Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

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.

Sophie Hannah

Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

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

Robin Hobb

I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Sir Woodward

We are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is just such a character.

Sue Miller

I think the plasticity of the novel is its greatest challenge. There are no rules; there is no necessary form. You can know what you want it to be, or do, and still not know how to write it. There are endless possibilities, infinite choices. What voice should it be in? What events to start with? What characters will be part of it?

Joel Edgerton

I think the great thing about characters is the ways that they can be surprising. I mean, sometimes you think you've got a lock on a personality, even just in life, and then they'll shock you by their behavior.

Marc Guggenheim

I think it's very hard to talk about these characters in a closed-ended, sort of non-sequel way, especially characters like The Flash and Green Lantern, which have such rich, long histories.

Don Mischer

It had been kind of ignored before that. Disney would do halftime with characters dancing on the field, that kind of stuff. It's become much more intense over the years.

Pat Kelly

I think it'll be discussed, ... but it'll be discussed by higher-ups than us.

The Archives

has not been discussed in any meeting I've been in. And I would estimate I've been in at least 100 meetings.

Brian Sabean

I think you want him in one spot, ... We discussed Pedro being the third baseman, which is good for our defense. It's good for him to play every game in one spot.

Keith Self

I don't have the foggiest idea what Rick is referring to. There was one incident with an overzealous supporter that I discussed with Rick.

Don Hamilton

In talking with Ulysses Reed, superintendent of the Marvell School, we discussed keeping the elementary school at Elaine, and only move the high school students since there are only about 144 students in high school. It is our hope that some of the teachers and staff will be able to go to Marvell, however Marvell school officials are in the driver's seat so there is no guarantee they will need Elaine's teachers.

Leslie Johnson

After the interview, we felt more involved, ... My husband and I discussed how pleased we were. Our son doesn't need to go in green.

Neil Howard

We've already discussed it, and it's a good possibility.

Mike Brey

Our seniors helped with a poised demeanor. We discussed that since Saturday. They were rocks that the guys on the floor could rely on.

Donnie Walsh

I've talked to a lot of teams, discussed myriad types of offers. Some are player for player, some involve first-round draft picks, some involve savings, some involve a combination of those things. I'm encouraged by some of the things we were offered.

Maurice Drew

He's always been a leader. When he was hurt in the spring, usually if a guy gets hurt and he's fighting for a spot, he might be selfish, but Drew did the total opposite,

Ryan Gregorio

He was telling me he was really tired, but when I drew up our final play for him, he responded. He also thanked me for trusting him in the end.

Steven Spielberg

I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun,' who'd never made a movie before.

Ted LePage

I've watched a lot of film (of the Jays last season) and I've been around Drew now for quite a while, and I like a lot of the things he's doing. I thought the schemes he ran last year were very good.

John Madden

We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing - the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses - we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline.

Kelli Wildman

Drew was never really big on going to school, but now it seems he can't wait to go back.

Dan Campbell

Drew has always said he loves that guy. You can tell there's something special between the two. There are throws Drew makes because he trusts Terry, and routes that Terry runs because he trusts Drew.

Ben Crane

Drew and I had a wonderful time. It was a fun way to start the week. Drew read my last two putts and we made them both.

Chris Morris

We gave Drew plenty of time to make his throws, and he made the throws.

Susanna Moore

It is possible to say that all of my books concern themselves with the notion of what it means to be female - whether it is in New York City in 2000 or Calcutta in 1836. In that way, my books really are the same.

Michael Chiklis

I was actually a little nervous when the female horse got shot,

Leslie Mann

There aren't good roles for women: the female parts aren't developed: the women are serving the men.

Sara Blakely

Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else

Sandra Bullock

I never realized that as a woman I would be looked at as less than until I was pretty deep in this business and realized, 'Oh my God. I'm being treated this way because I'm female.

Marcia Gay Harden

In any film, there are 10 male roles for 1 female role, especially in the action films. They're heavy with the guys.

Andrea Dean

They looked over the roster and matched up the females on the roster with the information given in the tip.

Pam Grier

It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.

Mary Wollstonecraft

... wealth and female softness equally tend to debase mankind!

Lynda Carter

I was also happy to see girls represented in this superhero thing all the way through,

Jesper Parnevik

He could be the next Casanova superstar on tour. The girls love him. He's fresh, has a lot of charisma, and he's fun.

Jim Sheehan

This was a good win. I am really pleased the girls played as well as they did.

Javier Ramirez

What we worked on this summer was our vertical. I don't have great size. But these girls can get off the ground.

Julie Klausner

Here is how you meet women: You tell the girls you are friends with - the ones in relationships - that you want a girlfriend. You shouldn't even have to say 'Set me up' or 'Introduce me!' If they're good girls, they'll get the hint.

Sasha Cohen

I think it's hard for the girls here and everyone who's worked so hard to make the Olympic team.

Todd Borrison

I thought when their guards penetrated and got good shots, our big girls made the shots tough one them and that made the big difference.

Dallas Richter

We surprised a lot of people. It's starting to sink in with the girls and the community. The town is abuzz.

Andy Scott

We threw it into high gear. The girls played with passion.

Graham Hawkes

If you build a Model T and you can see the Camry, you don't spend time tinkering with the T; you go straight to the next thing. Once you build the Camry, you can see the Ferrari, so you go straight to that.

Tibor Kalman

We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right.

Bob Dole

I think it's pretty obvious the model for victory is the Ronald Reagan model,

Joe Browne

Other sports have modeled their drug programs after ours, which has been around more than 15 years.

Jessica Hart

If you see me or another model in a bar, wait until you are spoken to before you speak.

Andres Duany

In every way, this is a model of how things should change.

Tim Sampson

I submit to you that this development is a model for transit-oriented development. This type of development is a type of solution to the regional traffic problem.

Gigi Hadid

In California, I'm more of a beach chick, and I kind of take on a model city girl when I'm in New York.

Wade Lange

It's really a model for how to do these things.

Steven Boylan

I know this is a big one, but I can't say if it is related to anything that is going on.

Kim Cattrall

I like movies I can relate to.

Tina Ambani

There was a time when I could only relate to happy works. With time, my taste has evolved.

Kiesza

It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist.

Anwar Robinson

Everything I do is music-related.

Lana Hall

You better not talk about anybody. Because they're going to be related to somebody.

Maya Beiser

I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.

Edward Hirsch

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

Jack Johnson

We're all related. We're all a family.

Chris Mack

He's a linebacker with the basketball. He's so doggone strong for a guard.

Steve Trimper

He's got a strong arm. It was a game-saving throw right there.

Larry Taddeo

He's got a strong arm. I think he'll get some looks.

Lance Armstrong

I think we have fielded our strongest team ever with this formation,

Anton LaVey

In this arid wilderness of steel and stone I raise up my voice that you may hear. To the East and to the West I beckon. To the North and to the South I show a sign proclaiming: Death to the weakling, wealth to the strong!

Sara Atuaia

He's become our go-to player. We need him to keep being strong up from.

Brian Urlacher

He doesn't look any different to me. He was as strong as ever.

Rob Thomas

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Richard P. Feynman

Our freedom to doubt was born out of a struggle against authority in the early days of science. It was a very deep and strong struggle: permit us to question - to doubt - to not be sure. I think that it is important that we do not forget this struggle and thus perhaps lose what we have gained.

David Clark

It's unfair to the students, because they don't know what they can do to get themselves expelled.

Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould

Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.