Sarah Vowell > Quotes > Quotable Quote
“I wish that in order to secure his party’s nomination, a presidential candidate would be required to point at the sky and name all the stars; have the periodic table of the elements memorized; rattle off the kings and queens of Spain; define the significance of the Gatling gun; joke around in Latin; interpret the symbolism in seventeenth-century Dutch painting; explain photosynthesis to a six-year-old; recite Emily Dickenson; bake a perfect popover; build a shortwave radio out of a coconut; and know all the words to Hoagy Carmichael’s “Two Sleepy People”, Johnny Cash’s “Five Feet High and Rising”, and “You Got the Silver” by the Rolling Stones...What we need is a president who is at least twelve kinds of nerd, a nerd messiah to come along every four years, acquire the Secret Service code name Poindexter, install a Revenge of the Nerds screen saver on the Oval Office computer, and one by one decrypt our woes.”
― Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot
― Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot
Like
Friends Who Like This Quote
To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!
21 people
added it
All Members Who Like This Quote
All Quotes
|
My Quotes
|
Add A Quote
Play The 'Guess That Quote' Game
humor (11806)
love (10473)
inspirational (9531)
life (8076)
funny (2759)
writing (2678)
death (2395)
truth (2134)
religion (2101)
philosophy (1898)
romance (1889)
poetry (1888)
god (1781)
books (1719)
wisdom (1547)
politics (1362)
science (1272)
art (1230)
music (1226)
humour (1206)
happiness (1190)
women (1148)
reading (1144)
war (1133)
friendship (1041)
inspiration (1032)
faith (1013)
relationships (988)
kindlehighlight (976)
freedom (917)
More...
Play The 'Guess That Quote' Game
This Quote Is From
Browse By Tag
humor (11806)
love (10473)
inspirational (9531)
life (8076)
funny (2759)
writing (2678)
death (2395)
truth (2134)
religion (2101)
philosophy (1898)
romance (1889)
poetry (1888)
god (1781)
books (1719)
wisdom (1547)
politics (1362)
science (1272)
art (1230)
music (1226)
humour (1206)
happiness (1190)
women (1148)
reading (1144)
war (1133)
friendship (1041)
inspiration (1032)
faith (1013)
relationships (988)
kindlehighlight (976)
freedom (917)
More...
