Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Konieczka

I think it has an attraction: the Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, the fun area, it's warmer than Madison. But now it's got the attraction of a city in dire need, a physical manifestation of a way we can help out.

Joe Muscato

I think it's going to turn out very well. We're sure it'll be a very big attraction when it's finished.

Radha Mitchell

I think the major attraction to me was?Christophe.

John Hodgman

I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life.

Tom Izzo

I think a lot of people like the Chicago thing because it's maybe more of a destination. But Indianapolis did an incredible job of making us feel like we were the main attraction in town.

Erwin McManus

I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit.

Anna Sui

I really wanted to bring magic and fun back to cosmetics. I mean that's always been my attraction with cosmetics: color, texture, sparkle, glitter and all the things that make you kind of different or special.

David Joyce

Everyone is anticipating the growth and attraction of this market.

Matt Kisber

The attraction of higher-skilled jobs and better-paying jobs have played a significant role in growing our economy.

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.

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.

Kathleen Norris

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier

Steve Saviano

(Kevin) is going to be a good goalie. I'm convinced of it. He's a big prospect for Carolina.

Ozzie Guillen

He convinced me he was ready to go. We need this kid. ... Especially with the two teams we might play, New York or Anaheim, we need two lefties (in the bullpen).

Julian Kurtz

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

Ralph Preston

Gold is telling us that not everyone is convinced inflation is in check.

John Naughton

We're pretty much convinced it's not a rogue shark or a shark out there -- one shark that's doing all the damage.

David Clohessy

We suspect there are many more. We're convinced it's just a matter of time before it happens again.

Nick Spano

I think we need a strong New Yorker to head the ticket, ... hasn't convinced me he is the right person.

Dan Rather

I am convinced we can do so again. That must be our focus and priority.

Tang Jiaxuan

I am convinced that this meeting will succeed,

Marion Berry

This is an accomplishment more attributed to Larry Williams and the leadership of this community,

Eric Snow

They are pushing the tempo more. Whenever you do that, you get more possessions. Under Larry Brown, they were more of an opportunistic fast-break team. Now, they are trying to run more.

Mike Browning

This isn't a negative, but he's not Larry Hughes. They're similar-type players, but he's not Larry Hughes.

Michael Storm

Dr. Larry and Viki are the only original characters left on the show.

Lou Dawkins

The other night I told Larry he doesn't have to score every possession. He should be getting double-digit rebounds and some assists.

Greg Norman

I didn't think Larry would get down in two, and I was right. He got down in one.

Brendan Barnicle

Larry will go out of there in a pine box.

Shai Agassi

Larry is a very smart man. You can quote me on that.

Ron Davis

Larry has a sister in Florida, and he took a week off in September to visit her.

Edwin Whipple

Knowledge, like religion, must be ''experienced'' in order to be known.

Murray Walker

You have to say what comes into your head, and sometimes the wrong words come, in the wrong order or I'd make prophecies which immediately turned out to be wrong.

Bobby Hernandez

He refused several orders to get out of the street, and he was arrested.

Dave Foreman

He's just got to be consistent. In order to pitch in the big leagues, you've got to be consistent.

Plaxico Burress

We've got to get things in order off the field, too.

Ronda Rousey

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

Umberto Eco

The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must throw the ladder away, because you discover that, even if it was useful, it was meaningless.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Mr. Rockefeller is due to entertain munificently at breakfast, and make his pitch. My advice to one invited guest was: Order caviar, and then say No.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.

Paul Di Filippo

The impossibility of a sequel ever recapturing everything - or anything - about its ancestor never stopped legions of writers from trying, or hordes of readers and publishers from demanding more of what they previously enjoyed.

Johnny Rivers

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were.

Kate Thompson

Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get it, it's kind of soul-destroying.

J. A. Konrath

Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.

Peter Brimelow

Textbook publishers don't even bother to advertise at their conventions.