Portlandia Brunch Quotes & Sayings

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune. — Thomas Fuller

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not. — Isabel Allende

I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important. — Elizabeth Gilbert

The best of life is conversation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I make a mistake here and there, I'm going to come back and try and play aggressive. This is my game. — Rafael Soriano

Whenever your foundation is laid in God, there will be nothing that can shake it, no matter how strong the storm is. — Angelo M. Swinson

There was a patient who sat with her family in a circle around her, all holding hands. Sister Philomena asked if they would like to join her for prayers and they said yes, they would. They closed their eyes as Sister Philomena whispered the words and I thought this must be the nearest humans get to whatever God is, when they hold hands and listen. — Rachel Joyce

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition. — Vincent D'Onofrio

But then, that's the question. Should you even pause to consider your own reactions? These men suffer so much more than he does, more than he can imagine. In the face of their suffering, isn't it self-indulgent to think about his own feelings? He has nobody to talk to about such things and blunders his way through as best he can. If you feel nothing -this is what he comes back to time and time again -you might just as well be a machine, and machines aren't very good at caring for people. There's something machine-like about a lot of the professional nurses here. Even Sister Byrd, whom he admires, he looks at her sometimes and sees an automaton. Well, lucky for her, perhaps. It's probably more efficient to be like that. Certainly less painful. — Pat Barker

I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016. — Jim Webb

If you give it to God, He transforms your test into a testimony, your mess into a message, and your misery into a ministry. — Rick Warren

There's the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there's less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job. — Dan Harmon

An interest in ideas is a sign of human life. People are fascinated by what the future is going to be - and the future is going to be an accumulation of ideas. — Thomas Heatherwick