Sarah Vowell Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
Hans Hofmann -
After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
Gary Webb -
I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
Adam Michnik -
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
Victoria Osteen -
Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
Carl Lewis -
This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
Gail Sheehy
-
Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
Felix Dennis -
When I was auditioning for 'True Grit,' I was on the Paramount lot. I was wearing clothes from the 1800s that were big and uncomfortable.
Hailee Steinfeld -
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Earl Nightingale -
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
Quentin Tarantino -
I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
Dan O'Brien -
There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
Banksy
-
Let's make math fun and sexy and glamorous. Smart is sexy, that's one of my main messages.
Danica McKellar -
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
Ted Deutch -
As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion.
Orla Brady -
I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
Quentin Tarantino
-
The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.
Ramana Maharshi -
Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.
James Cook -
Only he is truly a patriot who, whatever his post, high or low, tries to do the greatest possible good to his countrymen.
Apolinario Mabini -
It was scary having that sort of power over a girl. You could hurt her in ways you might never understand.
Amber Dermont -
Sleep away the years, sleep away the pain, wake tomorrow - a girl again.
Hal Summers -
The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.
Sarah Vowell