Calvin Trillin Quotes

No one likes a show-off, but if parallel parking was an Olympic sport, I would get gold, no probs.

I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability.

I am one of the five best parallel parkers in the United States of America. Dead serious. It's to the point now where I look back when pulling into the spot only as a formality.

I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.

I legit can not parallel park. This is no joke!

I am the most skilled parallel parker the world has ever known.

It takes a good car for anybody to be good, but it takes a good car and a special driver to achieve greatness.

The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.

You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.

When I came out, when I was 17 years old, it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak. And being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.

I refuse to be a doormat to any man. I will never allow anyone to push me around. I am my own mistress.

I love history. It was the only thing I did well at in school. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was not a good student but I was great at history.

I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament.

I am a capable person, and I can handle anything that comes my way

I am who I am: confident, arrogant, dominant, honest, hard-working and innovative.

Anything that threatens, hinders, obstructs, denies, delays your capacity to stand fully up for yourself, within yourself, take it down.

I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve.

We are each an army of one. March forward with your army, never let go of your future and never listen to idiots who tell you ‘no.’

Life's too short to be a pushover.

I say this thing about how I've never had to say my head is bloodied but not bowed, like everybody who came before me had to say. And that tells me that I can do a lot more than I think I can.

Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and respect of self, in turn, is the chief element in courage.

Whatever your talent is, don’t be embarrassed by it. For the love of God, embrace it, share it, do what you want with it. It’s amazing, so never hide behind it.

I know who I am, I know what I am capable of, I know who I trust.

I'm a big girl, Finn.

My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, That's who I am, and that's what I'm here for.