I am completely and utterly fascinated by the power of words and phrases,
for both contemplation and for comedy.

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[Thinks]

• “People never change, they just rearrange.” -Gist, song unknown

• “Give me the knowledge.. I want the knowledge.” -Alex

• “What I liked about it was I was controlling my own idiotic information.” -Paula Scher (this quote is ironic, given that is exactly what I’m doing here).

• “And in that moment of desire and focus, he can win…” -Paula Scher, speaking about The Verdict

• “Life is important to see.” -Mom

• “I measure intelligence by the ability to live in harmony with the surrounding world.” -Whale Wars dude

• [On Hiroshima photos]: “They say: this is what we, mankind, are capable of unleashing upon each other. Like ruins, they refer back into time.. while simultaneously warning of a future we have not yet encountered…” -Adam Levy, Design Observer

• “It lands in a place somewhere between the limits of my knowledge and what one is capable of knowing. Isn’t that what the experience of the sublime really is?” -Tara Donovan, on her sculptures/materials

• “We do what we want until we’re told not to.” -Ben

• “I’m in the middle of this American life.” -Lauren

• “The earth is so big… The stars are so small… Stay as you are.” -Unknown

• “Your heart, it’s just fit for it.” -jamacian cab driver

• “I’m not sure where I am right now, but I’ll figure it out.” -Sarah, lost in an airport

• “Don’t worry. It’s gunna be great.” -Dom

• “Informality requires trust.” -Heinz

• “I can’t remember to forget you.” -Memento, the movie

• “The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” -Chuck Palahniuk

• “I’ve decided that sustainability in business is like teenage sex- Everybody says they’re doing it, but they’re really not… And those who are, aren’t doing it well.” -Joel Makeower

• “You’ll skip amongst the mines, just a product of the endless, empty grind.” -Say Anything

• “There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. ‘How much do you love me?’ And ‘Who’s in charge?’” -Elizabeth Gilbert

“They give us dazzling smiles which I can’t begin to understand- …I ask the tailor about it and he says its like this with the villagers… hard labor and work is all they’re used to. ‘Also’, he adds casually, ‘we don’t live very long around here’. -Elizabeth Gilbert

• “People aren’t just heartless towards horses, they are also cruel to each other.” -Black Beauty, the movie [ha, yes I'm serious].

• “Fuck design, let’s dance”. -Andre Toet

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[Funs]:

• Mark Peters: (On online dictionaries) “User-generated sewage”

• Good Blog, Wordtastic, Alyxandr: “I’ve never liked [the word] ‘English’; it sounds like you just stepped in something you’d rather not know about.”

• Stephanie: “Succulents are like tweens, they need loving, but they show no appreciation.”

• Ben: “Your music makes me feel old… It’s all beeps and whistles and I have no idea what’s going on.”

• Me: “My friend once sneezed nineteen times in a row.”
Irit: “Wow, you would need a vacation after that.”

• Stephanie: “The streets are covered in cobras!” (overheard randomly).

• Ben: “Matt used it to cover my banana cake.”

• Ben: “Just tell Matt to keep his sticky beak out of it.”

• Stephanie: “You’re like a Bradaloompa …That sounds like a Taco Bell special!”

• Ben: “Yea, well he can just poke off…”

• James: “Yea he’s cute, but he’s got the intelligence of a stool sample.”

• Chelsea’s instructions for the pizza guy: “We live between the bushes. Find the door. There is a string attached to a cowbell. Pull the string. We will come out.” (seriously).

• Bisten: “Woah, that was a humble flush.”

• Chelsea: “Uh oh, your nerd is showing.”

• Bisten: “I think of you when I draw feet.”

• Ben, on a blank page layout: “This is Gary the Goose, in a snowstorm, with his mouth closed.”

• Kari: “You know what I feel like?…Bacon.”

• Chelsea: “Should I castrate my scarf?”

• Bisten: “Is it wrong to leave a beer on the steps …of this church?”

• Dom: “I’ve decided on just being the hott mom. I want all the children grappling in sexual fascination.”

• Me, to Dom: “I want to plural that… with you. …Wow, that was the weirdest way to invite myself into a situation.”

• Chelsea: “This in-grown hair is ruining my life.”

• James: “That is a fantastic tampon lamp.”

• Ben, to Me: “You have a two-track mind. Ponies, and Boy Bands.”

• Me on Chelsea’s Laundry: “They look like corduroy carcasses swinging from meat hooks.”

• Sis: “Where are my moon boots?”

• Bisten: “The last time I was standing in this spot, I decided on my kid’s name.”

• Woman on the Bus: “I just don’t like getting peed on. That’s my rule. #1 rule.”

• Sis: “I CANT CONTROL THE VOLUME OF MY TYPEFACE!”

• Me: “The best thing about Rick James..”
Dom: “–is that he’s dead?!”

• Mom: “They just said on the news that babies that are breast-fed have higher IQs. You’re Welcome!!”

• Sis: “I’m so lazy… I abbrev everything.”

• Chelsea: “I think there should be a law against waving if your wearing sunglasses.”

• Dom’s wise words: “I hate stupid girls. Bitches that never shut the fuck up or talk about anything substantial.”

• Josh: “Look, I can’t help it if I have no inner monologue.”

• Kristen, after sampling a lollipop: “Tastes like… a tanning bed.”

• Sis: “I’ve had like three dinners… One for my tapeworm, one for me, and the third one for my feelings.”

• Devin, to Lauren: “I think you should stay awake for the next 2 days, not shower, only drink Red Bull and then see what he thinks of the real you.”

• Kristen, over aim: “Am I a steak?”

• Lauren: “Just take off your pants. You’re in good company.”

• Jonathan: “You know, I didn’t go out last night and pound 20 beers, but this music makes me feel like I did…”

• Chelsea: “I am not a bumble bee, I am a person.”

• Sis: “The cure to anything is laughing, followed immediately by hugs.”

• Me: “I feel like i have ADD or something. Did i explain to you what that is already?
Janine: “You tried to.”

• Me: Kevin, i gotta hand it to you.. I like your style. Ha, thats what she said.
Josh: a) you cant say that to your own comment; b) it wasnt even that good
Me: a) sure i can; b) thats what she said

• L. Montgomery, comedian: “Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I’m halfway though my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God…I could be eating a slow learner.”