Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 433

"I wanted to be in the FBI, but then I found out that first you...

"I wanted to be in the FBI, but then I found out that first you have to be a police officer for four years. And I don’t think I want to do that."
"Why not?"
"I’m literally five feet tall. If I tried to arrest someone, they’d think they were being pranked."

"If you could change one thing about adults, what would it...

"If you could change one thing about adults, what would it be?"
"I’d give them more money."
"More money?"
"Yeah. Some of them don’t even have money to buy food."

Great video that Facebook made about HONY for their 10th...

Great video that Facebook made about HONY for their 10th Anniversary.

"I feel like I’m getting to the point where my age is...

"I feel like I’m getting to the point where my age is starting to hurt me when I search for new jobs."
"How do you mean?"
"There’s just this perception that older people aren’t as sensitive to new things."

"He was always very doting with my sisters. But he’d...

"He was always very doting with my sisters. But he’d punish me for everything— like being a little late for curfew, or not doing my homework. If I did anything wrong, he’d make me stay in all weekend. If I tried to explain myself, I’d get in more trouble. He hated excuses. I resented him at the time, but right before he died, he told me that he was harder on me because he knew I had so much potential. And it worked, I guess. Because now I’m a boss, and I hate excuses."

I kept yelling their names, trying to get them to look my way....

I kept yelling their names, trying to get them to look my way. He said: “That won’t work. You have to howl at them.”

"These questions are so hard."

"These questions are so hard."

"One time we were at this house party, and he was really drunk...

"One time we were at this house party, and he was really drunk and couldn’t find me. So he called me, and while he was on the phone with me, he tripped down a flight of stairs and rolled into the room I was in."

"Hold on. This will look cool."

"Hold on. This will look cool."

"I like to go to the library.""What’s your favorite thing...

"I like to go to the library."
"What’s your favorite thing to do at the library?"
"Watch videos on the computer!’