It’s like ice cream.
— Marion
Nobody knows what I’m doing. It’s good for mystique.
— Roger Sterling, “The New Girl,” Mad Men
There is no such thing as American history, only a frontier.
— Donald Draper, “Three Sundays,” Mad Men
This one is more beautiful, but that one is more interesting.
— Charles #1
One wants to be the needle in the haystack, not the haystack.
— Donald Draper, “For Those Who Think Young," Mad Men
The Japanese have a saying: a man is whatever room he is in.
— Bert Cooper, “Nixon vs. Kennedy," Mad Men
That’s all part of the ritual.
— Man behind me at MOMA film
I heard on the radio that Einstein did it.
— Helen Bishop, “Marriage of Figaro," Mad Men
Holy frijoles!
— Man at Ippudo
What more-what worse-can it mean to me?
— Judith, The Devil’s Disciple
To choose how you construct meaning from experience.
— David Foster Wallace, "This Is Water"
Which is all I can hope to expect from any man.
— Capt. Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Don’t use seven words when four will do.
— Rusty Ryan, Ocean’s Eleven
It restarts every day.
— Xavier
God’s holy trousers!
— Peachy Carnehan, The Man Who Would Be King
That’s life.
— Woman on the subway
It was hard to believe that you’d ever be dead.
— Andrew Bird, “Tin Foil”
Holy contributing to the delinquency of minors!
— Robin
I’d never been to Belize.
— Rusty Ryan, Ocean’s Eleven
It’s kind of like a dream that never fades away.
— Lex Gillette, “A Sprint and Leap Into the Unknown," The New York Times