Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Lewis

There are enough books in the world. You want to write the ones that are good. The minute you write books because you need the income not because you think you have a good subject, you should just stop. There are sixty thousand books published in this country every year, and most of them are crap.

Thomas Carlyle

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

Rosecrans Baldwin

Bookstores don't exactly dot the American highway in the grand manner of Sbarros.

Jonathan Galassi

I think publishers need to be the ones that publish the books and control that process: finding writers, helping them with their work, finding readers. I think writers need that.

Rick Riordan

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

Edward Markey

We're breaking huge monopolies. It just can't happen overnight. The time is takes is dependent on how long it takes to get rules on the books and whether or not the (Baby Bells) take the rules to court which is their right. Without question, consumers are going to get the competition Congress and the president promised,

Andre Bishop

Wendy was a smart, kind, warm, funny, talented, generous, successful woman - that we all know. But perhaps we didn't know was how deeply, profoundly, universally loved she was. Not by just the 1,000 who are here in the Beaumont today ... but by those who did not know her, who had never even met her, but who had heard her speak or seen her plays or read her books and felt as we do, that she was their friend.

Marion Ross

We had many luxuries, such as books an the theater, but not many of the necessities,

Paul Foster

We had good earnings and we have a lot of projects on the books and plan to significantly improve the refinery to make it more efficient and more profitable.

John Davidson

This was certainly a surprise. It's definitely spooked stocks and raised worries about whether consumer spending, which is responsible for around two-thirds of the economy, is going to slow down, and how that will impact the recovery.

John Davidson

This was certainly a surprise, ... It's definitely spooked stocks and raised worries about whether consumer spending, which is responsible for around two-thirds of the economy, is going to slow down, and how that will impact the recovery.

David Wyss

This was certainly a successful launch for the 30-year bond.

Noel Yuhanna

This was a very important and strategic move by Oracle, which is certainly good for them in long run.

Chris Probyn

This was a disappointing number relative to expectations and certainly consistent with the idea that consumer spending is going to be a much smaller contributor to economic growth in the fourth quarter.

George Burley

We do not have too many options left and we certainly won't be taking any risks with the Rangers match so close.

Koichiro Suzuki

We are certainly seeing the influence of higher oil prices on the U.S. economy.

Christian Winthrop

We are certainly raising money from all 50 states.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

We are certainly proud of our next release, Over the Hedge, which is a fun film for the entire family and a great way to kick off the summer movie season.

Ichiro Suzuki

I've seen a lot of great plays in my five years in the majors. And I know we have enough talent on our team to be able to contend.

Cindy Miller

I went MS, this can't possibly be happening and it was very scary I had visions of me in a wheelchair in five years and I had no idea what would happen to me.

R. Ingram

I want to thank God first of all for everything. This is a real big deal. It's an honor for me to be able to come down here and be the second person ever inducted within five years of being out of school.

Brittany Hunter

I was always in CD?s office. CD?s like my mom away from home. No matter how much she makes you mad or no matter how much we make her mad the next day, or the next five minutes even, she?s talking to you and joking around with you. I think that?s really important because then you know it?s not all about basketball.

John Frye

I was a little surprised, considering that's what I've done before. But you can't guard all five guys out there all the time.

Koji Uehara

I was able to strike those hitters out like that after my team scored five runs in the top of the seventh and I just thought about shutting them out and that strong will really worked.

Greg Kirby

I was just trying to find five players who could play defense. We played a very porous defense.

Paul Cabana

I think they handled their first playoff game really well. I didn't think they looked any different from guys who have been five or six years in the playoffs. If we're going to go on a run, (the rookies) are going to be a big part of it ? just like they were last year.

Brad Arnsberg

He's been very good. He slips down every once in a while, but last year, we'd see it once every four or five pitches. Now, we're seeing it once every 30 or 40 pitches. That's good.

Catherine Young

Southside's still a good team, and I don't think they played as well today as they have been.

Marcelo Enriquez

South is a very good team and I knew they were going to be much more competitive the second round.

Pam Reeves

South has a very good team, but we have a lot of young guns who will be ready down the road.

Dave Cox

Southern Utah has been good for trucks and trucks have been good for Southern Utah, ... There is nothing in this valley that didn't come in on a truck.

Sean Payton

Specifically, I just think we're not in real good shape right now. I think we've got a lot of work to do. There are a lot of guys struggling with reps.

Joe Linta

Special teams will be his meal ticket. He's got good speed and good hands. He's a real good 51, 52 or 53-type guy on the roster who can do a lot of things for you.

Lovie Smith

So we just realize we're going to get a good player and that's what's exciting.

Michael Walden

So this is a good report for Durham County, a strong report.

Kyle McLaren

Special teams was good tonight, especially the penalty kill.

Clay Shirky

Trying to express implicit and fuzzy relationships in ways that are explicit and sharp doesn't clarify the meaning, it destroys it.

Anna Quindlen

There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance

Cindy Margolis

The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to try to live up to the fantastic image of the 10th Muse!

Cicely Tyson

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

Chuck Yeager

What good does it do to be afraid? It doesn't help anything. You better try and figure out what's happening and correct it.

Cindy Crawford

In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare.

Cillian Murphy

You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.

Alfie Kohn

How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose - and fearing that they will make us lose?

Angela Merkel

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.