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.

Marshal Cohen

Kids are not interested in taking their summer vacation to start thinking about back-to-school wardrobes, supplies and book bags.

William Rehnquist

I wrote this book for a sense of personal satisfaction. Just like taking a good photograph or painting a picture or playing a good golf game or something, it's the thing in itself that justifies it.

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.

Lord Byron

I take the view, and always have, that if you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it.

Jean Harlow

HARLOW: "I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every profession."/ DRESSLER: "Oh, my dear, that's something you'll never have to worry about.

Graeme Base

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.

Chuck Hill

I think the analysts will now exclude more stuff than they would have otherwise. If I'm faced with all or none, I'm going to say all. If it's broken out, I'm going to be more reluctant to exclude the indirect costs.

E. B. White

When her support system broke down here in Michigan, ... she was faced with some tough decisions.

David Joyce

When he realized he was getting duped he actually broke down and started to cry. He thought these guys were friends and helping him get the pictures off the Internet.

Don Peterson

We suspect that high winds broke the pipe that holds the ramp.

Doug Robinson

I thought we played a great game tonight. I thought we outplayed them. Trumbull has a good team. We jumped up on them, they broke back with four straight goals, we outplayed them in the third period and overtime, but they got a lucky bounce. That's what can happen in overtime.

Dawn Karpell

I thought our defensive effort was fantastic. Most of their points came from the foul line. We really broke down what they wanted to do.

Tim Johnson

I think a lot of the buck does stop with FEMA, ... Their system for matching law enforcement needs with law enforcement resources out around the country broke down.

Maurice Cheeks

He was going to play no matter what. If it was broke he was going to play anyway. He'd get it taped up and go out there. It may have been a factor on his foul shots.

Thomas Gardner

He was speechless. He broke down. It was hard for him to get the words out. . . . I cried when he broke down.

Alex Cintron

I was in shock. I was happy, though. (Arizona) didn't have the confidence in myself. They were looking to trade me and I came here to Chicago. It is going to be good for me.

Melissa Arms

Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.

Jay Lapidus

Joey did a good job of fighting. He did a good job of being aggressive. We have a lot of confidence in him and he came through for us today.

Robert Hammonds

Joel played with a lot of heart, tonight. He didn't score when we came over here last time. He really got after it and we have to have that out of our seniors.

Bill Brooks

Josh is still pretty young, but he gained so much experience from his dad. When I found out his dad came in I knew that would be a good team. His father reminds me of Charlie Wingate, who was a good trainer for me. That's a big plus for Josh.

Gary Walker

I talk to him all the time, ... I just tell him, 'That's what you came here for. You're a first-round pick. You're going to be fine.'

Randy Jackson

It actually came off as a nice kind of package. I actually liked it, man, I liked it.

Natalie Cole

I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.

Larry Glass

I think it came out of the frustration of the City Council meeting that we all attended, particularly the Thursday one, where they tried to cut off the debate. They tolerate the public's discussion, but they don't really involve the public in the decision.

Todd Jones

I was lucky to get a couple by him. Because he's a pretty deadly hitter.

Shawn Chacon

I wouldn't say I needed it desperately. But after struggling the first couple of times you put more pressure on yourself.

Billy Beane

Kenny called me a couple days ago in Phoenix, ... He gave me a call.It took a lot for him to pick up the phone.

Dwyane Wade

Just the right place at the right time. Some nights are like that. I was able to get in a couple passing lanes and get some picks, but for the most part, it was just being in the right place at the right time.

Michael Young

He did his usual thing and kept us off balance. We got a couple of hits here and there, but we didn't really square much of anything up. He did a good job. It was typical Barry.

Juelz Santana

He definitely got some fire underneath his belt. He's not just a one-song wonder either. I heard some of the next couple records and it's real hard.

Lindy Ruff

He can win a game by himself. They got a couple of lucky bounces, but he made the difference.

Dave Tibbetts

Having a couple of inches of a step down is huge for practical reasons. If the deck and the porch are at the same height, water can seep in.

E. O. Wilson

He just threw me a couple of pitches there that I didn't think were strikes, but the umpire didn't see it that way.

Ruben Patterson

I think we were all devastated and hurt. It could have been worse. He could not be here today. We went out and played for him. I know he watched the game. It was a good win.

Ginny B. Waite

It is not the first time that Florida has been devastated by three hurricanes all at once. The State has experienced such occurrences before.

Carolyn Scott

He was the oldest of the three brothers, and they're just devastated by the loss. It's just a great loss for our family.

Andy Reid

He takes a lot of responsibility on his shoulders and he was devastated by the loss.

Tessy Manuel

I'm real proud of the way the girls have pulled together. They've handled the situation like mature adults, but that's not to say they aren't devastated by this.

Barbara Young

The cancellation opened up a lot of eyes in the town and the out-of-towners. It devastated us as much as the people that come.

Kate Christensen

It's hard for me to generalize about kids and divorce. I think every family's experience is different; some kids are devastated by it, others relieved, and so forth, no matter what generation they're from.

Rick Dudley

It's very solemn. You don't want to look too happy. You don't want to show how happy you are because you know how devastated they are.

Steve Patterson

We were, and are, devastated by the loss.

Joe Juraszek

I will have them do movements that are specific to their position. I'm not technical enough when it comes to football. That's for the position coaches.

Anton LaVey

Martin Luther dreamed up Protestantism while sitting on the toilet at Wittenburg monastery, and we know what a big movement that became.

Vladimir Lenin

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

Salvatore Quasimodo

Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement.

Christopher Hitchens

There is a division within the neo-conservative movement, which is, by the way, one of the tests of its authenticity as a tendency. I would say I was a supporter of Paul Wolfowitz.

Masanobu Fukuoka

We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a 'movement' not to bring anything about

Mitt Romney

The multiculturalism movement must be unmasked for the fraud that it is. There are superior cultures, and ours is one of them.

Lauren Oliver

Even the greatest movements on earth, have their beginnings with something small.

Pico Iyer

A person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Mike Pearson

We've been working on putting this in place for two years.

Joe Humasti

From tee to green, we're great. But our putting killed us. We really have to do a lot of work on our short game.

Dr. Wielgosz

It is as simple as putting a measuring tape around the waist. That will give an indication.

Dennis Lobenberg

Most of them are in my garage. I haven't worried too much about putting any signs up because of the weather.

Henry Cotton

The big trick in putting is not method; the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.

Dave Dombrowski

I'm going to sit down with Trams and review what's going on. It's an important day.

Henry A. Kissinger

a review of withdrawal strategy ... seems in order.

Donte' Stallworth

I don't know what it was, ... but I know it wasn't us being shut down.

Mara Wilson

I get a lot of "Shut up, Matilda." I probably get as many "Shut up, Matildas" as Wil Wheaton gets "Shut up, Wesleys." That was an actual line on his show, though.

Khaled Hosseini

Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.

Steve Baldwin

And you don't have to feel it has to be presentable all the time. You can shut the door.

Brian Elliott

We shut them down as a team, I don't think it was any one person that did anything that special.

Richard Sherman

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

Rick Riordan

Happy Birthday!' I yelled, 'Now, shut up!

Sherrilyn Kenyon

Shut up, sod off, and let me in. (Fury)

Mary Ellen Mark

It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.

Peter Stringfellow

You're only as old as the woman you feel.

Oriana Fallaci

The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.

Richard Whately

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

Woody Allen

See, I will always have this penchant for what I call kamikaze women. I call them kamikazes because they, you know they crash their plane, they're self-destructive. But they crash into you, and you die along with them.

Vanessa Bayer

Sometimes the funniest people don't know that they're funny - like the administrators in my high school.

Robin Hobb

A woman of many talents. And intelligent, too. He'd probably have to kill her soon.

Samuel Johnson

Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five; For, howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five; He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five.

Warren Beatty

Women are a problem, but if you haven't already guessed, they are the kind of problem I enjoy wrestling with.

Virginia Woolf

Young women... you are, in my opinion, disgracefully ignorant. You have never made a discovery of any sort of importance. You have never shaken an empire or led an army into battle. The plays by Shakespeare are not by you, and you have never introduced a barbarous race to the blessings of civilization. What is your excuse?

Virginia Woolf

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.

Virginia Woolf

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.