Sunday, November 6, 2016
As protection for his eyes, he wears a green celluloid visor of the type once worn by accountants, copy editors, and other who spend their days poring over small print.
— Wall text for Max Beckmann, Self-Portrait, 1938
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Pay attention to me I’m inconsolable!
— Tracy Jordan, “Succession,” 30 Rock
Friday, November 4, 2016
I can’t believe double Ds opened up here and up there and they’re both new!
— Lily on new Dunkin’ Donuts locations in our neighborhood
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Is it mine if I add some yellow?
— B. D. Graft
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Bike seat.
— Lily
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Forgive me, I’ve had a lot to drink, but sometimes I fantasize about someone coming to my house and organizing all my papers.
— Sid after half a cup of wine mixed with water
Monday, October 31, 2016
Already voted.
— Jack
Sunday, October 30, 2016
You’re on it and it’s cool because it goes for miles and you’re like “people built this?” but then you think people built everything.
— Lily on The Great Wall of China
Saturday, October 29, 2016
It means sixth born.
— AT&T Building guard on his name
Friday, October 28, 2016
Ballerina ninja or the Pope.
— IT Alex on Halloween plans
Thursday, October 27, 2016
There’s just so many things
That I can touch, I’m torn.
— Natalie Imbruglia, “Torn”
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
You’re laughing way too hard.
— Helen
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The drone struggled to decide whether a minaret was an architectural feature or an armed man.
— Matthew Rosenberg and John Markoff, “The Pentagon’s ‘Terminator Conundrum’: Robots That Could Kill on Their Own,” The New York Times
Monday, October 24, 2016
Sometimes found words are the most pure because they have nothing to do with you.
— Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, Etc.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Tribe.
— Diorama at The Natural History Museum
Saturday, October 22, 2016
But you’re my schnook.
— Tommy’s mom (Nancy, was maried to Buckley)
Friday, October 21, 2016
I can still shovel and work with the best of them,” he said. “I am enjoying the heck out of this.
— Mr. Shoemaker via Christopher Farrell, “Migrant Workers in Recreational Vehicles,” The New York Times
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Why are you happy?
— Papaya Dog employee
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
But maybe I miss read it.
— Audience member during Martha’s panel
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
DORITO MAC & CHEESE
— Microsoft Loft
