Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Carter

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

Rebecca Makkai

I did teach elementary school for quite a while, and so I didn't have to reach too far back for the titles and authors that populate the early chapters 'of The Borrower.'

Jonathan Galassi

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

Benjamin Rush

Our authors and scholars are generally men of business, and make their literary pursuits subservient to their interests.

M. J. Rose

I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.

Julia Glass

I read reviews and consider myself pretty 'plugged in' to the literary cosmos, yet one of the things I love best about book-touring is the opportunity to compare notes with favorite booksellers around the country. I always come home with books by authors I'd never heard of - or books I've read about but didn't realize I might love.

J. A. Konrath

I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.

Julie Kenner

I know authors shouldn't play favorites with books, but 'Release Me' really is right up there for me. The characters truly came alive on the page and drove the story as much as I did from behind the scenes. It was a pleasure to write, and I'm so thrilled that it's the first of a trilogy because I get to spend more time with the characters.

Robert Gottlieb

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

Keke Palmer

I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

Krispy Kreme claims the 'batter is the best part.' Same with an Obama speech. It's all about what's on the outside, not what's inside.

Katherine Paterson

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

Larry Hughes

I was just dealing with it, playing through it, but I knew something was wrong. This was the best time to do it. If it was later in the year, I would've kept playing.

Evgeni Nabokov

Kipper is a confident guy right now back there and, defensively, they're one of the best teams in the league. Their identity is they're not going to score four or five goals, they're going to score two or three, but it's going to be enough to win.

Mike Gansey

Kevin is one of the best all-around players in the conference. He's obviously one of the best shooters and his inside play has improved this season. Kevin is a big part of our team.

Bill Schneider

Kerry's line is, 'If this is the best we can do, we're in trouble,'

Rod Thorn

Kidd can defend the best wing player at the end of the game, make the big pass, get the big rebound. That takes the pressure off the players.

Kelly Clark

Khoury's block on that toss play - wow. That was one of the best blocks I've seen all year - on film or in person.

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.

Sugata Mitra

Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain - to be used when needed. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are.

Jon Scieszka

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.

Paul Tate

(Kennedy) wants to look at what we're doing here with our selection process and what we've done with the contract to compare it to what their proposed new guidelines are going to be,

Seth Shostak

This plucky NASA telescope is able to find planets en masse. If you compare planet hunting to prospecting for gold, then Kepler is equivalent to trading in your trusty pan for a diesel-powered sluice box.

Derek Hall

Historically, in the recruitment area, we have done very little. We are new to the game compared to other institutions.

Heath Cowan

I think the legs are a lot fresher compared to this time last year.

John Keegan

I think the people saw the difference between someone who said he would do things, compared to someone who comes in with new ideas.

Ricky Giles

I thought everybody we played (in the tournament) was pretty deep with talent compared to where we were at, and they were a lot deeper. We knew when we went there that we had to play if we were going to survive in that tournament.

Todd Loper

It is pretty simple. There are just a few changes. They're all listed right here on the front. You can go through there in five minutes and read everyone of them, and compare them.

John Beilein

It is not a gimmick. I wouldn't compare it to a wishbone, I'd say it is more like the fun and gun because they spread you out and they are going to shoot the 3-pointer 25 times.

Paul Morris

There is a noticeable difference compared to the engines we've been running before.

John Stevens

I would totally disagree with that comment. I don't think we're ever considered as a soft hockey team. We've had this conversation before, our guys that are expected to score, need to score.

Bob Risch

I always considered that more of a threat.

Richard Chamberlain

Handsome" means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents to thank for it. Realistically, it doesn't hurt to be good-looking, especially in this business.

Shah Rukh Khan

I think the way the audience takes the Indian film-star is a little different from the way the audience takes the Western star there. We are considered like demi-gods here, and the reason is not because we are better or good, but because there is no other mode of entertainment in India.

Susanna Moore

On its 2015 list, the Fish and Wildlife Service included the 'ea, or hawksbill turtle, as well as the green turtle, Ridley sea turtle, leatherback turtle and loggerhead turtle. Four mammals are considered endangered: the Hawaiian hoary bat; the kohola, or humpback whale; the sperm whale; and the endemic Hawaiian monk seal.

Sugata Mitra

I don't even want to guess at what computer literacy might do to children, except to say that if cyberspace is considered a place, then there are people who are already in it and people who are not in it.

Mark Leno

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.

Jon Fleischman

Here's a state that Democrats have long considered an easy win. Not this time.

Roger Gibbins

Having a number of mini trust funds makes sense. We can consider doing the same thing for postsecondary education, perhaps creating a wellness fund and have a revenue stream where we could pursue wellness initiatives within the province,

Michael Angarano

I would say that my favorite action film is the 'Die Hard's. They're kind of perfect, I think.

Abram Himelstein

John Kennedy Toole is one of my favorite writers, but he's not someone who means a lot to the kids I teach. This is all about having other voices.

Drew Gilpin Faust

I have always loved animals, and as a child, I read a lot of horse books. I had a particular favorite called 'Silver Snaffles' that my mother gave away.

Quvenzhane Wallis

My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.

Eileen Wilson

He (Rowland) is really a favorite in this community. He is performing straight off a tour in Spain so we are really lucky that he can fit us into his schedule.

Sandy Nelson

Her favorite thing to do was walk to the library,

Ryan Costello

I think we're the favorite if we play our game.

Lorena Ochoa

It is my favorite tournament. I have a lot of friends here and my relatives come to watch me from Mexico.

Craig Barlow

He's going to be the favorite tomorrow. But a four-shot lead is never too much to make up.

Dorothy Smith

I was in on the meeting with the developers. I heard their presentation, and I liked what they said.

Greg Beratlis

I would've liked to have heard something out of his mouth. Yes, anything. A plea for his life or just his opinion on what went on over the last two years,

Mark Mandel

John is never at a loss for words. But when he heard the news, he was speechless.

Billy Donovan

I think in this tournament, they've been able to inspire a lot of different people, people that maybe are really, really in need. I heard Jim talk about some stories of some people and the letters he's gotten. To me, that's what his team has been all about.

George Thorogood

I take it that some of you people have heard this song before.

Felicity Huffman

I actually haven't heard the phrase 'overnight success,' but I know that most of the world doesn't know who I am.

Oprah Winfrey

I also heard I was helping you find a house because I wanted you near me.

John Thompson

He didn't say, 'I'm going to kick down this wall. I've heard him talk about it, and he was honest about what he did. He said, 'I'm going to win this championship, and this is what I've got to play with.' He wasn't even thinking about anything else, but they never listened to him. So he's not the one perpetuating the lie. We all are. It's crazy.

Crystal Merillat

He knew that was me talking if he heard that.

Chris DiMarco

I would take 10-under and go home and see how it does.

Julie Buchanan

Kathy told me she honestly thought they'd be home in three days, so they didn't pack a lot.

Adam Braidwood

I take a lot of responsibility for it. I'm going to go home and look in the mirror. I don't think, my last two games, I've played up to my potential.

S. Walker

I actually had to do my homework to pass the time. It was horrible.

Vicki Bosley

He was a hometown hero, and Lorraine made sure everyone knew it.

Mark Baron

He wants match play, it's his hometown and it works for him.

Melinda Hyder

He wanted his cigarettes, his son - he told us he made enough money and didn't need it. He made us all promise we were going to vote for him. (She did.) I really think that he had planned on going home all day, but he was part of a four-person alliance, and they talked him into staying.

John Milton

He unobserved / Home to his mother's house private returned.

Harry Smith

He did not know it was coming. He's distraught. He had a whole plan to go home and resume a life with his family.

Anita Diament

I'm not a literary writer. I didn't go to whatever school it is or have the mentor you need to get reviewed in the New York Times.

Joanne Kelly

I'm a child of the literary bent. I don't want to see 140 characters. I want to see a story.

Henry Rollins

It's hard to judge literary merit.

Nancy Pearcey

Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature for its own sake.

Ken Follett

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

Pope Francis

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

Terry Eagleton

Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure.

Terry Eagleton

What was needed was a literary theory which, while preserving the formalist bent of New Criticism, its dogged attention to literature as aesthetic object rather than social practice, would make something a good deal more systematic and 'scientific' out of all this. The answer arrived in 1957, in the shape of the Canadian Northrop Fryes mighty 'totalization' of all literary genres, Anatomy of Criticism .

Terry Eagleton

It is capitalism, not Marxism, that trades in futures.

Kellan Lutz

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around.

Keke Palmer

I love competing. I love a challenge. I love going in and showing people what I can do, proving to them that I can get this part, that I can give you what you want.

Grady Sizemore

I always feel like that. That's what I love about the game. There's always pressure in baseball.

Maria Sharapova

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

Stephen Jackson

He wants to play with us. He loves his teammates. He has no problem with his teammates. He told me that personally. He wants to come back and play.

Rod Carew

He cared. I love him. I'm going to miss him.

Peggy Fleming

He just loves what he's doing. And that rubs off on his skaters.

Sami Hyypia

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

Graham Elliot

Even though I live in and love Chicago, I can't stand deep-dish pizza. I'm a New York-style pizza person.

M. Wolfe

I would think he's worth it. They might not.

Jim Edmonds

I think it might be why I struggled in the World Series,

Ozzie Guillen

He did it all today. He might be in the lineup tomorrow.

Bryan Smolinski

(Hasek) was the reason we won. It was really tough taking those penalties in the first seven minutes, but then we got one at the end and that might have taken the wind out of their sails.

Stephanie Mills

Onstage, you can be anything you want to be. In concert, I might project a different side of myself, but I wouldn't do anything I'd be embarrassed of.

Alphonso Jackson

have come to realize they might not go back to New Orleans.

Kurt Kuchenbrod

He's good. He's really good. But at this point, anything can happen. If I go out and wrestle my hardest, you never know what might happen.

Andy Reust

It could be a possibility he might run it. At this point, I don't know where I'm going to go with it.

Scott Arneson

I think the proof is in the pudding. The Valley produces state championship contenders every year. Some people might not think that the Valley is that tough, but no one has proven otherwise.

Sarah Caldwell

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.

Willie Nelson

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

Peggy Cohen

The notes said they weren't suffering, they were just going to sleep.

Pamela Anderson

I'm known for my handwritten notes.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Are we not formed, as notes of music are, For one another, though dissimilar?

Gabriel Mann

I never wanted to get caught in doing something that was really one note.

Steve Denyes

They are still using the original notes from the symphony, but they are personalizing the arrangement and making it their own.

David Stern

The only record we have are your notes and your recollection.

William Blake

The sound is forced, the notes are few!

Chris Murray

He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season.

Conroy Hines

He is probably our go-to receiver right now. He's making plays. He doesn't do it right all the time, but when he has an opportunity to make a catch, he'll do it.

Greg Brenneman

I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders. This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

Dusty Baker

He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season.

John Campbell

I think it's an opportunity to have some new blood,

Scott White

I think they were pleased to have the opportunity to tell their story to a jury. That's really all you can do.

Kirk Snyder

I was just waiting my turn and working really hard. I was just waiting for the opportunity that I have been given. This is what I have been working for.

Clint Hurdle

He's been working on an assortment of pitches to use if that opportunity is ever presented to him. I think he's wasting his time.

Sam Hunt

I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

Joe Gibbs

I think we realized what was at stake,

Justin Upton

I think we're so competitive, ... he wouldn't even realize I'm his brother.

David Baker

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious.

Alexander Milinkevich

It is important that the Russian authorities realize that we are sincerely willing to respect Russia's interests. But we are not going to sacrifice our interests, either.

Jill Markowitz

I was a little intimidated at first. But once we started playing, I realized I could play with them, so I just tried to do my best.

Zack Greinke

I don't even realize how long it's been,

Richard Jefferson

I really didn't even realize it was that crazy.

Scott Lewis

I never thought there would be so many. I didn't realize the state has as much technology as it has.

Wilfrid Sheed

Mushy reviews are a breach of faith

Wynton Marsalis

I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.

Patricia Arquette

I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.

Sean William Scott

I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.

Anish Kapoor

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

Steve Earle

I don't usually read reviews.

Michael Chabon

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

Mark Ruffalo

I'd never seen anyone do a rebuttal review to some of the reviews.

Faith Prince

I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.