Inquietante Translation Quotes & Sayings

Entertainment has a bad name ... The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. — Michael Chabon

I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take? — Jason Schwartzman

When I go out or to an event, I'll wear blue jeans and a shirt. And sometimes when I go to an event I'll wear camouflage. It depends what kind of mood I'm in. — Si Robertson

I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I used to be (talk about miracles). Then something comes up, and I overreact and blame and sulk, and it feels like I haven't made any progress at all. But it turns out I'm less of a brat than before, and I hit the reset button much sooner, shake it off, and get my sense if humor back. — Anne Lamott

The shock of such a partner destabilizes us too much. The risk too great, the discomfort so demanding. We much prefer to settle for a less demanding, less overwhelming meeting. Yet we are haunted by the awareness that only this overwhelming meeting gives life. — Walter Brueggemann

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else, men are men. Whether heterosexual or homosexual. The only difference is that some of them remind you of it as soon as you meet them, and others wait for a little while. — Marguerite Duras

I put the wine bottle on the counter and reached for a couple of wine glasses. "Would you like some? It's a fine vintage stock. I'm pretty sure it was on the shelf of the Piggly Wiggly for at least two weeks. — Denise Grover Swank

You can't change the world if your motive is revenge. Vibes like that just aren't productive. — Charlie Huston

I tried to be like the richer kids as much as I could because I wanted to live on their streets, at least hang out on their streets and eat their amazing food and walk barefoot on their shag carpets. I became something of a pest in that way, and in general, other people's parents didn't like me. — Lynda Barry

And it's not the real Elvis you need to resemble, it's the imitation Elvises. Not hard to look like one of them. — Margaret Atwood