Favorite Portlandia Quotes & Sayings

Knowing who you are is half the peace of accepting yourself. — Christina Engela

In some ways we want definitions that can help protect our own interpretations of the genre. — John D'Agata

I think it is the most important subject facing this country, but I cannot get any of my ministers to take any notice. — Winston Churchill

I'm not going to say it's easy, but I do have an ease with picking up fight choreography because of my dance training. — Katrina Law

I would really like to do a movie. Schedule-wise I don't know when exactly, but I think it would be great to do a Portlandia movie. Some of my favorite television shows have done it and they've been great. Like Monty Python. I think it would be great. — Fred Armisen

The Great Bailout is mostly over for the banks. But for those troubled behemoths of the nation's housing bust, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lifeline from Washington just keeps getting longer. — Charles Duhigg

Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of early autumn, between the ending of an old phase and the beginning of a fresh one. — Jan Struther

You were listening at the door, Gigi!"
"No, Grandmamma."
"Yes, you had your ear to the keyhole. You must never listen at key-holes. You don't hear properly and so you get things all wrong. — Colette

If you're not frightened that you might fail, you'll never do the job. If you're frightened, you'll work like crazy. — Cesar Chavez

Roughly, the action of a character should be unpredictable before it has been shown, inevitable when it has been shown. In the first half of a novel, the unpredictability should be the more striking. In the second half, the inevitability should be the more striking. — Elizabeth Bowen

Markets help people pursue their happiness more efficiently and effectively. Because they are so effective, markets provide benefits right here and right now, even while government is busy batching the protection of happiness. — Joel Miller

I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly, — T.E. Lawrence

It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess. — Charles Busch

Why would you do that for me?" Leesha asked.
Rojer smiled, taking her hand in his crippled one. "We're survivors, aren't we?" he asked. "Someone once told me that survivors have to look out for one another. — Peter V. Brett

As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch. — Kara Swisher