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

Silvia Pepino

Italy needs radical reform to cut its unit labor costs and regain competitiveness, but that can be a very painful process.

Javier Bardem

There are so many movies and it's a waste of time and a waste of money. Basically, movies are made with what it costs the external debt of all Africa.

Kay Runge

It costs us probably a third per square foot to run as the other building.

Marilyn Rush

It costs so much money, and we're poor people.

Dennis McAlpine

It costs more now to go skiing than to go to Disney World. That's going to drive skier-days down.

Mark Harrison

It costs me $50 to fill up. I'm cutting back on other things.

Anthony Chan

It could be the weather. Distribution costs increase with the cost of energy. Fertilizer goes up when energy goes up. There are various reasons for the surge.

Melanie Bien

It costs a lot of money and effort to do this. Most people would opt for a bridging loan.

Ken Thompson

We're proud of our record fourth-quarter results and fourth consecutive year of double-digit earnings increases despite rising funding costs and related industry-wide pressure on margins.

Roger Clemens

just to try and look at the details of everything that happened.

John Hume

He knows details about the machine ... this is model X and why. That shows a really involved collector.

Katherine Collins

He refused to elaborate; he wouldn't give any details as to what that meant.

Robert Esche

He's a great man. I like him a lot. Obviously, stuff will come out. I don't really know the details of it. But I do know he is a good man.

Ann Beattie

Her prose has become known for its vivid particularity, the details of the way we live.

John Schneider

Going forward from here, we'll take what we've done and probably go back into a small group arrangement and be more detailed on what the steps would be in these various areas.

Tony Blair

His WMD program is active, detailed and growing. The policy of containment is not working,

Eva Nogales

We are gaining information on the differences and similarities between viral mechanisms and eukaryotic mechanisms. Getting to the molecular details of these gets to the possibility of learning one mechanism versus the other so you can try and stop (the virus from attacking) the human cell.

Shawn Ashmore

I think, ultimately, those little details come through, even if it's just in my head.

Jim Rosborough

I wouldn't put anything past him. Whatever he says typically gets done. He's just never, ever let any of his handicaps hold him back at all.

Sitiveni Rabuka

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets it.

Floyd Reese

I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,

Bill Cowher

Joey is the kind of guy who gets us going. We have some unique personalities, and Joey is unique in his own sense.

Mark Hastings

Josh is a very physical kid. He runs really well and has a great nose for the ball. When he gets a hold of you, he's going to tackle you.

John McNeley

J.R. has such a quick release, it doesn't have to be a situation where he gets that open.

Joe Nemechek

I think it gets back to being in the right place at the right time and getting the right break.

Michael Schwartz

He's a conciliator. He's someone who gets people together,

Curtis Brown

He's a great player, but he's also still a man. He gets tired on some plays and has to go out. That's how everyone is. We can't be scared.

Jack Horner

Historical science is being left in the dust.

Yasuo Fukuda

Historical perspectives or outlooks represented in textbooks should not be identified as those of the Japanese government.

Ed Harris

I don't have the luxury of the firsthand historical knowledge that you have. You'll probably find the same thing with the board.

Reza Aslan

The New Testament is not a historical document.

William Wordsworth

Those old credulities, to Nature dear, Shall they no longer bloom upon the stock Of history?

William J. Clinton

We must fortify African democracy and peace by launching Radio Democracy for Africa, supporting the transition to democracy now beginning to take place in Nigeria.

Will Eisner

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.

Will Durant

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

Sarah Sutton

I like the stories with the historical themes.

Scott Erickson

What we wanted to do was just put to rest the question of, 'Hey, are they going to be around now that (Apple is) making a major switch to Intel?

Jon Cryer

His name is Blane? That's a major appliance, that's not a name!

Dr. Armstrong

I think it's a major step forward. There's no question about it.

David Becker

I think it's a major step forward, I don't think it signals any retreat from vigorous enforcement.

Rhodri Morgan

It is all part of a major Welsh revival. We are raising our game, and not just on the rugby field.

Jalal Talabani

I think the majority (of all Iraqis) will vote yes,

Daniel Breaker

I think that the major message in 'Shrek: The Musical' is be who you want to be. I think that it is about being your true self in this world.

Sylvana Foa

I think (that) the major conclusions are that there are a lot of very rich people who are getting very, very rich, and there are a lot of very, very poor people who are getting even poorer.

Alex Jones

The majority of world stock markets are now owned by the Arabs.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

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

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

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,

MC Hammer

I think it is a shock to people to find out that MC Hammer is a super geek.

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.

H. Hunt

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

Graham Elliot

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

Brian Sabean

I would say it has to be somebody who's a veteran, who's an innings-(eater) who's had reasonable success on a winning team.

Joanna Lumley

I switch off lights like a maniac. I drive at reasonable speeds so that I don't waste petrol.

Jeff Tarter

I think it's a reasonable model. It eliminates flakiness of patching and upgrading software.

Sen Sears

I think we have come to a reasonable consensus. I think it will have strong support in the Senate.

Robert Buchanan

I think that's reasonable over time, but it's not going to come easily.

Ogden Nash

Women would rather be right than reasonable.

Sue Wright

They want to be on the podium. They feel like that's a reasonable go for them.

Terry Pratchett

When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.

Dave Scott

We're going to go to something that is a reasonable rate.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Lyndon B. Johnson

I wrote once every two or three weeks for about a year, ... and then about a year ago, I got an e-mail.

Mark Grindstaff

Joel is real dominant. He didn't have any trouble. He has one loss. All three are undefeated in league.

Chris Edwards

What we had in 16 acres, ... they have in three counties.

Spencer Stewart

Going 30-0 is amazing, but we want three more wins.

Clark Haggans

He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.

Karen Woodall

We've been trying to get that back for three years.

Phil Jackson

We stumbled and fumbled around out there for three quarters.

Robert Meyer

It is phenomenal. When we first started, it was just me and three employees. We all wore many hats.

Amy Walter

It is one thing if it is three weeks. Three months, that is another story.

Silas Weir Mitchell

'Grimm,' I think, is a unique show in a lot of ways. There is certainly nothing on TV that looks like 'Grimm'.

Ike Taylor

I watched TV for two days, and then after that I just couldn't watch any more.

Walter Annenberg

TV is like theater. You can't enjoy it without a program.

Wendy Williams

I can't narrow either one down to just one thing. I've rolled the dice and had both success and failure. I can tell you that right now we're on a roll with the talk show. Everything is good with the TV show.

Zoe Saldana

I never really watched the TV series.

Jamie Blackley

In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.

Henry Rollins

I'm always looking upwards and looking forwards and so when someone says, "Hey, would you consider a TV show?" I say, "Hell yeah, I'll consider that. I'll check that out."

Laura Carmichael

I cry at films and TV and even adverts.

John Cheever

Never eat a heavily sugared doughnut before you go on TV.

Jeff Hammond

He's a different person than he was a year ago.

Emily Cederholm

I think the expectations are higher, but they don't feel so much pressure. This whole year is different.

Brandon Roy

I think this is the year it can happen.

Two Chainz

In my 8th grade yearbook picture I had on 2 chains.

Richard D. James

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

Richard D. James

I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.

Robbie Coltraine

Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you.

Rob Sheffield

Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose.

Rob Chapman

I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form.