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.

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.

Lord Byron

I take the view, and always have, that if you cannot say what you are going to say in 20 minutes you ought to go away and write a book about it.

Steve Malchow

I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever write a book.

Bob Feller

He kept harping about 'What rules don't they know?' And I said, 'The entire rule book is something that they just don't know, that they should know.' He got a little testy about it and he said, 'If you don't like it, hang up' -- which I did.

Ross Kemp

We had some lager and toasted cheese sandwiches - it was good for me to come through those gates and see the view that I'd seen for a decade.

Shannon Kleibrink

It wasn't that we didn't like it (Italian food) but it was that it made us sick. Everything over there is not pasteurized. There's no pasteurized cheese or milk and some people are really susceptible to that.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Scamorza, an Italian curd cheese often labelled 'smoked mozzarella,' melts fantastically well.

Mark Johnson

The workmanship that had to go into that piece of cheese was outstanding.

Einar Tangen

This is not a grocery story or a place to stop once a week and pick up a few aspirin, six pounds of hamburger and some frozen food. Public markets are really about impulse purchases. You tasted some incredible Italian sausage so you head to the market, but then you see some tomatoes or taste some cheese and say 'Gosh, this is really incredible cheese, and it's made by a local farmer so give me a pound of that.' That's what happens.

Carol Alt

I don't eat celery. I eat raw milk, cheeses.

Ozzy Osbourne

fish like cheese..... sometimes, ......................sometimes some fish like cheese

Ben Katchor

I remember as a child going to an exhibit about the Soviet Union, and every paper had this alien smell. The paper and the ink were all exported. It was like a piece of cheese from that country, you could touch it, feel it, smell it, and it was different.

Emily Hines

Comte (pronounced con-tay), is the most popular cheese in France, and when I tasted it, I could understand why.

Liang Liang

He knows how to handle the subtle inner feelings in a Eastern way while retaining the American way of telling the story.

Prince Nayef

It is a fact ? unfortunately ? that there was (a plan) to target key installations in Eastern Province,

Brenda Wickwire

They played pretty well. We play Eastern Wayne (today) and that is going to be a tough match because they are a good team.

Todd Crawford

After a prolonged stretch of very mild weather in the eastern U.S., winter will return in February.

John Twiggs

We literally couldn't have done it without everyone in Eastern Montana. There were so many occasions when we needed something, and they went out of their way to help us out.

Horst Koehler

Did eastern Germany not need roads, roofs and factories more than an expensive church? But a group of residents said Dresden needed more. And now we can see that those people were right.

Anders Rasmussen

Twelve years ago the Eastern European people liberated themselves and booted out the communists,

Steve Lawson

We've probably gotten 40 percent of all of the road money in Eastern Kentucky since the 1970s, which is significant, but it isn't everything. There are a lot of governors and other politicians who wouldn't give Eastern Kentucky the time of day if it weren't for their wanting dad's support.

Michele Hiester

Western Pennsylvania is showing signs of job growth but it isn't growing as quickly as what we're seeing in the eastern half of the state.

Kenny Williams

Kids who come through and have eaten seem to be really satisfied.

Henry Hunter

I wear after-shave lotion. I'm sure most women wear perfumes. Just because we wear after-shave lotion or perfume, does that mean we should be eaten by a dog?

Rick Majerus

I just felt sorry for those guys. Maybe because I was that kid once, you know? No money, no friends, and you haven't eaten for two days.

Mary Roach

I have not eaten a lot of insects. I ate a termite in Africa, but it was on a bet. It was a soldier termite. It was alive, and I don't really recommend the live soldier termite as something you want to start with if you're going to start exploring eating insects.

Shaukat Hussain

They seemed weak but OK. They said they had eaten coconuts, boars and wild shoots. They hunted to stay alive,

Dutch Proverb

The soup is never eaten as hot as it was served.

Deborah Frieden

I've taken some of our loyal opposition up through the tower and they've eaten their words.

Ernesto Hernandez

I am so happy, I haven't eaten or slept since yesterday. It's a big surprise.

Torii Hunter

Hopefully, he doesn't get eaten up by that. Hopefully, they don't swallow him.

Eric Schlosser

There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role in making that happen.

Allen Johnson

We've been told they have to be 'completely self-sufficient,' ... so they have to take their own food, water and clothing. There is no local support.

Thomas Armstrong

When they see the Spirit of Connecticut coming, they'll know they're going to get good food coming.

Truman Capote

First, a gorgeous breakfast: just everything you can imagine from flapjacks and fried squirrel to hominy grits and honey in the comb...we're so impatient to get at the presents we can't eat a mouthful.

Raymond Chandler

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Woody Allen

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

William Wordsworth

A genial hearth, a hospitable board, and a refined rusticity.

William Shakespeare

Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

William J. Clinton

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.

Napoleon Bonaparte

France will always be a great nation.

Leslie Fiedler

Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying.

Alain Juppe

This is the trial of a man, but it is also that of a system and a regime. France must look its past in the face,

Michael Krepon

This is a very serious competition. If present trends continue, India and Pakistan could very well have greater nuclear capabilities than France and Great Britain, looking down the road.

William Shakespeare

An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England.

Markus Steinbeis

Telecoms and tech stocks (also) still get hit by France Telecom's sales warning.

Brigitte Bardot

I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.

Bonnie Wright

I like France quite a lot, and I like Italy.

Alexa Chung

I don't ever want to stop learning. And I really want to learn French fluently. It would be great to go and live in France.

Ben Jonson

I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith.

Will Wright

Instead of putting players in the role of Luke Skywalker, or Frodo Baggins, I'd rather put them in the role of George Lucas.

Max Minghella

It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.

Gary Bauer

There is so much work to do with George and so little time to do it,

David Dwyer

Make sure you haven't told Uncle George he can invest at any given time at any given amount.

Kris Holden-Ried

I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi. It was really all I read - anything from 'Dragonlance,' when I was 12, to 'The Wheel of Time' and Robert Jordan stuff, to George R.R. Martin, who did 'Game of Thrones.'

Gai Waterhouse

She won't be nominated for the George Main,

Eric Bentley

George the Third / Ought never to have occurred. / One can only wonder / At so grotesque a blunder.

Gary Payton

George said I needed to start giving him something special,

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.

David Stanley

He didn't go over to that guy's house for a confrontation, he just wanted to know what was going on.

Jerry Shuster

He (O'Connor) can't be indiscriminate. He can't tear down a house here and tear down a house there, because then it looks like it's more for show. But if they can do three, even though they need 30 taken down, if those three are strategic, it's a tremendous plus.

Mike Moore

We take it from the house and turn it into what you see here.

Robert Hoehn

I think by the end of next week they'll be cheaper. We'll get through some House legislation yet.

Ruth Rendell

I was a child, and in 1942, I was evacuated to the Cotswolds with my mother, who was a teacher - she went with her school. I lived in one house in the village, and my mother was in the vicarage.

Robert Sweeney

I was just sitting there watching t.v., and it sounded like the whole house shook.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.

Tori Amos

I like cosy, intimate houses.

Robert Ley

The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this.

Ryan Sheckler

I kind of just put my boards together wherever I feel comfortable that day. It could be on the kitchen table, on the ground, on the couch, wherever.

Trisha Yearwood

You start out playing in kitchens, and you end up playing in kitchens.

Nic Pizzolatto

I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.

Keith Brooking

They pretty much did anything they wanted to with us. They threw the kitchen sink at us.

Alan Rickman

That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

Denis Leary

I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen.

C. J. Cherryh

Poisoning rarely happens in a well-managed kitchen.

Benjamin Franklin

A fat kitchin, a lean Will.

Steve Thomas

These days, it's not uncommon to see a kitchen costing $50,000 or $100,000.

Maria Sharapova

I also want to play in the Olympics and would love to represent Russia there as well.

Sami Hyypia

He is very aggressive, loves a tackle and can play as well.

Daniel Logan

I love being an ambassador for 'Star Wars.'

Quiara Alegria Hudes

I love writing. It makes me so happy.

Katrina Kaif

Love should be all about giving and trusting.

Kate Bush

I love being with my friends, relaxing and talking.

Kristy Curry

We've been wanting Natasha to shoot the 3. I love it when Natasha shoots the 3 and I'd like to see her do it more.

Maria Neopolitan

We just have them for ourselves. I just love them.

Matthias Platzeck

What we are undertaking here is no love affair, that is very clear.

Joyce Johnson

If time were like a passage of music, you could keep going back to it until you got it right.

Cesare Lombroso

Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

Udonis Haslem

J-Will is always running. We just have to run with him. Sometimes we just can't keep up. ... If we can run with him, he's going to find you.

Donna Myers

What you are doing is running the seniors out of Worthington.

Denny Rinehart

Gonzalez will be a factor. Erica Hicks can run anything she wants to.

Lindsay Whalen

It could be worse, ... I'm already kind of running around and jumping. They kind of said to me, 'Just see how you feel.'

Derrick Williams

We talked all week about establishing the running game. We established out running game, and now we can see that we can run and pass.

Al Wolski

We're on our way back. We're going to try to run the table and see what happens.

Oliver Purnell

I think we will probably be in the NIT. It's disappointing we didn't make a run at winning (the ACC) tournament.

Jim Hendry

I think we've got more versatility. We're more athletic. I think we're going to run a lot better and play a lot better defense.

Andy Johnson

I think we tried to play at their pace, and we can't run with them. It got away from us in the second quarter.

Doug Tolin

I thought we would come out and play better in the second half. But we could never really get anything going. It kind of went the other way on us.

Manny Acta

I don't know Soriano as an outfielder. He is here to play second base.

Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Voltaire

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Trevor Brooking

Unfortunately, we don't get a second chance. We've already played them twice.

Bill Bradley

In 30 seconds you can say a lot,

Scott Wilson

In the first and third we were making the shots. There wasn't anything different in the second and fourth. We were getting the same looks, they just weren't going in.

Dontez Sanders

I just wanted to see what was the problem. Because the first half, it wasn't that bad. The second half, we just didn't play as well as a group.

Herman Edwards

because it kind of sets up what you want to do on second down.

Richard Holbrooke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Townsend Harris

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

Townsend Harris

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

Townsend Harris

The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time.

Rick Riordan

Wow. When he started looking back on the war with Kronos as the good old days--that was sad.

Rick Riordan

When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war.” “Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?

Rick Riordan

Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty and ugliness

Rick Riordan

I'm so glad you're here," Aphrodite said. "War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really only one thing to do." "Uh... and that is?" Annabeth ventured. "Why, have tea and chat, obviously

Reza Aslan

But perhaps the most important innovation in the doctrine of jihad was its outright prohibition of all but strictly defensive wars. “Fight in the way of God those who fight you,” the Quran says, “but do not begin hostilities; God does not like the aggressor” (2:190). Elsewhere the Quran is more explicit: “Permission to fight is given only to those who have been oppressed ... who have been driven from their homes for saying, 'God is our Lord' ” (22:39; emphasis added).

Kevin Sutherland

It's worked out pretty good, but now I need the space.

Carolyn Clark

As you can see, you get really dirty. But you know you worked if you get dirty.

Gene Fraise

It's the same as it is at home. We've always worked together.

Shanna Zolman

There's a lot of things that need to be worked on before we get to where we need to be.

James Marsh

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

Bryson Sumlin

That's not in the playbook, ... That's just excitement. Everything worked as clockwork.

Scott Aukerman

I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'

Joe Balogh

This was something we worked to get. It was important for us.

Mitch Ashmore

We have not executed well all year on things like that. We made them make a play, and it just worked out well.

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.

Joseph Biden

He said he was 35 when he wrote that.

Mike DeWine

This is really what we anticipated when we wrote the law,

Kent Haruf

Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published nothing before my first book.

Kelsey Primiano

Everyone wrote state. So everyone got what they wanted.

James Frey

I think most of what they wrote was pretty accurate, absolutely.

William Gibson

In 1981, I was a futurist - or at least I was a guy who put on a futurist hat occasionally - and I wrote about the 21st century.

Gail Carson Levine

I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.

Ed Emberley

I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961.