Thursday, January 25, 2018
Take your moment girl.
— Starbucks worker to other Starbucks worker going on a quick break
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
We should make our room look exactly like theirs and see if they notice.
— Lily on making our room the same as the teen's across the street and see if she notices
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
And I really wish I could turn back the hands of time and taken Mr. And Mrs. Treybig, Cody to church a lot more so that they can see and they can understand that there are a lot of others in this world. There are a lot of other Christians that share my same views and opinions about the Bible.
— Aj Lawrence, "Chip in My Brain," This American Life
Monday, January 22, 2018
Jokes may be invisible to some geologists.
— John McPhee, Annals of the Former World on "the Arabian Plate, the Iranian Plate, the Eurasian Plate, a large part of which used to be known as the (heaven help us) China Plate."
Sunday, January 21, 2018
This culture knew only uses, not meanings.
— Seth Price, Fuck Seth Price
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Franklin had reached an age when he no longer fretted about squandering his time.
— Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Friday, January 19, 2018
Go Speed Racer!
— Person handing out pamphlets outside subway turnstiles as I ran by to catch train
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Among Franklin's cards was his fame.
— Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
You waiting for a cab?
— Guy paid to keep homeless people out of 42nd and 9th Citi ATM lobby from midnight to 9am
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Never tell the machine it's for me.
— Sid on duplicator machine
Monday, January 15, 2018
Absolute time.
— Misreading of Lily from China's misspelling
Sunday, January 14, 2018
You're not a real bookbinder?
— Nice lady on last day of her bookbinding I class after I described Uriel as "a real bookbinder." After her question I said no and Uriel laughed and said no.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Franklin became an apostle of being—and, just as important, of appearing to be—industrious. Even after he became successful, he made a show of personally carting the rolls of paper he bought in a wheelbarrow down the street to his shop, rather than having a hired hand do it.
— Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Friday, January 12, 2018
You want to hear a lesson of bad parenting? My parents took me to the Sistine Chapel and no one told me to look up.
— Lily
Thursday, January 11, 2018
I can. I can do that. I like doing that. I mean not every artist wants to do that. Some do that. I mean. Um. I do. I, I've always liked that.
— David Hockney making hand gestures for big and small painting, "The Art of Seeing: David Hockney," YouTube
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
People aren’t buying knick knacks anymore.
— Darren
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
As Charlie Warzel wrote on BuzzFeed, “For Wolff’s book, the truth seems almost a secondary concern to what really matters: engagement.”
— David Brooks, "The Decline of Anti-Trumpism," The New York Times
Monday, January 8, 2018
I wanted to build a resort, but I didn't want to copy others and make just another theme park. I wanted to build one that has cultural depth to it. I came up with the idea at 3 in the morning.
— Shaojun Su, "Local Chinese Government Backs Titanic Replica," NPR Morning Edition
Sunday, January 7, 2018
I think I want to open a zoo. Zoo futures are up.
— Lily
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Finish one.
— Uriel