Best chemistry of anyone I’ve ever known.
— Sid
Do you know what’s nice about Connecticut? The poop stays underground. It doesn’t go too far.
— Lily
Are you kidding me? You want me to stop?
— Emily on stopping for Lily to pee
Another good episode without Amber.
— Lily on episode of Parenthood
You are not trying to give them a tactical update on the issues of the day, but to lay out the full panoply of issues that they are going to face; the good, the bad, and the ugly of what the world looks like and what implications there may be going forward.
— Michael E. Leiter, “Once Donald Trump Is Nominee, He Is Likely to Get Intelligence Briefing,” The New York Times
Just like you go to Walmart and get a receipt.
— Carolin Byrd, Blue Star Cruises sales representative
*****
PRESIDENT’S CLUB
— On Frank the Dynasplint Sales Consultant’s card
Why’s he need so many ladles?… he looks like a Lego.
— Lily on a character in Parenthood
In the sea of book covers, a clever concept is not as strong as formal innovation.
— Jason Booher, “The Life of a Book: An interview with Jason Booher, Art Director, Blue Rider Press and Plume,” The Perch
It does not insist on its own way
— Sid the Kid reading Corinthians 13:5
Frankly, you could argue that designing theater posters helps people, but it really doesn’t. It’s almost like having a collector mentality: “I designed this thing, and now I’m going to do another thing!” That’s great, but what does it mean long-term? Have all I really been doing is finding a way to be selfish?
— Paul Sahre, The Great Discontent
I’m attempting to make a joke.
— Helen
NO EATING OR DRINKING ANYTHING AFTER MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE SURGERY. NO BEVERAGES (INCLUDING WATER) NO FOOD, CANDY, MINTS, GUM, LOLLYPOPS, COOKIES, POTATO CHIPS, ETC.
— AMBULATORY SURGERY INSTRUCTIONS
We just got used to it.
— Bookbinding teacher on the non-functionality of contemporary endbands
Waldorf.
— Woman on subway joining our game of Contact
Contact.
— Austin, Akshay, Aarti, Lily
That’s why I shouldn’t have seven Etsy shops.
— Grandma’s Ashes, UCB
It’s a growing thing. It’s not like you get to a cliff and you fly or you don’t.
— Jason
I see a blue rhino’s eye… ET phone home… Blue…
— Lily falling asleep
And he’s looking as optimistic as ever.
— Lily on the blue jay sitting in his nest in the tree outside our bathroom window