Overheard at University of Northwestern

Overheard at University of Northwestern

The home of the weird, wacky, wonderful, and worrisome quotes that fill our campus. Submissions welcome.

03/12/2020

“What would it take for you to sell the kidney?”

01/10/2020

“I’m not doing theater again, because last time they wasted my time.”

18/09/2020

“It’s Friday, so it’s Drug Day!”

16/09/2020

“Dude... is there something wrong with me?”

01/09/2020

“I was like, ‘Whoa, this is turning into a musical!’”

03/03/2020

“Why did you do that? What are you doing? Get help!”

02/03/2020

“Don’t worry. We have a thousand auto-tuned pianos.”
-Some guy’s sleeping roommate

25/02/2020

“Any orthodox Christian would agree that [God] is in the garden hose.”

21/02/2020

“When he teaches, it’s like a very excited Viking trying to teach you engineering.”

13/02/2020

“You’re the mom for the night and that is clearly NOT a good idea!”

04/02/2020

“I’ve started stealing everybody’s things in that game. There’s no security system—you can just take anything.”

31/01/2020

“You’re a bad Christian! Go to Bethel!”

15/01/2020

“He has our level of smartness. He just actually has a work ethic.”

19/12/2019

“They said ‘I’m a disgrace.’ I replied ‘You are correct.’ I don’t know this person.”

18/12/2019

Just witnessed two guys writing haikus back and forth during final presentations. I swear, as soon as you think you’ve seen it all... 😂

12/12/2019

“It would eat your soul?”
“It would eat my soul.”

06/12/2019

“You’re here so much and you don’t even go here!”
“I’m a grad student. I go here every Tuesday.”
“It’s Friday.”

02/12/2019

“You’d better read the dictionary, or we’re gonna have problems!”

15/11/2019

"I never said mine was healthier! I just said you can't claim more nerd credibility than me!"

12/11/2019

“Let’s violate the fire code in front of as many people as possible!”

11/11/2019

“NO! That’s illegal!”

I wish so badly that I had context for this...

07/11/2019

“It’s okay. Your fomo doesn’t need to be satisfied right now.”

04/11/2019

“I will murder... everything there is to murder.”
“That’s a lot of murdering!”

01/11/2019

“How many times did I cry yesterday?”
“Three, but it’s fine.”

29/10/2019

“You wanna come over here and have a hypothetical baby with me?”

29/10/2019

“Sorry for bothering you.”
“You don't ever bother me.”
“Aww. That's such a sweet lie.”

25/10/2019

“I haven’t seen you since you shaved! That’s a long time!”

25/10/2019

“I accidentally did the splits yesterday and I’m still in a lot of pain.”

23/10/2019

“We knew it was, like, big brain stuff.”
“I don’t have a brain. That’s the problem.”

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