Famous Quotes & Sayings

Katherine Paterson

Some say it is the elements of hope and wonder in children's books that make them special. But there are many dark young adult novels these days. Adults loved Harry Potter, though it was written for the young. In the end, it is probably up to the reader of any age to decide if this book is for him or her.

Jack Shafer

I also think that anyone in late years of college is anxious about their future, asking themselves, 'What do I want to do? Also, I think that we all live vicariously through children and these kind of trend stories are an expression of adult anxiety.

George Herman

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual!

Bobby Vinton

I was able to stay on because in those days I was selling songs like 'Blue Velvet' and 'There I Said It Again'. But they were kind of adult hits.

Rick Derringer

I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.

Yehuda Berg

The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.

Lloyd Kolbe

Part of the problem is if you've got an adult population where 64 percent of the adults are obese, that's the model that the upcoming generation sees every day. So the potential for it to become the norm, that's part of the self-perpetuating cycle.

James Howe

I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read children's books, adult books, current authors, and classics, but I like fiction the most.

Roger Entner

It has every component that has proven conducive to the consumption of adult entertainment - privacy, easy access, and, on top of it, mobility,

Jim Melcher

I think it's a combination of the oil prices and GM today. There's been a heightened focus on inflation recently, and energy prices are a major component in inflation.

Mary Taylor

The purpose of the forums is to stimulate thinking and discussion about how communities can incorporate innovation and technology as components of their economic growth strategies.

Craig Ellis

In terms of fiber-optic components and being the leader in that space, hands down, it's a wonderful company.

Merle Gilmore

In addition, we ended up paying, in some cases, some fairly significant premiums in order to be able to secure components on what was effectively a spot market in some components.

Brian Freeland

But you can't do the piece without that component of fanaticism, and there is no better visual example of that than the head-shaving.

Gary Davis

The issue of high tech is a big one with many components and we really want to get it into the open and onto the agenda. These politicians do seem to grasp that there is an issue here, at least related to the people side, because I tend to split it into two ? the people side and the industry side.

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

The concept of legitimacy in Thailand is not just about elections. It has a moral and ethical component to it.

Anthony Chan

The headline number is encouraging, but if you strip out the volatile components and look at core growth, it's telling you we're turning the corner, but we're not running around the corner.

David Ritchie

The hardware is a component but the software is where we actually see the value longer term.

John Schmidt

It didn't have anyone's prints on it, ... because the rubber grip wasn't conducive to prints. We had an expert from the crime lab testifying about why there were no prints.

Bob Wallace

There is ample parking for games. But there's not a lot of surface-lot parking, which is necessary and conducive to tailgating.

Jim Hendry

He has a lot of intangibles that are conducive to success. He has the personality and makeup to handle tough spots. He didn't shy away from difficulty during a tough rehab.

Toshihiro Wada

The global economy is in good shape. The environment is conducive to taking risks for now, so we'll remain overweight in stocks and underweight in bonds.

Georg Christoph

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all

P. J. O'Rourke

Toledo is better than exciting, it's happy. Because nothing is more conducive to unhappiness than taking yourself seriously, and taking yourself seriously is difficult when you're baseball team is the Mud Hens.

Neal Fisher

This is, unfortunately, one of the years that was conducive to a scab outbreak.

Ouida Forsyth

Watching TV is just passive, because they are just sitting there. You are not developing your gross motor skills. ... It is not conducive to oral language development. It is not going to increase your oral language skills.

Bill Roe

The selling is just about over for the time being, but it's not an environment conducive to buying. There's not much reason to jump in.

Mark Martin

Kind of made it easy on me here at the end without me having to fight for it.

Gail Goestenkors

I wouldn't say it's an easy fix. I think it's a mentality. Once again, I feel like we have to become mentally tougher.

Rick Soracco

I think in that first quarter we could have been out by a lot more. We missed some easy shots.

Jim Kramer

It can be easy to be not ready to go. We liken it to a game. You have to be up for every game.

Marcus Banks

He just told me just run the team, make stuff easy and let's get this victory. I kind of patted him on the butt and told him don't worry about it, we'll go get it for him.

Curtis Stinson

He left the point guard spot and started roaming around. He got easy shots that way.

Gary Dilts

Half a point of market share is tough to get and easy to lose.

Quincy Lewis

His points didn't come as easy as you might think. They were physical with him and he had to finish some tough shots. He did a good job in getting us off to a good start.

Kevin Constantine

I think it's human nature that when you score three goals as fast as we did, you have a tendency to think how good you are and how easy it is. In hockey, goals can come in bunches, and that's what happened.

Malaika Arora Khan

I would say that, of course, it is wrong to objectify women. But at the same time, entertainment should not be inter-mingled with commodification.

Sugata Mitra

Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty.

E. B. White

Having two more options is going to be great for all of us. My son is especially optimistic about more restaurant and entertainment options.

Keith Rogers

We are full of great entertainment that day.

Alex Jones

Today is an entertainment show that has a news segment. I don't think there's any question that NBC sees it that way.

Rik Mayall

I am a global light entertainment phenomena, so how can I remember everything?

Agnes Kosinski

He is great. He sings, he's a comic, he does a magic show... It's great family entertainment.

Witold Walczak

Words alone can rarely justify censorship. If we censor words themselves without looking at the context, we could shut down much of the entertainment industry.

Celia Chen

People who spent money on travel and luxury goods are spending more money entertaining themselves at home.

Jason Taylor

I don't know that we've proven anything yet. I think we took a step in the right direction.

Travis Ramsey

He has made a point. he has proven what he can do.

Ed Parkinson

I'm sure it's going to take a while; there's a lot of evidence. This is a circumstantial case, but I think that we've proven murder.

Jose Canseco

All I have is the truth, and I've proven that.

Tom Higgins

It's tough to win with young quarterbacks. It's proven in the CFL,

Tom Goguen

Sun has a proven track record of doing this.

Richard Herman

They've proven their study habits; they've proven they can accommodate to college.

Paul Woolpert

We've proven we can win on the road, now we have to prove we can win at home.

Michio Kaku

In science, nothing is ever 100% proven.

Kerri Brown

Guarding the opponent's top scorer is a lot of work, and we all know that.

Jeremie Cook

I was disappointed. He was unbeaten. I didn't do what I wanted on top in my final.

Paul Malone

I think that will put us over the top and make the story simple,

Dennis Thompson

I don't know what I'm going to say, ... I'll just go off the top of my head.

Robert Townsend

"Top" management is supposed to be a tree full of owls-hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'm still unpersuaded they even know where the forest is.

Tyra Banks

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

Henry Rollins

I guess, topic to topic, you could consider me a left-leaning person.

Laurence J. Peter

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

Dan Mclaughlin

It's probably the most broached topic we have at our town meetings.