Thursday, August 9, 2012
Nobody knows what I’m doing. It’s good for mystique.
— Roger Sterling, “The New Girl,” Mad Men
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
There is no such thing as American history, only a frontier.
— Donald Draper, “Three Sundays,” Mad Men
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
This one is more beautiful, but that one is more interesting.
— Charles #1
Monday, August 6, 2012
One wants to be the needle in the haystack, not the haystack.
— Donald Draper, “For Those Who Think Young," Mad Men
Sunday, August 5, 2012
The Japanese have a saying: a man is whatever room he is in.
— Bert Cooper, “Nixon vs. Kennedy," Mad Men
Saturday, August 4, 2012
That’s all part of the ritual.
— Man behind me at MOMA film
Friday, August 3, 2012
I heard on the radio that Einstein did it.
— Helen Bishop, “Marriage of Figaro," Mad Men
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Holy frijoles!
— Man at Ippudo
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
What more-what worse-can it mean to me?
— Judith, The Devil’s Disciple
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
To choose how you construct meaning from experience.
— David Foster Wallace, "This Is Water"
Monday, July 30, 2012
Which is all I can hope to expect from any man.
— Capt. Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Don’t use seven words when four will do.
— Rusty Ryan, Ocean’s Eleven
Saturday, July 28, 2012
It restarts every day.
— Xavier
Friday, July 27, 2012
God’s holy trousers!
— Peachy Carnehan, The Man Who Would Be King
Thursday, July 26, 2012
That’s life.
— Woman on the subway
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
It was hard to believe that you’d ever be dead.
— Andrew Bird, “Tin Foil”
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Holy contributing to the delinquency of minors!
— Robin
Monday, July 23, 2012
I’d never been to Belize.
— Rusty Ryan, Ocean’s Eleven
Sunday, July 22, 2012
It’s kind of like a dream that never fades away.
— Lex Gillette, “A Sprint and Leap Into the Unknown," The New York Times
Saturday, July 21, 2012
That’s silly.
— Kristin Cotter