Sarah Vowell Quotes & Sayings
26 most famous Sarah Vowell quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for her. She's a 54 year old American author born on Dec 27, 1969.
“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.”
“What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.”
“While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
“History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.”
“Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.”
“I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further.”
“Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.”
“Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.”
“I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.”
“Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.”
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