Put your fingers up, put your fingers down, put it on your knees!
— Two tiny kids in princess dresses singing in unison on the subway
I was just like drooling at it.
— Stephen*
Til it drifted Pangaea.
— Chance The Rapper, "Ultralight Beam"
They smelled bad, but they were his, so I sent them to his mama, too.
— LBJ on socks via Robert Caro, Means of Ascent
My feet are beautiful.
— Kathleen after I sent her a photo of the spread in The Details with her feet
Tell her I want to play her in the movie.
— Sid after doing a Lily impression
The signing routine seemed to soothe him.
— Robert Caro, Means of Ascent
What did you say about putting paper on me?
— Lily waking up from a dream
That was not a standard color.
— Rob Sanders on why neon pink in Pride flag was dropped
You can tell at once if a man is really interested.
— Sergeant Claude McCredie, via Robert Caro, Means of Ascent
Poor drama, precisely because it lacked ambiguity.
— Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born on the same day, June 13, 1935; Christo in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Jeanne-Claude in Morocco.
— Wikipedia
Stephen Shore photographed a puzzle. Someone made a puzzle of that photo, he took a photo of that puzzle box. I have made a puzzle out of that photo. Hopefully someone I know can connect him so he can enjoy it too.
— @grantagold
And of artistans concerting their skills, and of men learning to be content with anonymity.
— J. Robert Oppenheimer via Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Niels Bohr, who had always insisted that security was inextricably linked to openness.
— Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Only once I got to the point where I enjoyed the pain.
— Rob on quiting smoking
#mprraccoon Thank you for highlighting our wonderful building, each floor, from day to night.
— UBS Plaza @ubs_plaza
Trying to make something that actually I would be good at making.
— Ira Glass, Columbia Journalism School 2018 Graduation
Some days I get so frustrated by companies constantly trying to advertise by making comments that are totally a relevant to the post.
— Ruth Chase @ruthschase
It was originally conceived as a society for the promotion of extemporaneous speech.
— David Richards, on the origins of Skull and Bones via Adam Van Doren, The Stones of Yale