There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make. David Denman makepeoplepolitical Change image and share on social
There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!' Jim Carrey facefreezejim Change image and share on social
There was a time when researchers imagined that Plan B, or the morning-after pill, might become not an emergency form of contraception but a routine one; women would take it once a month to induce a period and never even know whether they had gotten pregnant. Nancy Gibbs contraceptionemergencyform share on social
There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side of the bag, move the shortstop into the hole to his right, and have the third baseman hug the foul line. The idea was to build an infield wall against a known right-handed pull hitter. Harmon Killebrew bagbasemanbuild share on social
There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors. Jess Walter authorconsiderpromotion Change image and share on social
There was a time when someone would get on a plane and request to move their seat just because the person sitting next to them was of a different ethnicity or religion or nationality. But I don't think my generation wants that. That's how it used to be. ASAP Rocky ethnicitygenerationmove share on social
There was a time when the community that was on the Net was homogenous and civilized. Now it's not. We're in the middle of chaos. It may calm down. But the alternative is that there's a total meltdown of the system and that it becomes unusable. That would be a catastrophe. Robert Cailliau alternativecalmcatastrophe share on social
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed. Frank Murphy businesscontractualemployee Change image and share on social
There was a time when the FCC tried to require a certain amount of television and media to be educational, a certain amount to be newsworthy and a certain amount of it to be public access. Montel Williams accessamounteducational Change image and share on social
There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me. Agnetha Faltskog fallmusicsilent Change image and share on social