Favorites Quote's
Author
Topic's
Blog
When You Tell An Iowan A Joke, You Can See A Kind Of Race Going On Between His Brain And His Expression.
-Bill Bryson
Please Wait....
Translating....
Select Image
Download as Image
English
Spanish
French
German
Hindi
Chinese
When You Tell An Iowan A Joke,
Bill Bryson
When You Tell An Iowan A Joke, You Can See A Kind Of Race Going On Between His Brain And His Expression.
Views: 14
Topic
Funny
Humor
Race
More From Bill Bryson
And Before Long There Will Be No More Milk In Bottles Delivered To The Doorstep Or Sleepy Rural Pubs, And The Countryside Will Be Mostly Shopping Centers And Theme Parks. Forgive Me. I Don't Mean To Get Upset. But You Are Taking My World Away From Me, Piece By Little Piece, And Sometimes It Just Pisses Me Off. Sorry.
Sorry
Mean
Shopping
...and It Occurred To Me, With The Forcefulness Of A Thought Experienced In 360 Degrees, That That's Really What History Mostly Is: Masses Of People Doing Ordinary Things.
People
Ordinary
Degrees
Take A Moment From Time To Time To Remember That You Are Alive. I Know This Sounds A Trifle Obvious, But It Is Amazing How Little Time We Take To Remark Upon This Singular And Gratifying Fact. By The Most Astounding Stroke Of Luck An Infinitesimal Portion Of All The Matter In The Universe Came Together To Create You And For The Tiniest Moment In The Great Span Of Eternity You Have The Incomparable Privilege To Exist.
Luck
Together
Sound
Book Tours Are Really Kind Of Fun. You Get To Stay In Nice Hotels, You Are Driven Everywhere In Big Silver Cars, You Are Treated As If You Are Much More Important Than You Are, You Can Eat Steak Three Times A Day At Someone Else's Expense, And You Get To Talk Endlessly About Yourself For Weeks At A Stretch.
Fun
Nice
Book
Language Is More Fashion Than Science, And Matters Of Usage, Spelling And Pronunciation Tend To Wander Around Like Hemlines.
Fashion
Writing
Matter
Trending Author
George Soros
Joanna Russ
Daniel Gilbert
Mary Bono
Sharron Angle
Meg Rosoff
Category
Information