#su

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#crowning #evolution #far #glory #human

I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted for so long. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#consider #doing #i #just #just because

My father was having an affair with a 16-year-old when Mum was pregnant with me. She found out when I was three weeks old and left, not surprisingly. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#father #found #having #i #left

One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#ate #bag #chicken #cooked #cried

It is such a letdown to rise from the dead and have your friends not recognize you. ↗

— Rob Bell

#resurrection #faith

The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#been #day #dungeon #even #found

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. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#believe #creed #everlasting #gave #god

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered. Nobody I knew talked about movies that way, but Siskel and Ebert took each movie as it came and talked about whether it was a success on its own terms. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#actually #argued #came #each #ebert

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

— Sarah Vowell

#gone #jefferson #jesus #lincoln #long

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for the FBI agent assigned to read this and make sure I mean no harm, clearly state that while I am obsessed with death, I am against it. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#agent #am #assigned #clearly #current