“Explosion after explosion followed. One looked for the buildings to topple over, to see passersby clutch at their hearts and fall over into the street. The effects of the day's celebration were wherever one looked: the street, caught in the light of the burned-out sunset, resembled some thoroughfare in Hell.”
Weldon Kees
“Particularly, I enjoy strolling in the streets, watching passersby, gazing at the beautiful variety of the dresses and perceiving their joy; their sadness. At home, during the small hours of the night, I'll paint from memory what I have seen in the streets until I am under the impression of being with them again.”
Peter Malkin
“passersby would actually notice that there was something there.”
Robert Collins
“I was terrified. We were broadcasting in front of Flint Hall and there were lots of passersby, so it was weird to be doing that in front of people like a disco DJ.”
Steve Doocy
“It's one thing to topple a regime, but it's another thing to dismantle a state and not replace it with an apparatus to maintain order.”
Abdel Haq Alani
“Did you see the statue topple? Bill Clinton got nostalgic seeing something that big in a beret go down.”
Craig Kilborn
“This will give people the hope that Linux jumps in and topples Microsoft.”
David Menlow
