Philosophy

New mother from cube: Just because you're mommy dearest doesn't mean you're a bad mom.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Manager: If I break your chair, then it's broken!

Durham, North Carolina

Overheard by: Well…yeah

Plotting intern to another: Even if we make it to the White House, we do not change our name. Or our skin.

Greenville, South Carolina

American suit to British suit: At some point in everybody's life you'll hear someone telling their CFO to suck it.
British suit: That's absolute nutters.

New Haven, Connecticut

Overheard by: Sadie Kossovski

Dine-in customer, slapping both hands emphatically on table: There are no evil Canadians!

Pizza Hut
Kansas

Overheard by: Salad Shooter

Assistant: I need to lose ten pounds.
Employee: Do you exercise?
Assistant: I'll do anything to lose weight, except exercise and diet.

Santa Monica, California

Girl on cell: I had a deep conversation with my Indian today about parents, hopes and dreams. And then I yelled at him for screwing up one of the resumes I was working on.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Office drone, after colleague reacts in disgust to his loud burping: Don't be a hater.

Louisville, Kentucky

Historian: Why are we in academia?
Bio-chemist: Because we weren't good enough to join the circus.

Oxford
England

Fisherman to another: So what was the transition like from fishing to prison?

Seattle, Washington