Lagging Quotes

“The last shall not become the first if the last is lagging behind.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“A lagging indicator is something that tells you what is going to happen after it already happened.”
― Coreen T. Sol CFA

“A three-dimensional shadow? A hologrammatic shadow? The Graz Tower: a building in the form of a shadow. This is, in itself, a misconception: what makes a shadow a shadow is the two dimensions (it is the same with the image).
Even the zebra's shadow has no stripes.

Ubu incarnate: we lag irreparably behind stupidity.

Where do you rate your pain on a sliding scale from 0 to 10?
0= no pain, 10 = unbearable.
It's a bit like plucking daisy petals: he loves me, he loves me not ... They are the petals of pain.”
― Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories V: 2000 - 2004

“It… I... made a bond." I’d think this new contrite side of him adorable if I did not have a gripping sensation that he just turned the whole rutting world on its ears.

"What kind of bond?"

"Claiming."

"Claiming what? Me? For what?" My head starts to spin. Quinton needs to get to the point. My bite mark heats and tingles as if it knows we are talking about it. Or maybe it is my mind playing tricks on me.

"For me." Quinton runs his hands over his face and when he meets my eyes, his again brim with apology. "I claimed you. I bonded us together."

"Like… siblings?" The bite mark flares, offended.

For stars’ sake,” Quinton snaps. “Mates, Kitterny. I claimed you as a mate.”
― Alex Lidell, Dragons' Bride