Quotes of the day, January 11

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

Terry Bradshaw

• Hands
• Insult
• Firm

I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.

Stephen Malkmus Pavement

• Music
• Hippie
• Relevant

I wanted him to see in that plate of pasta everything that, by leaving, he would no longer be able to look at, or touch, or caress, listen to, smell: never again.

Elena Ferrante

• Smell
• Careless
• Pasta

My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into.

Ben Miller

• Idea
• Enthusiasm
• My Father

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

David Jeremiah

• Life
• May
• Church