Monday, December 16, 2019
Employees who brough their lunches to work had to suspend the food from strings on the ceiling to guard against rodents and ants.
— Max Boot on OPC offices, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Sunday, December 15, 2019
At a time when regional variations were much greater than they became after the advent of superhighways, television and chain stores.
— Max Boot, The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Saturday, December 14, 2019
So he put down his brushes. That behavior meant he would never again recieve a public comission. But it is also what allowed him to go down in history as an obsessed genius rather than merely a reliable master painter.
— Walter Isaacson, Leonardo Da Vinci
Friday, December 13, 2019
The blue dots are now moving crazily back and forth. Take SLOW breaths in and out and after some time, the dots will follow your breathing ! They will move one way when you reathe in slowly and move the other way when you breathe out slowly !
— "breathing mystery" GIF, www.howequipmentworks.com via David Beier on Facebook
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
