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
It means sixth born.
— AT&T Building guard on his name
Ballerina ninja or the Pope.
— IT Alex on Halloween plans
There’s just so many things
That I can touch, I’m torn.
— Natalie Imbruglia, “Torn”
You’re laughing way too hard.
— Helen
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
Sometimes found words are the most pure because they have nothing to do with you.
— Ed Ruscha, They Called Her Styrene, Etc.
Tribe.
— Diorama at The Natural History Museum
But you’re my schnook.
— Tommy’s mom (Nancy, was maried to Buckley)
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
Why are you happy?
— Papaya Dog employee
But maybe I miss read it.
— Audience member during Martha’s panel
DORITO MAC & CHEESE
— Microsoft Loft
The nail bed is a direct line to the bloodstream.
— Stephen Powers
But he didn’t draw the pencil.
— Nice looking older Princeton guy in Crocs on a picture of Gabriel’s drawing of an owl in a barn window
What did the muffin say to the other muffin?…
We're cookin'
— Lily
Yes it’s good.
— Jacques Torres employee after I asked Spencer if their whipped cream was good
Being able to paint like a really good balloon game sign is like as great of a task as I’ve ever been given.
— Stephen Powers, “Stephen Powers Beautfiul Losers Excerpt,” YouTube
The Islamic State is using simpler, commercially available drones such as the DJI Phantom, which can be purchased on Amazon. The group attaches small explosive devices to them, essentially making them remotely piloted bombs.
— Michael S. Schmidt and Eric Schmitt, “Pentagon Confronts a New Threat From ISIS: Exploding Drones,” The New York Times
I appreciate that, you’ll make me cry.
— Guy in phyiscal therapy elevator who reminded me of Paul Muldoon