Sarah Vowell

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#big fan #bits #editing #fan #i

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#get #hated #how #into #life

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#gone #jefferson #jesus #lincoln #long

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

#ballot #before #believe #bullet #got

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#death #historical #like #most #people

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#ever #hiding #you

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#american life #due #fact #i #i think

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#divine #relics #something #treasured

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#civil #civil war #constitution #declaration #i

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#dominant #globally #happened #i #lucky