There are two kinds of people in the world: the kind who alphabetize their record collections, and the kind who don't. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The only people who know about me are people who would know about me. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The people who visit the [Lincoln] memorial always look like an advertisement for democracy, so bizarrely, suspiciously diverse that one time I… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“She is either male property (Mrs.), wannabe male property (Miss), or man-hating harpy (Ms.).” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“We were breathing sooty air. The soot was composed of incinerated glass and steel but also, we knew, incinerated human flesh. When the local… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The last line of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is addressed to the American people and their congressmen. "As they deal with me and… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“In the gravedigger scene in act V, Hamlet looks upon an anonymous skull and jokes that even Alexander the Great decomposed into dust that… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“Another reason I’m intrigued with the hanged of Salem, especially the women, is that a number of them aroused suspicion in the first place… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Listening to the radio every day for an entire year was a prison sentence. It was the most depressing, annoying, debilitating project I have… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
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… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“The historical periods I like to learn about aren’t so much costume dramas as slasher flicks. The French Revolution is a favorite because it… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image