Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 351

“She gets me out of the house.”

“She gets me out of the house.”

“Four years until retirement, then I’m going to teach railroad...

“Four years until retirement, then I’m going to teach railroad engineering at community college. I’ve already got my lesson plans mapped out.”

Of course the time I leave my camera at home, I run into this...

Of course the time I leave my camera at home, I run into this guy. Had to snap a pic with my phone anyway. He was making farm animal noises at passing pedestrians. “Got to make the best of it,” he said.

“She said ‘I love you and I want to spend my life with you.’...

“She said ‘I love you and I want to spend my life with you.’ Then ten days later, we sat in a diner, and she said ‘I don’t want to be with you anymore.”
“What was your happiest moment with her?”
“The happiest times were just little moments of exuberance. Like when she jumped on my back because something swam up against her in the ocean. Or when we danced in the kitchen when the pizza arrived”

"What’s been your greatest accomplishment?""Keeping in...

"What’s been your greatest accomplishment?"
"Keeping in touch with distant friends and relatives."
"Why is that important?"
"It’s important to always have people who remember you at various stages of your life. It’s especially important as you get older, because there are less of those people around. And they remind you who you are."

“Some aches and pains, but I’m enjoying being eighty. It’s not...

“Some aches and pains, but I’m enjoying being eighty. It’s not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. I underestimated the pleasures of an unstructured life.”

“You’re not going to believe this. Some guy is taking my picture...

“You’re not going to believe this. Some guy is taking my picture right now, says he’s gonna put it on some website. I swear to God. I swear to God!”

When I began setting up the shot, it was just the boy on the...

When I began setting up the shot, it was just the boy on the tricycle. By the time I was ready to take the picture, it was this:

"You stopped a live one today, honey. I’m an international...

"You stopped a live one today, honey. I’m an international cougar!"

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Change your mind about something significant every day."