Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katherine Paterson

Some say it is the elements of hope and wonder in children's books that make them special. But there are many dark young adult novels these days. Adults loved Harry Potter, though it was written for the young. In the end, it is probably up to the reader of any age to decide if this book is for him or her.

Jack Shafer

I also think that anyone in late years of college is anxious about their future, asking themselves, 'What do I want to do? Also, I think that we all live vicariously through children and these kind of trend stories are an expression of adult anxiety.

George Herman

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!

Mark Sanford

Having literally dedicated the whole of his adult life to representing the people of Clarendon and Williamsburg, Alex was truly a servant of the people, ... That commitment to the ideals he lived by and the people he served will be sorely missed.

Jim Collins

He's a big-sized adult bird and he keeps coming back to this area.

C. Thomas Howell

Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man's land for a while, trying to figure out who I was as a person, and going from a young actor to an adult actor.

Fred Kanter

I thought we were going to be approved. We're a legal adult entertainment business. I thought we could have produced some jobs and been a good business for the area.

Leslie Bennetts

I think that having been abused when she was a child has had a really damaging affect on her adult relationships.

Matthew Myers

It is good news for our nation's health that adult smoking rates are declining again after stagnating during much of the 1990s, ... But it is also clear that elected officials at all levels must do more to implement the scientifically proven measures that have produced these declines.

Donald Rumsfeld

know what they're doing. They're focusing on public opinion in the United States. They're trying to do things that are dramatic and affect that.

Christopher Burdick

I wouldn't put 100 pounds; that's just overkill. Remember that the weight affects gas mileage as well.

Willie Randolph

I would think that any team at this point in time, given where we are, would be pretty weak if they let these two games affect them,

Willie Randolph

I would think any team at this point in time, given where we are, would be pretty weak if they let these games affect them. Because we're still there. We can make up for these last three days if we play well on the road. I'm positive, man. I feel good about my guys. No doom and gloom. We're looking forward.

Steve Dunn

Jacob pitched a great game. He actually got slower as the game went on, and I think that really affected their rhythm.

Janna Levin

I would say the connection between art and science is very tenuous for me. It's just that I'm interested in both. I don't think that my interest in art affects the kind of science that I do.

Riley Wallace

Just trying to keep it light. Sometimes, when you have something negative on your mind, it affects the way you play, so we're trying to keep it all positive.

Terry Zwigoff

Just to get the actors to relax, listen to each other, and actually affect each other, there are a number of techniques you have to learn, and they don't all work on every actor.

George Young

Just remember to show some compassion. When you talk about firing a coach, you're not talking about how it affects one man. You're talking about how it impacts 14 families the family of every assistant coach. You're talking about 30, 40, 50 people and a lot of them are children.

Jason Statham

I was like, 'Well, we'd think he'd be useless around kids,' ... But I think he finds himself more comfortable around children than he realizes.

Graham Elliot

Kids see cooking as a creative outlet now, like soccer and ballet. It gives me hope that things like fast food, childhood obesity and the horrible state of school lunches can be addressed by kids and their parents.

Ted Williams

Kids get separated from their parents all the time. Had his parents paid attention, this little child would not have wandered off.

Kerry Nelson

Kids at the children's shelter are coming out there and getting a lot of one-on-one because there are so few children out there. The reading program out there is really helping these kids a lot.

Anthony Robbins

Kids are the alltimechampions of questioning. What could you gain by imitatingthe innocence and curiosity of children who are completely determined to get ananswer?

Britt Ekland

I would teach U.K. parents how to stop their children throwing litter. London is a beautiful city but its streets are disgusting.

John Romano

Keeping an elderly couple in their home for another 10 to 15 years makes good financial sense. If they stay in their home, their cost to the town is minimal compared to the family with four children that would replace them.

Thomas Kinkade

Keep yourself surrounded by a family that loves you. My children have never told me they dislike one of my paintings.

Mohamed Salah

keep the happy child within and let the man outside stays outside because noone is interested in knowing the real you unless he truely loves you and those are rare to found

John Cridland

It could have the perverse effect of throttling private sector investment, thereby damaging the UK economy - putting the very pension schemes the regulator is trying to protect under even more pressure.

Usman Hamid

He has no damaging reputation involving human rights.

Ryan Smith

Pigs are probably one of the most damaging invasive species.

Jim Awad

The hurricane was much less damaging than was feared and therefore oil is declining. That takes the pressure off the economy, so we're getting a knee-jerk reaction.

David Gergen

You can slice and dice this thing any way you want, but I still think it's politically damaging for the administration.

Dan McCarthy

Any time you have a situation where you have grapefruit- sized hail with damaging winds, those are some severe storms.

Herman Edwards

It's tough, but we'll have to rebound. It was damaging (three) weeks ago, losing two quarterbacks. That's just what we're dealing with.

Saddam Hussein

At the same time things went wrong, damaging the reputation and credibility of the United Nations.

Chris Mullin

All of that has been deeply damaging to the process.