Anne Lamott Quotes

“I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.”

“A large American automobile came crawling close to us, and we could hear from behind its thick windows the deep bass of the radio, and the nasty words of a hateful song.It seemed like so much of modern music, a din to drive human beings mad.”

“Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of Him] with His remembrance [of them] - verily God (Exalted is He!) has said, 'Remember Me, and I will remember you' - Opening lines from Kitab al-Adhkar wa'l Da'awat of the Ihya ulum ad-Din”

“When I recall memories, it all seems like a film, not a reality.”

“for the people must have some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy that idea of government which they have.”

“Through the dense din, I say, we heard him shout"I see your lights!" But ours had long died out.”

“Though I've belted you and flayed you By the livin' Gawd that made you You're a better man than I am Gunga Din.”

“She shrieks above the din. "If you wish a battle, I shall give it. I am the last of my kind. I shall not lie down without a fight.”

“Cine a ucis stelele? Cine a surpat drumul spre viitor al celor din morminte?”

“Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.”