Anne Lamott Quotes

I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 10, 1954

Topics

GoodGodPeopleIdeasGiftBehavior

My experience of children on a film set, especially on a big film set like the 'Potter' one, is not wholly positive.

Jessie Cave

PositiveChildrenExperienceBigSet

Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas. In 2012, North Dakota produced more than 245 million barrels of oil and provided nearly 11 percent of all U.S. output.

John Hoeven

TexasBecomeOilMoreCalifornia

Working with the earth is peaceful for me.

Stana Katic

MePeacefulEarthWorking

I think families find a dynamic that works for them.

Treat Williams

ThinkFindDynamicI ThinkFamilies

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mary Todd Lincoln

LifeLiveRainMeasureFallOthers

I believe my past is my strength.

Michel Martelly

StrengthPastBelieveI Believe

When a movie becomes very successful, it's automatic that people will start thinking a sequel, a prequel, a quel-quel.

Michelle Yeoh

PeopleStartThinkingWillMovie

I'm a somewhat isolated person in my own way, or I move along a little trail, I go this place, I go that place. It's not like I'm varying my exposure.

Jonathan Ames

TrailPlacePersonGoWayMy Own

Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!

Doug Davidson

FamilyFatherMotherGreatDayI Am

Political and economic insecurity inevitably translates into insecurity in people's everyday lives, from lack of access to welfare to the increasing lack of security in the workplace.

Deeyah Khan

PeopleInsecurityPoliticalSecurity

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

Christopher Nolan

StoryKnowNeverArchetypesRead

Men are very tough, very critical of me. I think they expect you to basically just be a picture. They don't want to hear you speak.

Chrissy Teigen

MenMeToughSpeakThinkPicture

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