Sunday, October 16, 2022
In typically impish fashion, Mr. Wieden later admitted that the phrase was inspired in part by the Utah spree killer Gary Gilmore, whose last words before he was killed by a firing squad in 1977 were “Let’s do it.”
— Alex Williams, "Dan Wieden, Adman of Nike ‘Just Do It’ Fame, Is Dead at 77," The New York Times
Saturday, October 15, 2022
It may have confirmed Gorey in his belief that “the perfect works of art of this world...are almost invariably on a small scale."
— Mark Dery, Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Friday, October 14, 2022
Ben, how much are you going to sell your dead body for? [in voice] “How old am I? 87? 87 dollars and 87 cents… oh wait how many days? 87 dollars and 23 cents”… Oh my… I’m going to be a pauper.
— Lily joking around
Thursday, October 13, 2022
I deserve to be able to see and treat everyone with empathy.
— Shane Rocheleau
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
There would be something missing if, after stacking the naked men, you coudn't take a picture of them.
— Susan Sontag, "Regarding the Torture of Others"
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
In May, Mr. Xi told the Politburo, the party’s top 25 officials, that Westerners often wrongly viewed China as just a modern nation-state. “They don’t view China from the vantage point of over 5,000 years of civilization,” he said, using an often-used but disputed dating of its origins, “so it’s hard for them to truly understand China’s past, present and future.”
— Chris Buckley, Vivian Wang and Joy Dong, "One Nation Under Xi: How China’s Leader Is Remaking Its Identity," The New York Times
Monday, October 10, 2022
Do you need any help?
— Person driving by as my mom, my dad, Lily, and I were looking at a praying mantis on the road at the end of a walk around the neighborhood
Sunday, October 9, 2022
I could have sat down and slid off like a worm.
— Dad on what he could have done rather than jumping off the file cabinet
Saturday, October 8, 2022
An A.M. Eatery
— Snooze™ catchphrase
Friday, October 7, 2022
Enjoy the magic of the movies.
— Ticket guy, who has been there since it was Palazzo, as he took our tickets at B&B Theatres Overland Park 16
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Give up the charade that you care about these things and just make your funny shapes.
— @dank.lloyd.wright
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
The Second Directory added two new taxes, one on luxuries that fell primarily on the rich and one based on counting the doors and windows in buildings, a rough measure of property value.
— Jeremy D. Popkin, A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
It was cool that people could draw their own meaning from a business that was just there to make money.
— Nathan Fielder, S2 E5: "Dumb Starbucks," Nathan For You
Monday, October 3, 2022
If you work without a system the only safety is insignificance.
— Lewis Day, Pattern Design
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Banana Pudding
— Tricycle Ice Cream sandwich
Saturday, October 1, 2022
You’re sniffing like it’s two for one Saturdays.
— Lily
Friday, September 30, 2022
You're not going to photograph it?
— David on me not initially photographing the unwrapping of his gift (potentially paraphrased)
Thursday, September 29, 2022
After a brief negotiation, we agreed that for $2,000, it could stay forever.
— Nathan Fielder, S2 E3: "Pet Store/Maid Service," Nathan For You
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Paper creates this standardized clock at which archivists can work.
— Hilde on paper's known lifespan vs digital (potentially paraphrased)
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
I paid for it.
— Man with Rhode Island license plate GOD444
