"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nobody with a good car needs to be justified."
-Flannery O'Connor, quote found on Facebook.

"the New York Post is no longer merely a journalistic problem. It is a social problem--a force for evil."
- Columbia Journalism Review

"The welfare of the people has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience"
-Albert Camus

"I've wined and dined on mulligan stew and never wished for turkey as I hitched and hiked and grifted, too, from Maine to Albuquerque...Social circles spin too fast for me. My Hobohemia is the place to be."
- Rodgers & Hart, "The Lady Is a Tramp"

"The next time they send me a work order with no specs.... The next email is gonna be in all caps!"
- unknown, heard on street

Think of professional wrestling as a performance art, like synchronized swimming or tango dancing.

"Back at Grand Central Terminal, we initiated N into the mysteries of the whispering gallery."
- the Brooklyn Bachelor

"Anything is possible, you just have to know the right guy"
- Unknown, possibly altered or never said at all.

"This is my entire practice right here"
- Susan, accountant, as she points to a box full of 3.5" floppy disks.

"Do you need a webolution?"
- The slightly tipsy husband of a friend coins a new word.

"Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set. Nobody would know I had ever been in it."
- Jean Rhys Good Morning, Midnight by way of the excellent blog Tomorrow Museum.

"Love stands in with the loan sharks when your heart's in pawn."
- Misheard song lyric from Billie Holiday's "Loveless Love"