Anne Lamott Quotes

I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WaterSweetLovedChurchWindows

Here's where it goes with Led Zeppelin. It didn't matter what was going on around us, because the character of Led Zeppelin's music was so strong.

Jimmy Page

MusicCharacterStrongMatterGoing

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.

Anna Deavere Smith

TimeInterestingYouKnowMinds

I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.

Mia Hamm

SacrificeI AmTeamChampionBecause

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.

Tony Iommi

SurprisePlaceKnowSaidNiceNow

Business people get many undeserved prizes - golden parachutes and bonuses even when companies fail. I don't think people should get rewarded for screwing up.

Mo Ibrahim

BusinessPeopleThinkGoldenFail

My job is to make people laugh. If I've upset them instead, then I haven't done my job properly.

Dominic Holland

JobPeopleLaughDoneUpsetMake

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

Deepak Chopra

SoulCalmEgoToolsLogicPlace

It's much easier to read the stories that have a lot of dialogue; of course, they flow much more easily into speech.

Deborah Eisenberg

SpeechFlowMoreDialogueEasier

I left school on a wet Thursday afternoon, found a room in a shared house in North London, and started my first job on the following Monday as a courier for an advertising agency.

Christopher Fowler

JobSchoolMondayAdvertisingHouse

To be in opposition is not to be a nihilist.

Christopher Hitchens

Opposition

I love my body.

Christina Aguilera

LoveBodyI Love

After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.

Clive Owen

WritingYearYouPageNeverGround

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