Sarah Vowell: Likeness

Sarah Vowell is American author, journalist, essayist and social commentator. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
Sarah Vowell: 70 quotes0 likes

“Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.”

Sarah Vowell book Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation

“When I think about my relationship with America, I feel like a battered wife: Yeah, he knocks me around a lot, but boy, he sure can dance.”

Sarah Vowell book Take the Cannoli

Source: Take the Cannoli

“Dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada.”

Sarah Vowell The Wordy Shipmates

Source: The Wordy Shipmates

“That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.”

Sarah Vowell book Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation

“If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me.”

Sarah Vowell book Take the Cannoli

Source: Take the Cannoli

“Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooters for the food.”

Sarah Vowell book Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation (2005), p. 21