Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Jones

Kid books can get cute and a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e. Garfield says cute rots the intellect. Don't forget the name of the cat! You pick up cats the wrong way and they stop being adorable...they become Scratch.

James Patterson

Kids say the No. 1 reason they don't read more is that they can't find books they like. Freedom of choice is a key to getting them motivated and excited.

Spike Jonze

Kids are so fiercely opinionated, that if they love the Harry Potter books and they go see the movie, they'll be the first to say, 'That was wrong! They didn't get that right!' They're storytellers themselves. They're critics. They're going to have the critical opinion.

Jan Nash

Just look at the shelves of any bookstore in any airport, and you see how much people love crime and mysteries, how much they love solving puzzles.

Mark Patton

It is a great thing for him to have read so many books. You just don't usually hear that about a first-grader.

Ray Manchuk

We're optimistic that the new Harry Potter will bring more foot traffic to stores and perhaps become a catalyst to drive sales of other books as well.

Hilaire Belloc

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.

Chip Kidd

What you must remember about hardcover books is that they are like tattoos. Once you get one, it's never really going to go away.

O. J. Simpson

It is so important for parents to read in front of their child, so the child knows how much reading can teach them, ... I make sure I am reading books around my children to set good examples for reading throughout life.

Michael Reagan

I highly commend Tim Todd for designing The Truth for Youth Bible. The spectacular comics deal with important issues that today's youth are faced with and it is making an eternal impact in our schools and around the country.

Chris Roberson

Superman has been my favorite character since I was six years old, and I have more comics featuring Superman than any other single character.

Lee Bermejo

I think that comics can do things movies can't and vice versa. In my opinion, you only expose their weaknesses if you try too hard at making one exactly like the other.

Adam Christopher

To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of the most original and innovative storytelling around.

Jason David Frank

I'm a huge Marvel Comics fan, and I'm a huge 'Wolverine' fan, I like the 'X-Men' comic book.

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

One of my comics is read by more people - around 70,000 - than will see my entire run at Manhattan Theater Club. That puts things in perspective.

Jeffrey Brown

Just about everything put out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in a while, I'll read the more mainstream comics - I like Grant Morrison's writing and some of Warren Ellis' stuff, although maybe they're more on the fringe of the mainstream.

Jeff Kinney

Looking back, I realize my favorite stories weren't in books, they were in comics. On top of being a history enthusiast, my father was also a comics fan, and he kept his stash in the top drawer of his dresser, in easy reach of a kid making a beeline to the bathroom.

Jeff Ross

I think comics should test people, I think it's our job to go too far. That way we know as a society what too far is. Where else are you going to hear it?

Rick Foster

It's just the technology, but it's expensive technology.

James Evans

It's too expensive for us right now. We're researched it somewhat. Some of those systems take up to three hours to make all their calls.

Greg Smith

It's the most expensive home ever sold in La Jolla,

Agung Jaya

It is quite expensive for most Indonesians. But I can show how to finance this hobby.

Deborah Voso

Some people don't have really expensive hobbies and just want to take one nice big vacation a year, especially if their families are nearby.

Lorenzo Carmon

Some people will wait until they see the pipes going in the ground to come sign up, but it gets to be more expensive when you do that.

Richard Williams

Novell and Red Hat are very expensive stocks, even with their strong growth.

John Ransom

This is a really nice building, so someone moving in from a more expensive market would not be downgrading any of the amenities they're used to working with.

Larry Sabato

This is going to be a very expensive race between an incumbent and a quasi-incumbent.

Louis Pasteur

You have not succeeded in your experiments, that is all there is to it.

Meher Baba

You must make bold experiments in life!

Bill Ayers

Every relationship is an experiment and what one learns from it is so fascinating.

Calvin Klein

These products you can use for different purposes, so you can need fewer products. But once you get to color, it's what you love, it's what feels right, and what you want to experiment with. And that should be fun too.

Mike Darnell

This is really playing out much more like a sociology experiment than a reality show.

Publilius Syrus

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of God, not by their intrinsical goodness, but by the reluctancy and opposition which they find in their hearts

John Thune

The Obama experiment has failed

Jerry Hollendorfer

That was just an experiment that worked out. We sure weren't thinking about any million-dollar race for him.

Patterson Hood

We're all big Big Star fans and fans of pop and power pop, and we wanted to experiment with those influences a little more than we have in the past.

Stephen Sondheim

I happen to like movies and plays about dislikeable people as long as I get to know why they are what they are.

John Fithian

Here's what we know about 2005: The movies are not as good,

Heather Graham

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.

Kristan Higgins

There's something so satisfying about road trip movies - and books!

Steven Bauer

I'd like to make movies as a producer and a director.

Vincent Cassel

When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.

Hugh Dillon

I'm working consistently, and they're using my music in the movies,

Chris Evans

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

Tom Stoppard

I'm a playwright who gets involved in movies when I'm not writing a play.

David Williams

They are truly the ones that do all the real work.

Jillian Messenger

I truly have a lot of all-stars on this team, I really do.

Julie Foudy

It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.

Jaime Contreras

Some days, work is truly a four-letter word.

Shaukat Aziz

This truly encapsulates China's world view in this century,

Jonathan Todd

We think he will be a truly independent adviser.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

Mike Leinbach

I'm here to tell you that it really is truly better.