Marlene Dietrich Abc Quotes & Sayings

At a certain age our parents offhandedly start telling us things we've never heard before, about themselves and their families, their upbringing and history. They're turning their lives into stories, trying to make sense of them in retrospect and pass them on while there's still time. You begin, embarrassingly belatedly, to see them as people with lives long preceding your own. — Tim Kreider

I prepared for my meal in the usual fashion: fork in my left hand; my dominant right clenched into a fist on my lap, ready to punch anyone who dared take away my food. — Gary Shteyngart

Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't; Thrice I guessed wrong, And I kept my credit on. — Robert Louis Stevenson

A plate of Ebola virions mixed with Hendra virions would resemble capellini in a light sauce of capers. — David Quammen

I've always thought the expression 'passion project' was kind of a cliche until I started working on 'Big Shot' for 'ESPN.' — Kevin Connolly

God waits on us to admit him so that he can make his love real. That is how so many people think. And this is how much religion outside of Christian faith has thought about God's love, too. — David F. Wells

I believe that a man should be ... as big as he feels it in him to be! — Ken Kesey

She undoes a clasp on her golden gown and it falls to the floor. She's beautiful. The half of her that's covered in skin. The rest looks like Thanksgiving leftovers a couple of days past their prime. — Richard Kadrey

We all hate on ourselves way too much, and there are so many people who think they have to look like those women on TV. That's so unreasonable. Everybody is supposed to be a different size. And if I can just be confident in myself, then I'll look better. It's quantum physics! — Lisa Ann Walter

Most theater tells you what to think. — Robert Wilson

It is a great blessing to wake each day and give thanks to God. — Lailah Gifty Akita