Anne Lamott Quotes

I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or flowers, some annual display of gratitude that you have to grit your teeth and endure.

Anne Lamott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherSonGratitudeDayFlowersMe

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

LearnPhilosophyPrinciplesFirst

I think I'm a really good girlfriend, and I think that I could be a really good wife. I know that I love being able to give my love out to someone. I know there is somebody great out there for me.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

LoveGoodGreatWifeMeThink

A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden.

Robert Southey

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When I was in high school, I used to have breakfast with my grandpa every morning. He instilled a lot of values in me: hard work, loyalty. He grew up during the Great Depression in Philly in poverty - he didn't have enough to eat as a kid. Sometimes his family would get kicked out of their apartment because they couldn't pay the rent.

Matthew Quick

WorkFamilyHard WorkMorningGreat

Stretching back nearly three decades, Brian Williams and I have forged an enduring friendship. It all began in 1986 at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and has resulted in a set of noteworthy experiences, amazing successes, and a bunch of trips to NASCAR speedways.

Steve Capus

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New York is very provincial. They're very cut-off; they don't have an awareness of so much that is going on in the world.

Robert Wilson

New YorkWorldNewAwarenessGoing

I don't write for theme, but if you work closely on some guy fixing a sandwich or a window or a table or trying to visit an old teacher or walking down the street on which he was a boy, a theme, a human hope, will emerge.

Ron Carlson

WorkHopeTeacherWindowWalking

The Paris climate agreement may be a harbinger of the spirit and mindset needed to sustain genuine global cooperation.

Joseph Stiglitz

MindsetCooperationParisGenuine

Growing up, my idols were Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper. And Scottie Pippen.

Dirk Nowitzki

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I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

Dennis Rodman

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I will do what the Prime Minister asks me to do; that is my consistent approach to politics and to service.

Des Browne

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I think I'm low-maintenance.

Douglas Booth

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