"One thing at a time. Most important thing first. Start now."

Lifehacker post

"I move on to the potatoes. I know I'm in trouble when Julia says that 'the cooking is rather exacting.' 'If you were living in France,' says Julia, 'you would buy smooth oval potatoes 2 to 2 1/2 inches long, with yellowish flesh, pommes de terre de Hollande.' Well, we're none of us in France. So instead I spend the better part of an hour cutting new potatoes into 'elongated olive shapes all the same size.' I 'cut them smoothly, so they will roll around easily and color evenly when they are sauteed.' Julia doesn't mention the bit about the vodka tonic, but I find that it smooths the process a bit."

from The Julie/Julia Project

"How Kors saw the outfits: 'looks like a bridesmaid's dress with a shower loofah ruched up the front of it'; 'looks like a tablecloth'; 'looks like a librarian's shirt dress from 1979'; 'looks like a teal charmeuse disco pumpkin.'"

June Thomas writing about Project Runway Season 6 on Slate's Brow Beat Blog

"Bon Appetit!"

"When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy.' They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didn't understand life."

found on FFFFOUND

"'There’ve been several times when I felt like I didn’t really fit in at M.I.T.,' she wrote. 'I nearly fell asleep during a Star Wars marathon. It wasn’t a result of sleep deprivation. I was bored out of my mind.'"

blog post from Cristen Chinea, a senior at M.I.T., as quoted in the New York Times

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."

Diane Arbus, US photographer (1923 - 1971)

found on a friend's blog

"Maybe you’re sad because you’re bored."

from the blog entry 100 Ways to live a better life by Dragos Florin Roua