Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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

Mark Foley

We track library books better than we do sexual predators.

Ray Manchuk

We're optimistic that the new Harry Potter will bring more foot traffic to stores and perhaps become a catalyst to drive sales of other books as well.

Katherine Paterson

I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.

Darius Miles

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

Alden Ehrenreich

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do something or not. The character is important to me, as is getting to work with people that I feel like I can learn from and make a great movie with.

Chuck D.

Joey wrestled a great tournament, and we don't want him to get lost in the shuffle. He was solid all weekend.

Tim Ehresman

Joe was great tonight. He did things tonight he's been practicing all year. Come heck or high water, he was going to make it (to the regional tournament) again.

Ike Turner

Joe Louis is a great artist. He kind of helped me somewhat getting back to the blues.

Fay Vincent

John is the hero. He did a great job. Now Rose admits John was correct.

Mitchel McLaughlin

John Hume has, I think, demonstrated great sensitivity and judgment throughout this peace process. And I think it's hard to imagine a more inappropriate moment to make that suggestion.

Donnie Henderson

I think it's a great opportunity. You always want to hear your name, and now a team has actually called. It's exciting.

George Hayes

I'm mainly trying to get the word out to people, ... Look in your pantries and linen closets. Go to the store. What are some things you have that someone down there needs even more than you? What can you do without.

Robert G. Allen

We're mainly providing a place to sleep, shower and use restrooms.

Troy Johnson

It would mainly be for people who already live and work in the Mankato area.

Mike May

Still, I tune out the visual input when it is too distracting, mainly in conversations.

Martin Chalfie

Mainly I study the sense of touch and what the molecules are that transduce touch. And I use mutants in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to look at that problem.

Viswanathan Anand

I personally prefer long-distance walking, but we are talking about pre-tournament preparation. During a tournament I make do with walking, mainly to concentrate before a game.

Pierce Brosnan

Some people think my singing is superb. But they're mainly on strong medication and not allowed out much.

Terry Teachout

Unlike film, live theater is an anti-naturalistic medium in which character is mainly illuminated through speech and movement.

John Podhoretz

The defense of ObamaCare's constitutionality relies mainly on the truism that everyone is sure to get sick at some point in their lives, and this makes the health-care market unlike any other market.

Tracy Konopacky

As a team, I thought we really did well. We stuck our landings in the vault, and had two 9-point scores on the floor.

Josh Beckett

Right now it's going to come down to whoever scores more runs, because the starters aren't going to be out there as long,

Ed Cange

One night, somebody scores a lot, then another (night), it's someone else. That's our bedrock. It's a team concept.

David Dein

He has written his own part in Arsenal's history,

Debbie Harry

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Mark Johnson

It's been unbelievable. We couldn't have written a better script.

John Drinkwater

The written word is everything.

John Lydon

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

Sevyn Streeter

You should find the dopest producer in your area, and that producer is always going to want songs written to his beat.

Bram Cohen

Up to now, we'd get a written notification ... Now it will be expedited.

Felipe Alou

What a script. Wow. It was like it was written to be that way.

Allen Tate

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.