If somebody spilled something, Rockefeller poured dimes over the stains as a tip for the person who mopped it up.
— Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The X-height Files #2
— Subject line of a work email
Lets sing loud.
— Mason on ABCs
Everyone's looking at us.
— Sweet older woman, whom Lily and I were looking at periodically, (potentially from Australia) who was playing backgammon with her sweet older husband near us on the picnic table
Happy cock, happy k***!
— Mason's accidental wordplay response to "Happy mom, happy life."
It's the whole solar system on a baby!
— Mason
Like many powerful men, he retains a deep desire to be accepted by the working class world he arose from.
— Adam Popescu, "Damien Hirst’s Post-Venice,
Post-Truth World," The New York Times
And here's another hit, Barry Bonds.
— Kanye West, "Barry Bonds"
Are you in this conversation?
— Sid to Lily
Do stocks go up on Sundays?
— Lily on stocks
A physician can't be a physician by name. Who codifies him? The patients.
— Preaching man on subway
You did more than those two.
— Lily pointing to two pigeons after I said I didn't do anything today
It's a good thing to hide behind.
— Damien Hirst on his company called "Science," 02/20/2002, Charlie Rose
You go online, they hated Forest Gump. Frickin' best movie ever.
— Ray Romano, The Big Sick
Criticizing stories and deciding how to travel is mild; this is the most important decision of the day.
— Sid on picking which piece of chicken he wants
The Adoration Of The Home
— Grant Wood, title
What if it looks like a carpet pattern and then it turns into trees that you can look through and see something.
— David White at The Met
Ornament Proponent.
— Nick Schmidt
I put you in charge of the limes.
— Lily
The doors were equipped with special secret-rim locks: One had to know how to twist the rim with thumb and forefinger before turning the knob, so that an intruder could find himself suddenly trapped in a maze of ostensibly locked doors.
— Ron Chernow, Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.