Dawkins.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:40:52 +0000

// Here is some code that uses each of these fields:

Javascript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan

(I didn’t count code statements as sentences, but I did count complete sentences in comments in the code).

By: Con Law Geek » Fifth Sentence Meme

Con Law Geek » Fifth Sentence Meme — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:46:35 +0000

[...] No Third Solution and who knows how many other places I saw this. I figure what the hell. I guess it’s the [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:33:54 +0000

“Maybe it came too late.”

The Fountainhead.

Like you, I grabbed what was closest. I just happen to be reading it now.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:27:55 +0000

“But if, on the other hand, the supply of metal should increase nearly in the same proportion as the demand, it would continue to purchase or exchange for nearly the same quantity of corn, and the average money price of corn would, in spite of all improvements, continue very nearly the same.”

The Wealth of Nations, Volume 1.