“I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.” YearsLooksStillsPiecesMilitaryChangedWallMembersPaperShotsMy FamilyGreenPocketsChemicalsGrandfatherFamily MembersColonelsConfederateCompositesGreat GrandfatherCavalry Author:Anson Mount
“Sarah Palin had a big op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, and she said she's against death panels. And I thought, 'Really? She's the one who pulled the plug on the McCain campaign.'” SaidBigsPiecesStreetsWallCampaignsJournalMccainPalinPlugsWall Street Journal Author:David Letterman
“I wish the iPhone people would design one that's black and has two pieces, and it plugs into the wall and you can pick one piece up and talk into it. I tell you, the whole time I had one of those old-fashioned plug-in phones, not once did I misplace it.” PeopleTwoWholeWishBlackPiecesDesignWallPicksPhonesOld FashionedIphoneOne PiecePlugs Author:David Letterman
“One of the most poignant pieces of recent science fiction for me was the portrayal of the adults in the Pixar film WALL-E. I feel like we're on the cusp of becoming fat babies in floating chairs being fed everything in shake form, and I feel like I am as prone to laziness as anybody.” FeelsFilmFormFictionPiecesWallBabyBecomingAdultsScience FictionFatsShakesChairsFedsLazinessFloatingPoignantPortrayalPixarCusp Author:Nick Offerman
“We're not choosing the art, the art is choosing us. The pieces are choosing the walls where they hang.” ArtPiecesWallArt Is Author:Massimo Bottura
“The educational aspect of art shows has become overbearing: some of exhibits can leave you bleary from trying to read the walls. Presumably a piece of art is timeless and it can say something to us. You are taking away the right of art to talk for itself.” TryingArtShowsPiecesWallArt IsAspectEducationalTimelessExhibitsOverbearing Author:John Updike
“I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.” ThinkingArtMadePiecesWallArt IsFurnitureYour Wall Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“For me, the canvas is an abstract interpretation of a wall. It's a piece of art with its own history, one that alludes to the passage of time and to the theater of life.” ArtPiecesWallTheaterAbstractInterpretationPassagesCanvasPassage Of Time Author:Jose Parla
“I love the balls-to-the-walls rule-breaking approach the Beatles had in the studio (which I emulate), although I don't try to make my songs "sound" like their songs. But every time I crank a knob of some piece of equipment, or plug an instrument into the "wrong" amp/effect, I am channeling the Beatles.” TryingSongSoundPiecesEffectsWallApproachBallsInstrumentsStudiosEquipmentEmulateChannelingPlugsCrankKnobs Author:Alan Cohen
“I spent maybe a week all day every day working on the wall, my first legal wall because I was just so excited and it was nice to be able to chill and relax and work on the piece instead of doing it quickly and running from the cops or whatever. Then it just really grew from there. Other people saw it and appreciated the skill.” PeopleFirstsRunningAbleSawsPiecesNiceWeekWallGrewSkillsExcitedRelaxCopAppreciatedChill Author:Alec Monopoly
“The market performs miracles so routinely that we take it for granted. Supermarkets provide 30,000 choices at rock-bottom prices. We take it for granted that when we stick a piece of plastic in a wall, cash will come out; that when we give the same plastic to a stranger, he will rent us a car, and the next month, Visa will have the accounting correct to the penny. By contrast, "experts" in government can't even count the vote accurately.” GivingGovernmentChoicesNextPiecesRocksCarWallMonthsVoteMiracleSticksBottomStrangerGrantedExpertsCashContrastPlasticPenniesAccountingSupermarketsVisa Author:John Stossel
“In a way, there's nothing more intimate than a piece of jewelry. A painting is hung on somebody's wall. You put a piece of furniture in your home. But jewelry is worn by a person, so there is a fascination with the history of a piece.” WayPersonsHomePiecesPaintingWallIntimateWornHungFurnitureFascinationJewelry Author:Simon de Pury
“I struggle against photography. I struggle against the fact that it is silent, that it is just a piece of paper on the wall, often presented in a tedious white matt frame.” FactsWhiteStrugglePiecesWallPaperPhotographySilentTedious Author:Michael Light