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.

Joe Monahan

He could influence the outcome of the race. If he does have any ideas he wants to see advanced, this is the time to do it.

Jon Hurst

There are still a ton of mom-and-pops out there that come up with new ideas and new niches.

George Foster

Here we'd like to think they can start to think about the ideas we're teaching, but their main job is to perform on the field.

Bob Garner

The purpose of the newsletter is to supply the reader with a reliable supply of seeds made up of proven motivational ideas and strategies that can be immediately put to use.

Richard Grenell

We, the Security Council, have a lot of ideas, but nothing is set in stone until we see what's in the report,

Mike Moore

I think they will respond to our ideas in Shanghai,

Rob Enderle

It is one of the more interesting ideas that has come up of late. And one that I think has the potential to really transform the way we play with the Web.

Mahmoud Abbas

I think that we are able to put all these ideas together and finalize them soon,

Alice Waters

There aren't many big ideas about how to solve the problems,

Jesper Parnevik

I would say it's like Pinehurst but maybe that's giving it too much credit.

Denise Reed

I actually thought he was giving away stuff. There was a lot of people here. It's good he accommodated people the way he did, and he did it with a smile.

Paul Moran

He leads by example. He's not a guy that will be yelling and giving orders. He is now showing how to lead with his play on the court. He's starting to play some big-time basketball.

David Jones

Greenspan is giving the markets a reality check. Good for him.

James Awad

Greenspan is giving a speech Monday night to some overseas bankers, then Thursday he will speak to Congress. Investors will be looking to him to clarify.

Jalen Rose

Guys were giving up good shots to get great shots.

Tony Wingen

He's a force. We were willing to give up some inside points as long as we were not giving up 3-pointers. We did all that we needed to do to win.

Bobby Pierce

He's a guy that knows the strike zone well. We'll be giving him more opportunities.

Tom Cooper

He's already been to the penitentiary. He knows what it's like. He wants to go back, ... You would be giving him what he wants.