| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
99.81 |
1.0095 |
0.2645 |
211 |
9 |
76.06 |
2009-08-12 |
| 2. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
96.13 |
0.9963 |
0.2295 |
274 |
7 |
78.73 |
2009-09-04 |
| 3. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
95.81 |
1.0845 |
0.1385 |
212 |
10 |
83.24 |
2009-08-12 |
| 4. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
95.56 |
0.9756 |
0.2446 |
223 |
3 |
77.79 |
2009-07-20 |
| 5. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
93.00 |
1.0873 |
0.0977 |
243 |
4 |
85.23 |
2009-08-16 |
| 6. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
91.47 |
1.0208 |
0.1474 |
231 |
4 |
81.81 |
2009-08-29 |
| 7. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
91.40 |
1.1093 |
0.0525 |
220 |
4 |
84.60 |
2009-08-02 |
| 8. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
91.31 |
1.0672 |
0.0979 |
239 |
4 |
85.65 |
2009-08-12 |
| 9. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
91.07 |
1.0590 |
0.1031 |
250 |
4 |
79.45 |
2009-09-04 |
| 10. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
90.94 |
1.0487 |
0.1106 |
253 |
6 |
79.02 |
2009-08-02 |
| 11. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
90.49 |
1.0279 |
0.1222 |
172 |
2 |
79.25 |
2009-07-29 |
| 12. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
89.15 |
1.0060 |
0.1333 |
225 |
6 |
70.64 |
2009-08-12 |
| 13. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
88.41 |
0.9422 |
0.1818 |
190 |
5 |
75.39 |
2009-08-29 |
| 14. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
88.37 |
0.9880 |
0.1363 |
199 |
5 |
77.04 |
2009-08-07 |
| 15. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
87.93 |
1.0498 |
0.0743 |
261 |
7 |
79.14 |
2009-08-02 |
| 16. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
87.77 |
1.0867 |
0.0297 |
171 |
6 |
75.66 |
2009-08-11 |
| 17. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
87.71 |
1.0018 |
0.1186 |
246 |
7 |
78.85 |
2009-08-02 |
| 18. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
87.59 |
0.9583 |
0.1607 |
237 |
4 |
77.74 |
2009-08-07 |
| 19. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
87.56 |
1.0960 |
0.0262 |
315 |
5 |
81.24 |
2009-09-04 |
| 20. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
87.28 |
1.0287 |
0.0847 |
269 |
5 |
79.68 |
2009-08-16 |
| 21. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
87.14 |
1.0521 |
0.0550 |
197 |
5 |
76.52 |
2009-08-16 |
| 22. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
86.60 |
1.0272 |
0.0765 |
226 |
6 |
76.74 |
2009-08-12 |
| 23. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
86.12 |
1.0607 |
0.0417 |
357 |
4 |
73.00 |
2009-08-05 |
| 24. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
85.88 |
0.9890 |
0.1115 |
272 |
6 |
72.90 |
2009-08-22 |
| 25. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
85.84 |
1.0461 |
0.0522 |
318 |
4 |
77.32 |
2009-08-02 |
| 26. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
85.60 |
1.0638 |
0.0272 |
247 |
7 |
80.46 |
2009-09-04 |
| 27. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
85.57 |
1.0069 |
0.0890 |
242 |
1 |
85.57 |
2009-09-04 |
| 28. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
85.51 |
1.0450 |
0.0521 |
358 |
2 |
77.69 |
2009-07-29 |
| 29. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
85.48 |
1.0588 |
0.0327 |
281 |
5 |
83.19 |
2009-08-01 |
| 30. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
85.45 |
1.0881 |
-0.0010 |
210 |
4 |
68.04 |
2009-08-01 |
| 31. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
85.38 |
1.0427 |
0.0483 |
269 |
5 |
77.70 |
2009-08-11 |
| 32. |
Convection also plays a minor role because of the relative t... |
85.17 |
0.9873 |
0.0989 |
274 |
1 |
85.17 |
2009-08-29 |
| 33. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
85.15 |
1.0654 |
0.0193 |
247 |
6 |
74.73 |
2009-08-01 |
| 34. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
84.99 |
0.9609 |
0.1290 |
331 |
3 |
75.49 |
2009-08-21 |
| 35. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
84.84 |
1.0115 |
0.0665 |
189 |
7 |
73.68 |
2009-09-04 |
| 36. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
84.84 |
1.0800 |
0.0003 |
213 |
5 |
75.80 |
2009-08-02 |
| 37. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
84.82 |
0.9541 |
0.1295 |
236 |
4 |
75.39 |
2009-07-25 |
| 38. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
84.78 |
1.0601 |
0.0191 |
256 |
6 |
74.78 |
2009-08-01 |
| 39. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
84.78 |
1.0333 |
0.0440 |
176 |
4 |
72.85 |
2009-08-16 |
| 40. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
84.73 |
1.0736 |
0.0108 |
350 |
3 |
79.93 |
2009-08-07 |
| 41. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
84.70 |
1.0288 |
0.0479 |
166 |
7 |
67.83 |
2009-08-02 |
| 42. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
84.65 |
0.9841 |
0.1081 |
325 |
1 |
84.65 |
2009-09-04 |
| 43. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
84.58 |
0.9841 |
0.0925 |
217 |
6 |
75.21 |
2009-08-29 |
| 44. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
84.53 |
0.9839 |
0.0951 |
308 |
4 |
70.35 |
2009-07-30 |
| 45. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
84.51 |
0.9745 |
0.1066 |
388 |
5 |
74.27 |
2009-08-10 |
| 46. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
84.49 |
1.0419 |
0.0399 |
341 |
7 |
77.11 |
2009-08-11 |
| 47. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
84.48 |
1.0418 |
0.0376 |
214 |
6 |
73.26 |
2009-07-21 |
| 48. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
84.39 |
1.0543 |
0.0198 |
182 |
4 |
73.04 |
2009-08-29 |
| 49. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
84.37 |
0.9346 |
0.1397 |
211 |
2 |
71.40 |
2009-08-12 |
| 50. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
84.35 |
0.9736 |
0.1104 |
378 |
8 |
67.30 |
2009-08-02 |
| 51. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
84.34 |
1.0189 |
0.0573 |
290 |
5 |
75.07 |
2009-08-07 |
| 52. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
84.33 |
1.0128 |
0.0707 |
369 |
3 |
76.89 |
2009-07-30 |
| 53. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
83.91 |
1.0033 |
0.0683 |
203 |
5 |
66.05 |
2009-08-02 |
| 54. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
83.91 |
1.0615 |
0.0068 |
201 |
4 |
81.52 |
2009-08-12 |
| 55. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
83.89 |
0.9957 |
0.0793 |
323 |
5 |
69.12 |
2009-08-11 |
| 56. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
83.82 |
1.0877 |
-0.0210 |
129 |
2 |
74.96 |
2009-07-01 |
| 57. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
83.77 |
1.1086 |
-0.0387 |
233 |
5 |
69.40 |
2009-08-16 |
| 58. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
83.76 |
1.0582 |
0.0080 |
180 |
8 |
78.90 |
2009-09-04 |
| 59. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
83.59 |
1.0576 |
0.0068 |
231 |
5 |
78.22 |
2009-08-29 |
| 60. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
83.54 |
0.9857 |
0.0867 |
268 |
1 |
83.54 |
2009-08-29 |
| 61. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
83.53 |
1.0511 |
0.0171 |
252 |
6 |
77.31 |
2009-08-11 |
| 62. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
83.43 |
1.0403 |
0.0231 |
234 |
6 |
70.54 |
2009-08-02 |
| 63. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
83.27 |
1.0103 |
0.0471 |
209 |
6 |
73.65 |
2009-08-02 |
| 64. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
83.26 |
0.9884 |
0.0770 |
267 |
5 |
76.27 |
2009-08-16 |
| 65. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
83.10 |
0.9974 |
0.0596 |
163 |
4 |
69.78 |
2009-08-16 |
| 66. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
83.07 |
0.9727 |
0.0945 |
442 |
8 |
73.81 |
2009-08-02 |
| 67. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
83.03 |
1.0125 |
0.0460 |
232 |
4 |
71.70 |
2009-08-16 |
| 68. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
82.99 |
0.9981 |
0.0605 |
211 |
4 |
71.14 |
2009-08-02 |
| 69. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
82.97 |
0.9765 |
0.0820 |
269 |
6 |
73.37 |
2009-07-30 |
| 70. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
82.96 |
1.0132 |
0.0465 |
371 |
7 |
74.69 |
2009-08-02 |
| 71. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
82.77 |
0.9928 |
0.0632 |
293 |
4 |
77.64 |
2009-08-02 |
| 72. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
82.72 |
1.0059 |
0.0513 |
283 |
2 |
78.46 |
2009-07-21 |
| 73. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
82.35 |
0.9922 |
0.0596 |
264 |
8 |
75.06 |
2009-08-16 |
| 74. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
82.34 |
1.1070 |
-0.0570 |
265 |
6 |
73.47 |
2009-07-21 |
| 75. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
82.26 |
0.9948 |
0.0542 |
233 |
3 |
72.09 |
2009-08-11 |
| 76. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
82.24 |
0.9704 |
0.0794 |
254 |
5 |
72.17 |
2009-08-02 |
| 77. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
82.16 |
0.9070 |
0.1370 |
192 |
7 |
71.26 |
2009-08-11 |
| 78. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
82.13 |
0.9011 |
0.1505 |
322 |
1 |
82.13 |
2009-07-29 |
| 79. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
82.03 |
1.0265 |
0.0243 |
375 |
4 |
75.34 |
2009-07-21 |
| 80. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
81.94 |
0.9709 |
0.0738 |
264 |
9 |
73.79 |
2009-08-16 |
| 81. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
81.86 |
1.0351 |
0.0137 |
276 |
3 |
76.86 |
2009-07-28 |
| 82. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
81.72 |
0.9931 |
0.0545 |
339 |
7 |
74.38 |
2009-08-02 |
| 83. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
81.68 |
1.0036 |
0.0400 |
277 |
6 |
70.77 |
2009-07-29 |
| 84. |
After removal from the oven, the pizza is sliced and plated ... |
81.65 |
1.0063 |
0.0409 |
293 |
1 |
81.65 |
2009-08-22 |
| 85. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
81.41 |
1.0506 |
-0.0118 |
259 |
7 |
76.93 |
2009-07-30 |
| 86. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
81.40 |
1.0669 |
-0.0247 |
379 |
6 |
75.52 |
2009-07-20 |
| 87. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
81.37 |
1.0682 |
-0.0284 |
266 |
7 |
71.37 |
2009-07-31 |
| 88. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
81.29 |
1.0414 |
-0.0047 |
234 |
6 |
71.54 |
2009-08-11 |
| 89. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
81.27 |
0.9915 |
0.0450 |
281 |
7 |
71.87 |
2009-08-02 |
| 90. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
81.24 |
1.0181 |
0.0202 |
276 |
6 |
70.11 |
2009-08-01 |
| 91. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
81.21 |
1.0426 |
-0.0100 |
131 |
4 |
72.58 |
2009-08-12 |
| 92. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
81.20 |
1.0194 |
0.0150 |
224 |
6 |
75.20 |
2009-08-10 |
| 93. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
81.18 |
1.0387 |
0.0017 |
333 |
7 |
76.03 |
2009-08-16 |
| 94. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
81.12 |
1.0250 |
0.0133 |
271 |
2 |
77.66 |
2009-07-29 |
| 95. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
81.08 |
0.9479 |
0.0887 |
317 |
3 |
75.57 |
2009-08-11 |
| 96. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
81.05 |
0.9726 |
0.0671 |
396 |
8 |
68.38 |
2009-07-29 |
| 97. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
80.88 |
0.9957 |
0.0365 |
323 |
3 |
73.66 |
2009-08-10 |
| 98. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
80.85 |
1.0617 |
-0.0316 |
171 |
6 |
72.35 |
2009-08-02 |
| 99. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
80.84 |
1.0462 |
-0.0114 |
340 |
3 |
76.44 |
2009-08-01 |
| 100. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
80.79 |
1.0777 |
-0.0486 |
226 |
6 |
72.89 |
2009-07-30 |
| 101. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
80.49 |
1.0432 |
-0.0152 |
276 |
5 |
75.09 |
2009-08-01 |
| 102. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
80.43 |
0.9352 |
0.0903 |
194 |
5 |
71.30 |
2009-07-30 |
| 103. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
80.41 |
1.0472 |
-0.0272 |
149 |
3 |
77.25 |
2009-07-19 |
| 104. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
80.41 |
0.9809 |
0.0415 |
209 |
5 |
72.62 |
2009-08-29 |
| 105. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
80.26 |
1.0264 |
-0.0062 |
191 |
6 |
72.48 |
2009-08-02 |
| 106. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
80.24 |
1.0341 |
-0.0106 |
273 |
4 |
70.30 |
2009-07-25 |
| 107. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
80.21 |
1.0481 |
-0.0320 |
255 |
3 |
75.63 |
2009-08-02 |
| 108. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
80.12 |
1.0362 |
-0.0073 |
437 |
6 |
74.78 |
2009-07-22 |
| 109. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
80.09 |
1.0178 |
0.0027 |
207 |
7 |
72.68 |
2009-08-02 |
| 110. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
79.92 |
1.0035 |
0.0171 |
310 |
4 |
73.40 |
2009-08-02 |
| 111. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
79.88 |
0.9713 |
0.0468 |
193 |
4 |
71.85 |
2009-08-02 |
| 112. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
79.85 |
0.9136 |
0.1088 |
348 |
8 |
71.02 |
2009-08-29 |
| 113. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
79.80 |
0.9183 |
0.1011 |
308 |
3 |
70.86 |
2009-07-21 |
| 114. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
79.76 |
0.9829 |
0.0344 |
229 |
1 |
79.76 |
2009-07-09 |
| 115. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
79.76 |
0.9827 |
0.0362 |
314 |
6 |
72.07 |
2009-07-28 |
| 116. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
79.73 |
0.9917 |
0.0280 |
317 |
3 |
72.07 |
2009-08-11 |
| 117. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
79.70 |
0.9931 |
0.0202 |
218 |
3 |
70.52 |
2009-08-29 |
| 118. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
79.63 |
0.9698 |
0.0515 |
389 |
5 |
69.78 |
2009-07-28 |
| 119. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
79.62 |
0.9980 |
0.0204 |
295 |
7 |
76.10 |
2009-08-29 |
| 120. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
79.58 |
0.9927 |
0.0197 |
234 |
8 |
69.97 |
2009-08-16 |
| 121. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
79.58 |
1.0101 |
0.0074 |
336 |
6 |
72.79 |
2009-08-02 |
| 122. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
79.55 |
1.0131 |
0.0056 |
245 |
1 |
79.55 |
2009-08-29 |
| 123. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
79.51 |
0.9680 |
0.0469 |
256 |
3 |
73.56 |
2009-08-11 |
| 124. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
79.49 |
0.9271 |
0.0899 |
323 |
7 |
74.01 |
2009-08-12 |
| 125. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
79.44 |
0.9594 |
0.0527 |
258 |
3 |
68.09 |
2009-07-29 |
| 126. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
79.42 |
0.9658 |
0.0515 |
308 |
5 |
72.19 |
2009-07-28 |
| 127. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
79.38 |
1.0016 |
0.0099 |
217 |
5 |
74.04 |
2009-08-02 |
| 128. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
79.37 |
1.0370 |
-0.0242 |
262 |
3 |
73.36 |
2009-07-20 |
| 129. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
79.33 |
0.9719 |
0.0478 |
383 |
4 |
77.88 |
2009-07-28 |
| 130. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
79.12 |
0.8964 |
0.1105 |
199 |
5 |
65.02 |
2009-07-21 |
| 131. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
79.11 |
1.0301 |
-0.0218 |
268 |
4 |
73.12 |
2009-07-25 |
| 132. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
79.03 |
1.0028 |
0.0047 |
259 |
5 |
71.07 |
2009-08-02 |
| 133. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
78.84 |
1.0567 |
-0.0508 |
314 |
3 |
67.49 |
2009-07-29 |
| 134. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
78.78 |
0.8913 |
0.1156 |
201 |
3 |
72.20 |
2009-08-01 |
| 135. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
78.73 |
0.9849 |
0.0211 |
337 |
7 |
70.01 |
2009-07-28 |
| 136. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
78.68 |
1.0743 |
-0.0691 |
297 |
6 |
62.44 |
2009-08-02 |
| 137. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
78.64 |
1.0686 |
-0.0614 |
354 |
3 |
73.67 |
2009-07-19 |
| 138. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
78.55 |
0.8624 |
0.1353 |
174 |
4 |
70.25 |
2009-08-07 |
| 139. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
78.49 |
0.9864 |
0.0191 |
292 |
3 |
70.76 |
2009-07-10 |
| 140. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
78.41 |
1.0057 |
-0.0022 |
382 |
4 |
69.65 |
2009-08-01 |
| 141. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
78.36 |
1.0332 |
-0.0338 |
267 |
3 |
72.84 |
2009-08-01 |
| 142. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
78.28 |
1.1198 |
-0.1218 |
247 |
4 |
72.74 |
2009-07-16 |
| 143. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
78.22 |
0.9673 |
0.0348 |
393 |
7 |
74.06 |
2009-08-02 |
| 144. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
78.19 |
0.9636 |
0.0328 |
281 |
3 |
74.35 |
2009-08-02 |
| 145. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
78.19 |
1.0557 |
-0.0567 |
289 |
6 |
73.01 |
2009-08-02 |
| 146. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
78.12 |
0.9866 |
0.0107 |
308 |
4 |
72.30 |
2009-08-01 |
| 147. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
77.91 |
1.0106 |
-0.0174 |
302 |
5 |
66.87 |
2009-07-25 |
| 148. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
77.79 |
0.9952 |
-0.0001 |
220 |
2 |
77.18 |
2009-08-01 |
| 149. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
77.79 |
1.0042 |
-0.0153 |
168 |
6 |
66.48 |
2009-08-02 |
| 150. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
77.76 |
0.9603 |
0.0375 |
430 |
4 |
72.38 |
2009-07-29 |
| 151. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
77.73 |
0.9841 |
0.0062 |
263 |
4 |
71.13 |
2009-07-28 |
| 152. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
77.62 |
0.9023 |
0.0868 |
268 |
1 |
77.62 |
2009-07-02 |
| 153. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
77.61 |
0.9842 |
0.0084 |
335 |
4 |
66.82 |
2009-07-28 |
| 154. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
77.57 |
0.9128 |
0.0743 |
237 |
2 |
72.58 |
2009-07-09 |
| 155. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
77.42 |
0.9650 |
0.0256 |
347 |
1 |
77.42 |
2009-07-02 |
| 156. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
77.40 |
0.9299 |
0.0494 |
168 |
5 |
68.95 |
2009-08-01 |
| 157. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
77.39 |
0.9644 |
0.0262 |
398 |
3 |
72.39 |
2009-08-02 |
| 158. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
77.38 |
1.0082 |
-0.0258 |
212 |
2 |
72.53 |
2009-07-21 |
| 159. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
77.35 |
0.9503 |
0.0300 |
211 |
3 |
74.56 |
2009-08-01 |
| 160. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
76.97 |
0.8830 |
0.1017 |
300 |
3 |
70.65 |
2009-07-29 |
| 161. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
76.95 |
1.0628 |
-0.0789 |
363 |
6 |
71.86 |
2009-07-29 |
| 162. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
76.91 |
1.0006 |
-0.0192 |
311 |
6 |
72.14 |
2009-07-28 |
| 163. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
76.88 |
0.9681 |
0.0185 |
392 |
4 |
72.47 |
2009-07-29 |
| 164. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
76.80 |
1.0372 |
-0.0576 |
249 |
6 |
67.07 |
2009-07-29 |
| 165. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
76.78 |
0.8778 |
0.1037 |
285 |
9 |
62.52 |
2009-07-30 |
| 166. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
76.71 |
1.0197 |
-0.0427 |
204 |
4 |
71.46 |
2009-07-20 |
| 167. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
76.58 |
1.0267 |
-0.0465 |
261 |
2 |
71.92 |
2009-07-16 |
| 168. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
76.56 |
0.9265 |
0.0493 |
254 |
2 |
70.67 |
2009-08-02 |
| 169. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
76.55 |
0.9787 |
0.0015 |
364 |
4 |
71.00 |
2009-07-30 |
| 170. |
With the coming of Dean Moriarty began the part of my life y... |
76.49 |
1.0253 |
-0.0463 |
337 |
4 |
66.22 |
2009-08-01 |
| 171. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
76.47 |
0.9703 |
0.0120 |
394 |
6 |
72.52 |
2009-07-16 |
| 172. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
76.45 |
0.9885 |
-0.0063 |
469 |
3 |
74.11 |
2009-08-02 |
| 173. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
76.43 |
0.9597 |
0.0157 |
251 |
7 |
62.59 |
2009-07-21 |
| 174. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
76.33 |
1.0466 |
-0.0731 |
230 |
5 |
68.12 |
2009-07-20 |
| 175. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
76.27 |
1.0094 |
-0.0361 |
256 |
4 |
73.34 |
2009-07-21 |
| 176. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
76.06 |
0.9604 |
0.0080 |
285 |
5 |
69.09 |
2009-07-28 |
| 177. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
75.84 |
1.0404 |
-0.0679 |
406 |
4 |
70.94 |
2009-07-22 |
| 178. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
75.69 |
0.9332 |
0.0339 |
295 |
5 |
70.63 |
2009-07-21 |
| 179. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
75.61 |
1.0165 |
-0.0526 |
316 |
2 |
73.56 |
2009-08-02 |
| 180. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
75.41 |
0.9538 |
0.0081 |
276 |
4 |
69.42 |
2009-08-02 |
| 181. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
75.37 |
0.9119 |
0.0540 |
396 |
8 |
69.95 |
2009-07-21 |
| 182. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
75.35 |
0.9810 |
-0.0146 |
362 |
6 |
69.38 |
2009-07-21 |
| 183. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
75.31 |
0.9833 |
-0.0201 |
387 |
4 |
71.58 |
2009-07-22 |
| 184. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
75.22 |
1.0135 |
-0.0505 |
358 |
1 |
75.22 |
2009-07-01 |
| 185. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
75.17 |
0.9909 |
-0.0280 |
334 |
5 |
65.33 |
2009-08-02 |
| 186. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
75.13 |
0.9143 |
0.0452 |
300 |
4 |
64.09 |
2009-07-28 |
| 187. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
75.10 |
0.9678 |
-0.0054 |
392 |
4 |
66.24 |
2009-07-28 |
| 188. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
75.02 |
1.0479 |
-0.0924 |
205 |
2 |
74.12 |
2009-07-01 |
| 189. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
74.97 |
0.9574 |
0.0023 |
354 |
3 |
69.22 |
2009-07-17 |
| 190. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
74.95 |
1.0540 |
-0.1028 |
184 |
4 |
64.84 |
2009-07-21 |
| 191. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
74.95 |
1.0086 |
-0.0567 |
218 |
3 |
68.50 |
2009-07-20 |
| 192. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
74.88 |
0.9519 |
0.0073 |
323 |
5 |
68.35 |
2009-07-21 |
| 193. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
74.87 |
1.0639 |
-0.1076 |
303 |
1 |
74.87 |
2009-07-08 |
| 194. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
74.72 |
0.9909 |
-0.0330 |
293 |
5 |
69.40 |
2009-07-16 |
| 195. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
74.68 |
0.9206 |
0.0326 |
317 |
6 |
71.51 |
2009-08-01 |
| 196. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
74.60 |
0.9852 |
-0.0341 |
235 |
5 |
68.21 |
2009-07-28 |
| 197. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
74.50 |
0.8172 |
0.1289 |
204 |
4 |
65.33 |
2009-08-16 |
| 198. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
74.46 |
1.0270 |
-0.0765 |
303 |
2 |
67.12 |
2009-07-17 |
| 199. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
74.28 |
1.0476 |
-0.1094 |
110 |
3 |
69.44 |
2009-08-02 |
| 200. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
74.25 |
0.9434 |
0.0083 |
367 |
6 |
62.59 |
2009-07-16 |
| 201. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
73.93 |
0.9621 |
-0.0166 |
212 |
1 |
73.93 |
2009-06-29 |
| 202. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
73.91 |
1.0901 |
-0.1452 |
288 |
2 |
71.21 |
2009-07-08 |
| 203. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
73.80 |
1.0865 |
-0.1452 |
237 |
5 |
69.59 |
2009-07-21 |
| 204. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
73.71 |
0.9425 |
-0.0015 |
248 |
7 |
67.79 |
2009-07-25 |
| 205. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
73.49 |
1.0676 |
-0.1255 |
456 |
3 |
70.20 |
2009-07-08 |
| 206. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
73.45 |
0.9332 |
0.0038 |
267 |
6 |
68.78 |
2009-07-28 |
| 207. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
73.27 |
0.9801 |
-0.0458 |
289 |
3 |
65.98 |
2009-07-31 |
| 208. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
73.19 |
0.8986 |
0.0356 |
216 |
5 |
65.20 |
2009-07-30 |
| 209. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
73.13 |
1.0079 |
-0.0761 |
273 |
2 |
71.78 |
2009-07-09 |
| 210. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
73.08 |
0.9740 |
-0.0385 |
371 |
1 |
73.08 |
2009-07-07 |
| 211. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
73.07 |
0.8993 |
0.0356 |
366 |
4 |
66.80 |
2009-07-30 |
| 212. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
73.00 |
0.9392 |
-0.0019 |
360 |
4 |
65.54 |
2009-07-21 |
| 213. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
72.96 |
0.9101 |
0.0245 |
351 |
2 |
69.79 |
2009-07-25 |
| 214. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
72.94 |
0.9027 |
0.0242 |
189 |
1 |
72.94 |
2009-07-01 |
| 215. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
72.92 |
0.9012 |
0.0325 |
322 |
5 |
63.61 |
2009-07-21 |
| 216. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
72.80 |
0.9966 |
-0.0608 |
377 |
6 |
63.54 |
2009-07-21 |
| 217. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
72.69 |
0.9068 |
0.0185 |
212 |
5 |
65.80 |
2009-08-02 |
| 218. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
72.57 |
1.0125 |
-0.0917 |
171 |
3 |
66.98 |
2009-07-17 |
| 219. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
72.49 |
0.9807 |
-0.0677 |
129 |
4 |
69.49 |
2009-07-21 |
| 220. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
72.45 |
0.9271 |
-0.0034 |
295 |
5 |
65.29 |
2009-07-03 |
| 221. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
72.27 |
1.0199 |
-0.1019 |
225 |
2 |
71.91 |
2009-07-22 |
| 222. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
72.22 |
1.0227 |
-0.0954 |
378 |
5 |
69.50 |
2009-07-28 |
| 223. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
72.21 |
1.0561 |
-0.1370 |
227 |
3 |
61.89 |
2009-07-08 |
| 224. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
71.93 |
0.8936 |
0.0227 |
346 |
7 |
64.75 |
2009-07-09 |
| 225. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
71.72 |
1.0529 |
-0.1356 |
373 |
3 |
68.05 |
2009-08-02 |
| 226. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
71.68 |
0.8986 |
0.0206 |
363 |
5 |
62.85 |
2009-07-28 |
| 227. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
71.63 |
0.9228 |
-0.0047 |
305 |
2 |
71.50 |
2009-07-29 |
| 228. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
71.59 |
0.9284 |
-0.0116 |
346 |
2 |
69.48 |
2009-07-20 |
| 229. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
71.55 |
0.9357 |
-0.0253 |
204 |
2 |
70.67 |
2009-07-07 |
| 230. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
71.35 |
1.0291 |
-0.1212 |
240 |
1 |
71.35 |
2009-08-01 |
| 231. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
70.79 |
0.9380 |
-0.0367 |
284 |
7 |
67.39 |
2009-07-20 |
| 232. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
70.78 |
0.8656 |
0.0383 |
242 |
5 |
59.23 |
2009-07-28 |
| 233. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
70.62 |
1.0234 |
-0.1187 |
392 |
2 |
67.48 |
2009-07-01 |
| 234. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
70.53 |
0.9632 |
-0.0625 |
287 |
3 |
69.14 |
2009-07-20 |
| 235. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
70.45 |
0.9762 |
-0.0778 |
249 |
4 |
67.47 |
2009-07-28 |
| 236. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
70.20 |
0.9763 |
-0.0816 |
143 |
4 |
64.73 |
2009-07-16 |
| 237. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
70.06 |
0.9927 |
-0.0987 |
276 |
4 |
65.89 |
2009-07-29 |
| 238. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
69.68 |
0.9561 |
-0.0660 |
362 |
2 |
68.60 |
2009-07-29 |
| 239. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
69.65 |
1.0543 |
-0.1638 |
360 |
2 |
69.10 |
2009-06-30 |
| 240. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
69.60 |
0.9424 |
-0.0524 |
320 |
4 |
66.11 |
2009-07-20 |
| 241. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
69.33 |
1.0800 |
-0.2029 |
129 |
2 |
68.55 |
2009-07-22 |
| 242. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
69.30 |
1.0130 |
-0.1292 |
288 |
2 |
66.10 |
2009-06-30 |
| 243. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
68.96 |
0.9108 |
-0.0316 |
235 |
4 |
61.86 |
2009-07-10 |
| 244. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
68.47 |
0.9631 |
-0.0906 |
273 |
5 |
64.69 |
2009-07-17 |
| 245. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
68.40 |
1.0320 |
-0.1539 |
401 |
1 |
68.40 |
2009-07-08 |
| 246. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
68.33 |
0.8880 |
-0.0167 |
296 |
3 |
64.69 |
2009-07-28 |
| 247. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
68.24 |
0.8887 |
-0.0047 |
464 |
5 |
65.01 |
2009-07-20 |
| 248. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
68.21 |
0.9114 |
-0.0342 |
399 |
3 |
60.41 |
2009-07-09 |
| 249. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
67.96 |
0.8794 |
-0.0063 |
427 |
4 |
64.48 |
2009-07-16 |
| 250. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
67.68 |
0.9869 |
-0.1276 |
193 |
3 |
63.33 |
2009-07-25 |
| 251. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
67.66 |
0.9359 |
-0.0726 |
355 |
2 |
63.80 |
2009-07-17 |
| 252. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
67.61 |
0.9933 |
-0.1239 |
450 |
2 |
66.19 |
2009-06-30 |
| 253. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
67.32 |
0.9500 |
-0.0901 |
287 |
1 |
67.32 |
2009-07-10 |
| 254. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
66.92 |
0.9145 |
-0.0579 |
404 |
4 |
61.83 |
2009-07-25 |
| 255. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
66.86 |
1.0464 |
-0.1891 |
294 |
2 |
64.00 |
2009-07-02 |
| 256. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
66.72 |
0.9400 |
-0.0869 |
434 |
1 |
66.72 |
2009-07-21 |
| 257. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
66.68 |
0.8437 |
0.0056 |
268 |
2 |
64.53 |
2009-07-28 |
| 258. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
66.16 |
1.0334 |
-0.1907 |
261 |
4 |
58.16 |
2009-07-02 |
| 259. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
65.50 |
0.9162 |
-0.0801 |
401 |
3 |
63.54 |
2009-07-01 |
| 260. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
65.28 |
0.9135 |
-0.0727 |
393 |
3 |
64.81 |
2009-07-17 |
| 261. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
65.22 |
0.9451 |
-0.1059 |
419 |
3 |
64.53 |
2009-07-10 |
| 262. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
63.66 |
0.8986 |
-0.0891 |
205 |
2 |
57.48 |
2009-07-17 |
| 263. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
62.22 |
0.9339 |
-0.1353 |
317 |
1 |
62.22 |
2009-07-01 |
| 264. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
62.12 |
0.7923 |
-0.0002 |
316 |
3 |
59.37 |
2009-07-09 |
| 265. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
61.44 |
1.0495 |
-0.2673 |
323 |
1 |
61.44 |
2009-07-03 |
| 266. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
60.99 |
1.0411 |
-0.2623 |
341 |
1 |
60.99 |
2009-06-28 |
| 267. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
60.93 |
0.9243 |
-0.1460 |
240 |
2 |
58.49 |
2009-07-08 |
| 268. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
60.77 |
0.9029 |
-0.1261 |
393 |
1 |
60.77 |
2009-06-28 |
| 269. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
60.50 |
0.9673 |
-0.1944 |
292 |
3 |
56.89 |
2009-07-20 |
| 270. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
59.52 |
0.8381 |
-0.0764 |
283 |
1 |
59.52 |
2009-06-29 |
| 271. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
57.62 |
0.9836 |
-0.2498 |
289 |
1 |
57.62 |
2009-06-29 |
| 272. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
51.61 |
0.9780 |
-0.3277 |
173 |
1 |
51.61 |
2009-07-07 |
| 273. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
45.91 |
0.8666 |
-0.2858 |
206 |
1 |
45.91 |
2009-06-28 |