Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kathleen Troia McFarland

The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.

Katherine Paterson

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.

Dave Hager

Kerr-McGee has booked less than (1 trillion cubic feet of oil equivalent) as proven, which means we have the potential for a fivefold increase to existing proved reserves in this field alone.

Jeff Kinney

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on.

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.

Mark Latham

Kim Beazley said my book would only be a two-day wonder, so he was not too worried about it,

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.

Japanese Proverb

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass

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.

William Wilberforce

The first years in Parliament I did nothing - nothing to any purpose. My own distinction was my darling object.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.

Richard D. James

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.

Anton LaVey

Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years!

Robbie Coltraine

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Rob Sheffield

When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.

Rob Sheffield

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.

Rob Zombie

I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

David O'Leary

Kevin is out on Tuesday and is a doubt for Chelsea,

Jack Mesi

I wouldn't be here if I had a doubt, no matter how small. We wouldn't pursue it.

Pat Russo

Just to stick to it that long and keep at it is hard. I really enjoyed watching that, and she left no doubt about it.

Dan Marks

Karl is one of the most experienced and respected executives in television sports rights. There is no doubt that BT's new on-demand TV service has the potential to revolutionize the way sports are viewed and Karl will help us to realize that potential.

Bill Belichick

just not healthy. I'm sure it was a factor, I don't think there's any doubt about it.

D.J. Shockley

Joe's very smart. There's no doubt in my mind that Joe can get the job done just as well as if I was playing.

William Kovacs

I think in many ways, Microsoft has planted some seeds of doubt about the government's hypotheses,

Danny Morrison

He was affable, humorous, unassuming, intelligent. He didn't lead a lavish lifestyle - I doubt if he even owned his own house. He didn't drink too much. He didn't gamble. He didn't drive a flashy car. His wife never wore fur.

Eric Falt

Green TV is a truly innovative project which will no doubt influence the field of environmental film-making and research. It will eventually offer a comprehensive 'one- stop shop' for environmental TV programming -- something that has so far not been available.