Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jo Nesbo

Ever since the '70s, Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo were the godfathers of Scandinavian crime. They broke the crime novel in Scandinavia from the kiosks and into the serious bookstores.

Jo Nesbo

Many Scandinavian writers who had made their name in literary fiction felt they wanted to have a go at the crime novel to show they could compete with the best. If Salman Rushdie had been Norwegian, he would definitely have written at least one thriller.

Michael Koryta

Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.

Noah Baumbach

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

Megan Abbott

I don't really consider any of my novels 'crime' novels.

Michael Connelly

The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.

James Ellroy

I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific what Tolstoy is to the Russian novel and what Beethoven is to music.

Agatha Christie

It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

Trent Rollins

I was disappointed with that. We're on top of the guy and then all of a sudden we flipped to our back and we're pinned within seconds. I don't know how that happened.

Delta Burke

I put the weight on after we were together. I put on about 20 pounds when we got married, and people were flipping their lids. And then I put on more after that, and I've gone up and down since then.

Finding Nemo

Chum: Dolphins. They think they're so cute. Oh, look at me, I'm a flippy little dolphin, let me flip for you.

Kelly Clarkson

I know, I know, I know. So I flipped out!

Jim Crowley

You've got to flip over every rock you can. There's some untapped ground, but not much.

Chris Armas

And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets.

Don Harrison

The flip side of hurricane preparation is hurricane cleanup.

Taylor Swift

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you.

Karl Lagerfeld

I am physically allergic to flip-flops

Paul Pierce

I've never even been into those supplements or any of that. I don't even drink energy shakes. I'm not into that kind of stuff. You just get me an In-N-Out burger and some Popeye's fried chicken and I'm straight.

Oprah Winfrey

I've been stopped cold from eating another burger!

Rene Redzepi

I would love to eat a really great burger, but it doesn't exist in our part of the world.

Michael Mina

I don't know if you call a burger 'recession food.' It's comfort food.

Eva Longoria

That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.

Eva Longoria

The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers -- she needed a tax break,

Gigi Hadid

I've always said, 'Eat clean to stay fit, have a burger to stay sane,’