Sarah Vowell Quotes

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

Sarah Vowell

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• Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

  

  Irene Peter
  • Thinking
  • Today
  • Confused

• The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.

  

  Jackson Katz
  • Long
  • Society
  • Political

• The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

  

  Barbara Sher
  • Good
  • Leadership
  • Luck

• Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Up
  • World
  • May

• No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Hand
  • Wise

• The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics.

  

  Albert Schweitzer
  • War
  • Together
  • Lost

• At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.

  

  Jennifer Carpenter
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Age

• It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.

  

  Arthur Potts Dawson
  • People
  • Important
  • Food

• The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.

  

  Ken Stott
  • Dirty

• When I was a kid, my parents were always like, 'Money doesn't buy happiness.' I thought, 'You just didn't make enough money.' I had to go find it out for myself.

  

  Mike Posner
  • Money
  • Parents

• I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

  

  David Rockefeller
  • Art
  • She
  • Mother

• I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.

  

  Cobi Jones
  • World
  • School
  • High

• I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.

  

  Annette Bening

• I love to sweat.

  

  James Marsters

• In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

  

  Jennifer Egan
  • Work
  • Trying
  • May

• There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.

  

  Chloe Sevigny
  • Up
  • Done
  • Pretty

• I had breast cancer. I caught it early.

  

  Allison Anders
  • Cancer

• On my best days, I fancy myself a combination of Dad's persistence/patience and Mom's toughness/skepticism.

  

  David Einhorn
  • Dad
  • Mom
  • Patience

• If there was sadness in this creative world of mine, it was a pleasant sadness. If there were problems, they were humorous problems.

  

  Norman Rockwell
  • Problem
  • Creative
  • Sadness

• A lot of people don't understand the building phase. They don't have the blueprint, but we do. With us having the blueprint and knowing what we want to build, it's not how it's supposed to be built, but what we want to build. I think it makes everything easy for us to stay focus and have that tunnel vision.

  

  BJ the Chicago Kid
  • People
  • Focus
  • Vision

• Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

  

  Irene Peter
  • Thinking
  • Today
  • Confused

• As for my batting, the best part about it is I have never changed it. I have never changed my thinking, I have never changed my batting style.

  

  Virender Sehwag
  • Thinking
  • Style

• I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.

  

  Barry Goldwater
  • Trust
  • Here
  • Phone

• We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

  

  Sarah Vowell
  • Thinking
  • Mean
  • Individuality