Thursday, December 12, 2019
It is a legal document.
— Sheila Jackson-Lee, "Day 2 House Judiciary Debates Articles of Impeachment"
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
The problem with relying on connoisseurs is that in any difficult case there is usually an equal and opposite cadre of them.
— Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The only thing you need to have an architecture office is clients.
— Nick (potentially paraphrased)
Monday, December 9, 2019
It is lighter than you think.
— Corita Kent, Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules
Sunday, December 8, 2019
"One must apply the greatest artistry in three things," Alberti wrote, "walking in the city, riding a horse, and speaking, for in each of these one must try to please everyone."
— Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci
Saturday, December 7, 2019
To read a book about every president.
— Andy
Friday, December 6, 2019
Why had the Indians made a point of taking the Bible? According to Goodnight, Comanche shields, made of two layers of the toughest rawhide from the neck of a buffallo and harden in fire, were almost invulnerable to bullets when stuffed with paper. When Comanches robbed houses they invariably took all the books they could find.
— S. C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Optics is everything, it's all one big PR campaign.
— Amtrak conductor to a new conductor, explaining how he handled a rude passenger
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
This project is too big for anyone to care about anything.
— Eve*
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Do you want an espresso?
— Martha
Monday, December 2, 2019
And you are the very first human being I am calling.
— Voicemail on Sid's machine (potentially paraphrased)*
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Dad does your eliptical turn on anymore or no?
— Lily
Saturday, November 30, 2019
I wonder if it was the same four.
— Adam Driver to son on if they cried at the same 4 moments during the movie, Marriage Story
Friday, November 29, 2019
You know that the Dalai Lama is obsessed with watches?
— Caroline
Thursday, November 28, 2019
It's vanilla scented.
— Kelly on baby toy
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Some were practically naked, their clothes and underwear devoured by termites.
— Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
You never know what turns people on.
— Sid on Lily banging my arm to find my reflex then giving me a kiss
Monday, November 25, 2019
Take the thinking from these objects.
— Alexander Tochilovsky
Sunday, November 24, 2019
When I'm not reading that means I'm looking at the pictures.
— Mason reading me Go, Dog. Go!
Saturday, November 23, 2019
"One thing I want now is privacy," he told a New York Times reporter. "I want to close up like a native oyster."
— Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt