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.

Katherine Paterson

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting.

Dan Castellaneta

Kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential murderers.

Shawn Trent

Kids don't want to come off the field, but we try not to start them on both sides because they get too tired. and we aren't getting as much out of them (in the late stages of a game).

Greg Moore

I wouldn't say all the pressure is on them - we're both going into the game with the same goal. If they feel like they have more pressure because they are the home team and they are in front of their home crowd, then so be it.

Mike Davis

James came to Indiana to do both sports, so ultimately the decision is his. He had a great football season, and I am really proud of him. He has a bright future ahead, and we want to do whatever is necessary to help him reach his goals.

Eric Johnson

James and I have similar tastes. We both have high tenor voices and write melodic songs. And we both really like the Kinks.

Steve Cram

I would say the decision to run both events would mean she has to make compromises,

Hanya Yanagihara

Kashmir, the 86,000-square-mile region in India's north, both is and isn't the India of the popular imagination.

Jon Huntsman

Just the fact that they have taken a position on it will resonate with many both in state and out,

Larry Pozner

This is whacking out the weeds to get to the real issue. But I must say I don't view this as anything more at this point than dealing with dated odds and ends.

Ricky Henderson

The existing, dated facilities provided by the Ross Theatre do not meet the demands of the events it is now required to host.

Zach Galligan

I think one of the reasons 'Gremlins' lasts and some other films don't is because I don't think the movie has a whole lot of dated things - sure, the cars, my hair, and few things here and there that date the movie - but it takes place in a sort of everytown, in a sorta non-specific time, and that gives the movie a timeless quality.

Eva Longoria

I find it a turnoff whenever men arent into some kind of sport. And, no, video games dont count. I dated a guy who was into video games, and I wanted to shoot myself.

Chris Evert

Without getting into it, just that I'm not as goody two-shoes as people think. I'm a normal woman. I've dated a lot of guys, I've had a few drinks, I've cursed, I've been rude to my parents.

Marvin Olasky

We dated some, ... The relationship has been close. Platonic. We go to dinner, I go to Washington for special things.

Gabrielle Reece

I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.

Karen Joy Fowler

Lots of people go mad in January. Not as many as in May, of course. Nor June. But January is your third most common month for madness.

Jeff Reinebold

This is where I want to be. I love this program, and I love working for June Jones.

Richard Bracken

Probably until June when there is another month when there will be three pay periods.

Johnnie Cochran

It was about 10:25 p.m. on June 12, 1994, right?,

Janice Moore

We are supportive of clarifying Measure N so that our town can move forward. This will go on the June ballot.

Marie Lu

Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.

Frank Sinatra

That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May But I know I'm gonna change that tune When I'm back on top, back on top in June

Mike Shula

I think he could be ready to go at some point in June or July, if not earlier.

Jerry Glanville

June was a quarterback, but he went to all of my meetings. He liked what we did, and he studied it.

Maria Sharapova

I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent Russia there as well.

Sami Hyypia

He is very aggressive, loves a tackle and can play as well.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I love writing. It makes me so happy.

Katrina Kaif

Love should be all about giving and trusting.

Kate Bush

I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.

Audrey Johnson

When he saw her, he meant to have her. That was what he always said. He just loved my mother.

Rita Ora

When I perform, I usually wear wigs because I love them.

Willie Randolph

I think any manager in his right mind would love to have a Pedro Martinez.

Sterling Knight

I watch way too many VH1 reality shows like 'I Love Money' and 'Tough Love.'

William Golding

However you disguise novels, they are always biographies.

Jojo Moyes

Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages.

Sarah Waters

I knew I'd always be a second-rate academic, and I thought, 'Well, I'd rather be a second-rate novelist or even a third-rate one'.

George Bernard Shaw

It is the sexless novel that should be distinguished: the sex novel is now normal.

Mohsin Hamid

Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly.

Elizabeth Hardwick

Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel—and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.

Philipp Meyer

When novels deal in abstractions, they generally go off the rails.

Terry Pratchett

It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.

Manuel Puig

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

Jim Scherr

His appointment to the Olympic team is our issue.

Sammie Henson

I want to be the Olympic champion. . . . Then I'll have peace that no one can ever take away from me.

Bode Miller

The stuff after the Olympics was pretty aggressive.

Jin Yan

Safety and quality of all the Olympic venue projects are under control.

Don Kardong

Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.

Andy Murray

For me, by far, the Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.

Cindy Klassen

The Canadians have really stepped it up these Olympics. It looks very promising for Vancouver.

Shaun White

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Mike Lambert

I wish he was younger or the Olympics were this year. I wish he picked me up earlier, but he didn't think too much of me then.

Robert Schwentke

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

Bruce Vilanch

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.

Joseph Biden

He said he was 35 when he wrote that.

Mike DeWine

This is really what we anticipated when we wrote the law,

Kent Haruf

Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book.

Kelsey Primiano

Everyone wrote state. So everyone got what they wanted.