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.

Robertson Davies

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the fully comprehensible is not worth comprehending

Mark Foley

We track library books better than we do sexual predators.

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'.

Tony Prpic

I think University had an injury bug a little bit, so some of their guys ended up a little tired there in the third period, and we were fortunate to pop in a few goals there to kind of pull away. It wasn't a certainty, I think, until that third goal. That took some of the wind out of their sails.

Jesse Plemons

I didn't really start doing stuff until I was 8 or so, but I was an extra in a bunch of different movies, and I just really took to it and really enjoyed it. I kind of bugged my parents to give L.A. a shot, and they were just super-supportive.

Jim Schmitz

Instead of settling down, he gives up two hits and the lead. It's a lack of focus that really bugs me.

Michael Campbell

I knew, Phil knew, Vijay (Singh) knew, that once he gets over the stomach bug or whatever he's got, he's going to come out and play well, and he did.

Tony Parrish

I let him know they were on the verge of a record, and the game was in San Francisco, something they would like to get and a good place to do it. I put a little bug in his ear.

Ted Roof

The injuries cant seem to get spread out over different positions. It seems like when the injury bug bites, it hits all the same spots.

Jeff McDonald

Once it gets close to 50 (degrees), you just get the bug to start riding.

Shae Sanford

It's quite an honor. We had a successful year all the way around, football and basketball. We were really just one shot away from being in Austin. It's gonna bug me until, hopefully, we're able to go past that point. Then it'll all be worth it.

Tina Martin

They will squash you like a bug if you don't show up and play.

Franz Kafka

His weariness is that of the gladiator after the combat; his work was the whitewashing of a corner in a state official's office

Chad Johnson

He's good. Very good. He's fast, quick. He has all the tools. He's going to be all right. He's going to get better and better as the years go on. He's going to be one of the top corners in the league.

Tatum Bell

I think you can always find a running back, but to find a shutdown corner like Champ, they just don't come around that much. He's hurt a little bit, but he'll come back when we need him. He's a great cornerback, so I think we got the better of the trade.

Shawn Rychcik

We've felt good and the past two games we haven't made any errors. We got some pitching and some timely hitting. We really manufactured some runs and played more of our game, so I think we've turned the corner here. We're pretty excited to get back into things right now.

Felipe Alou

I thought the guy was out. Saw a strike on the corner that was not ruled a strike.

Wolfgang Bernhard

I think we have turned the corner in the United States,

Carol Hively

It is kind of like gas stations, where you're looking for a specific kind of corner and there's only going to be so many of those, and we all want that corner. We're looking for the high traffic count and good visibility.

John Luckhardt

He is a seasoned one-on-one defender, an excellent run-support corner and an outstanding tackler.

Craig Anderson

He hit the top corner through a couple of screens. A good shot. There wasn't much you could do.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Grief is so human, and it hits everyone at one point or another, at least, in their lives. If you love, you will grieve, and that's just given.

Ryan Zimmerman

I wouldn't say I am a power hitter. I am a gap-to-gap guy. If I hit one like I did today, so be it.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

Jackson hit a lot of big shots. I thought that everyone stepped up. This was a big win for us.

Jay Alford

He just wasn't hitting the holes like he wanted to.

Erik Anderson

He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years.

Bruce Shumaker

Guys, they hit us in the face, and we let them.

Siobhan Finneran

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

David Blitzer

This was one time hit from oil prices. We knew oil had to go up from an unsustainably low number late last year.

David Blitzer

This was one time hit from oil prices, ... We knew oil had to go up from an unsustainably low number late last year.

Mychal Williams

Kendra stepped up and played a solid game, nearly getting a double-double.

Fletcher Smith

He was nowhere near the scene of the incident. But unfortunately the vehicle is registered under his name.

English 14th Century Proverbs

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

Scott Cross

It's an opportunity. We're going to have to play a near perfect game. But it can happen. You never know. We're going to have to shoot real well because they're going to rebound.

John Joyce

Services now represent nearly 50 percent of IBM's revenue.

Lance Penny

It really started to become a problem near Edson about 10 years ago.

John Challenger

It's accelerating right now. I don't think we're near the end of it,

Dottie Dalton

People can think anything they want. We are nonviolent, we are non-confronting, we don't even want to go near them.

Joe Ismail

Any corrective phase that will come in the near term could be a shallow one.

Rosaleen Tallon

It is all wrong in its symbolism. I look up to the sky to remember him. I will never go down.

Denise Moore

He never remembers us together. This is the only time he remembers me is in prison.

Richard Paul Evans

In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing.

Richelle Mead

„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected. “Are you sure? I could've sworn you were named after someplace in Australia.“ „Well, my first name is Sydney,“ I said, not sure if I should be encouraging her.

Ryan Miller

As I have always found, and often am forced to remember, to all things there is a beginning and an end.

Sarah Silverman

Being with friends felt like a burden. I remember just sobbing.

Sarah Silverman

The reason the rest of us remember, like, when John Lennon died, is because it's a moment when adrenaline is surging.

Rebecca Wells

There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers.

W. S. Merwin

What you remember saves you.

Felipe Calderon

He didn't come because he does not have viable proposals.

Dean Wareham

There's all kinds of ways to be misunderstood, and one of them is via the interview.

David Letterman

This Hillary Clinton scandal has to do with emails. All I get are emails for Canadian Viagra.