Shooting Dad Sarah Vowell Quotes & Sayings

Therefore the tongue of mutual understanding is different indeed: to be one in heart is better than to be one in tongue. Without speech and without sign or scroll, hundreds of thousands of interpreters arise from the heart. The birds, all and each, their secrets of skill and knowledge and practice — Jalaluddin Rumi

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other. — Harold Ramis

We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab the tail of the elephant ahead of them. — John F. Kennedy

Ryan was not only gregarious but also a happily married inamorato! (Around the facility, when the other coaches teased him about this episode, Ryan would retort affably, "I'm the only guy in history who gets in a sex scandal with his wife!") — Nicholas Dawidoff

I see something new in 'Gosford Park' every time I watch it. — Nina Arianda

JOURNAL YOUR SUCCESSES To help you realize you truly are making progress, Steve gives this advice to people who are new to the Four Steps: "Write down the successes that you have early on because it encourages you to keep going. It's not always easy, but over the long haul, it does make a big difference and you will see how much progress you've made." The main point to keep in mind is that you want to focus on the things you have accomplished, no matter how small or inconsequential they seem to you. Do not minimize, ignore, or neglect even the most seemingly minuscule achievement. Rather, — Jeffrey M. Schwartz

When in Rome, do as Rome does. — Ambrose Bierce

5. Your kids will be so grateful if you label and organize your photos now and if you stick a note on keepsakes explaining their significance. We settle a lot of estates, and it's frustrating to the next generation when they don't understand why something was left to them. — Anonymous

You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band. — Tom Morello

Old habits are strong and jealous. — Dorothea Brande

Nurture the vision God has put in you — Sunday Adelaja

It's not like that, as we've seen. Mathematicians aren't crazy, and we aren't aliens, and we aren't mystics.

What's true is that the sensation of mathematical understanding-of suddenly knowing what's going on, with total certainty, all the way to the bottom-is a special thing, attainable in few if any other places in life. You feel you've reached into the universe's guts and put your hand on the wire. It's hard to describe to people who haven't experienced it. — Jordan Ellenberg

Work and life are an interconnected adventure, guided by the heart, winged with spirit, and nourished by the soul. — Ron Rubin

I've always been fond of the advice I once heard from Robert Frank, "Keep your eyes open." — Michael Almereyda