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.

Joe Torre

He cares. I'm not saying Barry doesn't care. But (Giambi) tried to keep an upbeat attitude, and it's not easy to do. He's been as open as he could be.

Tom Hall

Hands, the perfect metaphor for Barry Avrich's visual masturbation,

Shaquille O'Neal

When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.

Marty Schottenheimer

He's got great stop-and-start quickness. As a runner he's hard to find. I'm not going to put him in his category but skill-wise he's like Barry Sanders. His stop-and-start quickness reminds me of that.

Tony Perez

He should have the record. Barry is still playing, and he's still hitting home runs. To me, he hit the home runs, and he's supposed to break the record. To hit home runs, you've got to hit the ball. It's not easy to hit a 100-mph fastball, or even 95 fastball, out of the park.

Brad Johnson

His success is proven. And it's not just him. You've also got (assistant coaches) Rod Marinelli, Joe Barry and Mike Tomlin. You've got some guys who should be coordinators or head coaches on that defensive staff. It's impressive. They've kept guys together in the same system, and that's why they've had success.

Randy Winn

His track record speaks for itself. He's got Gold Gloves, hit big home runs, played in the World Series. .. . He's a real quality guy. With Barry and Mo being our number 4 and 5 hitters, it's great that he can not only play the outfield, but he can fill in the missing offense.

Ken Macha

I thought Barry had command from the first pitch on all of his stuff.

Felipe Alou

It is good to do that, but sooner or later Barry is going to play in the field. Because on opening day, what will we do? ... It's not like it's going to be every game he's DH. For us as a team, it can't be that way.

Michael Barnett

Having just turned 23, and with over 250 games under his belt, we look forward to the experience of helping David take his game to another level for us.

Jamaal Magloire

I thought David West played really well. He's proven himself, making shots all year. I'm happy for him.

Shane Warne

I thought David Fulton actually understood the game, but he must dislike us totally to go and hand someone the championship like that,

Larry Brown

I'd like to put Stu Jackson and David Stern and some of those guys in that same situation and see how they would have reacted. He helped get things under control.

Avery Johnson

He's a young David Robinson with a better jump shot.

Tamar Jacoby

In spirit, the whole idea of the reform is for people like David Mendez, who are in essence hard-working Americans with roots in this country, so they can get on the right side of the law.

Dan Donegan

I just think the whole message within the song fits with today's themes. It fits with the majority of stuff that David writes about.

Tony Russa

I just talked to Scott about his first at-bat, and he's not just going to take. If David gets on second base, he'll go to right field.

Sophie Monk

I play David Hasselhoff's secretary, ... She gets around a bit. It's quite a role.

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.

Lloyd Johnston

It is possible that some students know what drugs are and are not included in the tests, and migrate toward using those not included.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models. If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Russ Rader

Safety should not be a luxury that only comes standard on high-end models, ... If side airbags aren't included in a popular option package, most people won't get them.

Chris Willard

It was very smart what he (Barber) included and changed.

Twyla Tharp

Everything present is included in the past somewhere; nobody's present pops out of nowhere.

Keith Henderson

Those statements will be included and not excluded,

Simon Hawkins

We've been talking internally here about different people's names and he (Chris Anderson) has been included on that list.

Marcus Williams

The experiences here at the University of Connecticut included ups and downs, but I think they have all made me into a better person and for that, I will always be grateful.

Luis Aragones

But all the players who have not been included know that they can return to the side if they prove themselves on the pitch.

Ryan Bayda

I thought we were moving the puck really well and really reading off each other when Lee was down low.

Norm Chow

In this offense, Steve has a lot of leeway at the line of scrimmage. I trust him.

Chris Brown

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

Avicenna

Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs.

Douglas Brinkley

The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.

Louis Freeh

Dr. Lee was prosecuted because of his actions, not because of his race,

Jeffrey Johnson

Dr. Lee should live up to his promise.

Janet Reno

Dr. Lee is not a hero, he is not an absent-minded professor, he is a felon,

Tom Burt

Dr. Lee is going to be the highest-paid HR (human resources) manager ever,

Walter de La Mare

An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.

Salma Hayek

I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

Rick Warren

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.

Kerry Packer

You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime. And I've had mine

Paul Whelton

You can't recreate those samples, ... It's really devastating to the investigators who spent a lifetime putting these studies together faithfully. It's their life's work.

Julia Stiles

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.

Mary Balogh

I have read somewhere that we often spend a lifetime searching for what we already have.

Phil Robertson

Better a days catch of fish than a lifetime of crabs.

Pearl S. Buck

As for inhibitions, I've spent a lifetime developing them, and I don't intend to lose them.

Jim Johnson

Paul didn't play that much (Sunday), but we'll get him ready and he's going to have to play more this week.

Eugene Levy

And I'm doing a pilot for TV Land, called 'I Did Not Know That.' It's co-produced by Paul Reiser.

David Tennant

Paula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.'

Bob Stoops

We're going right now with Rhett, but we've still always got Paul ready to go.

Paula Cole

I'm still trying to find out who Paula Cole is. I always am - and I always will be - my real, inside self, which has no name.

Barbara Harris

The reward for success in St. Paul is eviction.

Thom Gunn

I was much influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Jeff Howard

Mrs. Scheele, Mr. Smith and Mrs. Paul got together and thought it up.

Chris Squire

Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.

Daryl Sabara

I don't know why there hasn't been a 'Spy Kids' cartoon. You have to bring that up to Robert Rodriguez and see what he has to say. That would be an interesting thing to do with this series.

Kerry Collins

Robert Gallery, ... makes us a better team, that's for sure.

Michael Bennett

I probably would have voted against Justice Thomas, and, and, and I've been disappointed by what Justice Roberts has done.

Brad Berenson

They're probably going to turn back to the Roberts model.

Kenneth Branagh

I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents.

Chin Han

I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that's a gift in itself.

Russell Tovey

I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!

Katherine Harris

You know, I think it's so important that Roberts is confirmed. And so we've insisted, we've promoted, we've cajoled, advocated for his confirmation.

Megan Fox

I want to be as pretty as Robert Pattinson.

Emily Lyons

I was in the right place, just at the wrong time that day.

Dwyane Wade

I was in the right place at the right time to get the bucket.

Denny Green

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

Ronny Jenkins

I take my vacation this time of year every year.

Leslie Cohen

I think it'll be time at the end of this year for them to go off and try something new, ... It'll be torture. It'll be torture.

Mary Lambert

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

Cynthia Johnson

He didn't get the time that we may feel he deserved, and he may not get it in this lifetime. But before it's all over with, he will get it.

Graham Elliot

Any time you can involve fake mustaches, things are just better.

Gong Li

I've been to Cannes 15 or 16 times, and every time I go, there's a kind of soul-stirring feeling.

Marcus Giles

It just made me and Tracy that much more comfortable at home.