Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ken Hill

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Marty Heires

Know that we are fully cooperating with the authorities. You can be sure of that.

Karen Russell

It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, 'That's next chapter, don't worry about it!' I don't think the workshop is set up so well to do that for novels.

Tim Reese

He was able to find that median where he was an authority figure but cool enough that he would hang out with his students.

Zlatko Kranjcar

He decided himself to leave the squad. If we called him back, we would lose authority without any guarantees that he would not repeat such an act.

Jane Moore

He is old school. He's not a friend to the students, he's an authority figure. He is type of faculty member that students come to when they have problems. If they need a swift kick, he'd do that.

Jennifer Stephens

has no authority over the statements of that organization.

Paolo Iorio

Hamdi will have a fair and transparent trial. Public opinion is one thing, judicial authority is another.

Yasser Arafat

has to invest more of his authority, of his control. But there is a beginning of hope that I wouldn't put aside.

Julie Vallese

Retailers who are unaware that the product has been banned for sale should remove it from store shelves, and parents should take them away from children.

Gwyneth Paltrow

It's sort of banned from our home, ... But when he's not around, we play it in the car.

Mario Pescante

The use of banned substances in Italy is a crime.

James Wagoner

And as more people find out what is being taught and what is being censored in these ineffective programs, more and more of these 'stay pure or we don't care about you' programs will be banned from public schools.

Jim Shea

It's on the banned list -- no question he screwed up.

Joseph McGrath

There's certainly blasphemy in the play. Genet plays with the notion of blasphemy a lot; that's one of the reasons France banned it.

Chris King

The more deviant you can be, the better. Kids love to see you get kicked out of places. I, personally, am banned from Nassau County in New York.

Michael Jacobson

Denmark has in effect banned partially hydrogenated oil; Canada is considering it. The United States ought to do the same.

Patrick Lynn

The speech becomes ineffective if it's banned from taking place during the event. Hence, it takes away their free speech.

Kenny Guinn

He will always tell you how it is, and he won't sugar coat it, ... He will be blunt and to the point. He will tell you when you are going wrong and when you are doing right.

Mike Fratello

You understand if you don't win, the season is over. It's as cold and as blunt as that.

Jack Cardetti

The Blunt administration took steps that actually weakened the state's position in BRAC.

Allan Gregg

This particular appointment seems to blunt and mute the opposition where it's most pronounced, which is in the province of Quebec.

David Harsanyi

Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives.

John Dryden

So sicken waning moons too near the sun,/ And blunt their crescents on the edge of day.

Jimmy Swaggart

I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry. And I'm going to be blunt and plain: if one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died.

Jessica Robinson

This is not something Gov. Blunt is going to include in the special session.

Sheryl Sandberg

Women are not making it to the top of any profession in the world. But when I say, 'The blunt truth is that men run the world,' people say, 'Really?' That, to me, is the problem.

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

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

Jerry Jones

I had high hopes we could come together under these circumstances and push through a deal. It had everything to do with the time frame. But more important than anything, we were probably able to speak with a lot more candor these last two days than we have over the last few years.

Wilhelm Stekel

Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.

Publius Tacitus

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin

H. Munro

The young man turned to him with a disarming candor which instantly put him on his guard

Eugene Jarecki

His track record of pragmatism, depth and candor all speak to a person who would find the Tea Party simplistic, opportunistic and misguided. Reagan was surrounded by some very smart people who gave him very sound advice. They were not wondering where certain countries are on the map.

Martha Stewart

Because they are generated in what may seem to be a very comfortable setting, the frequent candor has led to multitudes of embarrassing moments,

Martha Stewart

Charles made us laugh all the time, and Alexis is unbelievably wonderful to all the candidates. They just appreciated her candor and niceness so much,

John Fazzary

I think maybe that loss to Candor (in the IAC semifinals) was good for us. Now we've got to make two more small steps to get the crown.

David Stahl

For the plaintiffs it comes down to a question of candor and does the jury think the defendant was being honest and putting all its cards on the table. If they think they're trying to hide something, that's when the defendant gets slammed.

Stephen Dorff

I'd like to make a movie in the South of France. I'd like to make a movie in London again. And, I'm going to make a movie in Amsterdam.

William Shenstone

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

William Shenstone

Nothing is certain in London but expense.

Trevor McDonald

I love living in London.

Roger Moore

I was born in London, so going there is always a treat.

Winston Churchill

We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

Washington Irving

[I]n the gloomy month of February.... The Deserts of Arabia are not more dreary and inhospitable than the streets of London at such a time...

Steve Cram

Paula Radcliffe needs to be gutsy to win the London Marathon.

Katie Price

I like to spend time with my family. The majority of my time is spent in London, but I do like to escape and spend time with them in my hometown of Brighton on the south coast.

Bill Richardson

I will not tolerate security lapses and I'm outraged at what happened,

Bella Abzug

I always had a decent sense of outrage.

Tom Robbins

Don't be outraged, be outrageous.

Richard Grubman

If this is correct, your shareholders should be outraged that such a transaction was not consummated.

Nick Sullivan

He's probably worn his most outrageous (outfits) when he's in a video or on stage. What we photographed him in is very much what he wanted to wear.

Sean Howard

It has outraged the community. He should be ashamed.

Ian Paisley

Unsaturated fat is an outrage.

Robert A. Schuller

I think family-run ministries are fabulous, but they have to be placed in proper governance.

Bill Steele

Unlike soap or deodorant, which can be placed by marketing, shaving is very much performance.

Robert Maxwell

Money you haven't earned is not good for you.

Lord Byron

Dead scandals form good subjects for dissection.

Mike Pence

It's time to save the U.N. from its own scandals and mismanagement. It's time for U.N. Reform with teeth

Cassandra Clare

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

William Shakespeare

No particular scandal one can touch but it confounds the breather.

Robert Gottlieb

The mysteries and scandals of the Kremlin are nothing compared to the mysteries and scandals of the Bolshoi.

John Bogle

The scandal is not what's illegal. It's what's legal.

Darby Stanchfield

My favorite cast member of Scandal is Josh Malina.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

There never was a scandalous tale without some foundation.

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.

Mona Singh

It is about time that TV actors were paid as well as film stars.