Fern Like Weeds Quotes

#1. When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour Hoffman character in 'Almost Famous,' in my life, and there just wasn't. It was really frustrating for me because I desired that so much.

Mike Birbiglia

#2. This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part of you is entirely subject to its demands.

Meghan O'Rourke

#3. God would grant all of us wisdom, calm, and peace, that his presence would be in the operating room, and that his will might be done.

Benjamin Carson

#4. Being varied is something I do instinctively and naturally. I feel a tremendous sense of accomplishment.

Sarah Brightman

#5. I start thinking about the next movie before it's a success, so I can never have one moment of happiness or peace. I'm instantly thinking about the next one.

Judd Apatow

#6. I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

John Buchan

#7. Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.

O. Henry

#8. The linguistic and literary reality of the biblical tradition is folkloristic in essence. The concept of a benei Israel ... is a reflection of no sociopolitical entity of the historical state of Israel of the Assyrian period

Thomas L. Thompson

#9. Children are God's way of punishing us for having sex.

Barbara Walters

#10. I remember one tour with two male-fronted bands, and they had a fight over who could use the bathroom first. Then they just ended up having a beef with each other for the entire rest of the tour.

Taylor Momsen

#11. Most friendships are bound to a specific time, place or season. Some women characterize these relationships as having expiration dates or shelf lives, because friendships tend to run their natural course.

Irene S. Levine