English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Sarah Vowell Quotes

Um," I asked, "isn't the whole point about being a slave that you don't have a choice to be anything else?" Prettying up the word slave with the adjective-noun constructions makes "enslaved African" sound nonchalant. As in "Those were the cabins of the jolly leprechauns.

Sarah Vowell

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "We may get to know the world however we choose, it will always..."
We may get to know the world however we choose, it will always keep a day and night aspect. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ronnie Spector quote: "I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett..."
I think Behind the Music is good for people like Leif Garrett and Motley Crue. Ronnie Spector
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted. William J. Clinton
I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important, too. If you don't have anybody around who loves you, then what's it all for? You're just lonely in the end. Josh Duhamel
Well, when you're relaxed, your mind takes you to the whole reality. There's no such thing as time when you're really relaxed. That's why meditation works. Shirley MacLaine
For one thing, when you're playing as well as I was at the time, you think you can play with anything. That isn't true, of course, but I didn't know it then. Payne Stewart
Roseanne Barr quote: "Birth control that really works - every night before we go to..."
Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids. Roseanne Barr
Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes. Tom Robbins
We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories. Cecil Rhodes
There is an hour when you realize: here is what you have been given. More than this, you won't receive. And what this is, what your life has come to, will be taken from you. In time. Joyce Carol Oates
Stephenie Meyer quote: "Edward thought he was going to ruin Bella's life and he made..."
Edward thought he was going to ruin Bella's life and he made her happy. And that really was everything for him. Stephenie Meyer
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the..."
But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can. Jeffrey Eugenides
Tracey Emin quote: "Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a..."
Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing. Tracey Emin
Edward Bond quote: "I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going..."
I write plays not to make money, but to stop myself from going mad. Because it's my way of making the world rational to me. Edward Bond
David Korten quote: "So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a..."
So, there is enormous instability in the global economy with a shift of winners and losers. David Korten