Edie Brickell Quotes

Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.

Edie Brickell

Water
Deep

Quotes to Explore

There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.

Kate Christensen
- Time
- Culture
- Unique
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.

Camille Paglia
- Women
- Children
- Fashion
Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.

Harold Bloom
- Different
- Art
- Death
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?

Vicki Lawrence
- Time
- Believe
- Why
I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Good
- Attention
- Advice
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Napoleon Bonaparte
- People
- Speak
- Silent