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.

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.

Hilaire Belloc

When I am dead, I hope it is said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.

Jim Tressel

It bothers you that he might be criticized. Does that mean I think he's been perfect? No. But I think Ted Ginn has done an excellent job for us.

Andrew VonderHaar

It bothers the heck out of me. I just want to get back in there so bad. I just get mad at myself for getting those stupid fouls.

James Vincent McMorrow

It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?

Richard Morris

It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.

Brennan Garr

Hitting is very important to me, so I'm not one that likes to sit and watch. I did that one year when I was a little kid because a coach didn't want to play me as much, and it still bothers me.

Michael Bennett

It is a distraction, ... But I won't let it bother me. ... I can't do anything about it. I can just do my job, and if I get shipped out of here, then it's out of my hands.

Jerry Buescher

I thought Dane Hughes played a very good ballgame. Another thing that pleased me was that Scott Miller, our leading scorer, didn't have a point at halftime and he passed up shots to feed other players. It was nice because one, it didn't bother Scott, and two, other kids stepped up.

Mike Tice

I think anything from the 36-yard line and in, I'm not going to blink. I think he's shown enough consistency from 54 that it doesn't bother me anymore.

Kerry Wood

I was walking about 35, 40 minutes after surgery. They gave me a cane to walk out on and I carried it. It was pretty amazing. I got a little swelling, but it doesn't bother me to walk or do anything. The only day I missed throwing was the day I had the surgery.

Gennaro Angiulo

I wouldn't be in a legitimate business for all the money in the world.

Tim Wilson

He knew everything about his furniture business or his development business from the ground up.

Steve Black

He jumps into the decision-making process. If you just want to run your business on your own and report results, you won't like working for Jamie.

Richard Boucher

has eroded Russia's reputation as a place to do business and eroded confidence in Russia's legal and judicial institutions.

Mark Richt

Guys like D. J. make this business worthwhile.

Ross Perot, Jr.

Half of this business is politics. As real estate developers, it's our job to go in there and get beat up.

Amanda Lindhout

Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world.

Lyssa Jenkens

Growth will continue in education and health, which have been the only steady gainers in this century. But it is now moving into business and professional services, which holds many of the highest-skilled jobs in the economy.

Greg Brenneman

There's nothing magic about working with franchisees. What you have to do is help them improve their business.

Ken Perkins

Is Wal-Mart also hurting its business? I think cheaper products at the discount stores did have a marginal impact on the company's sales.

Bob Garner

To fish 365 days a year, it's pretty cheap stuff - you can't get much cheaper than that.

Bob Davis

I look around at gas prices all the time, but this is the cheapest I can find. It's worth my time coming here.

Ebenezer Ekuban

I guess he got frustrated. It was a cheap shot. Hopefully, the NFL will fine him heavily.

Ebenezer Ekuban

I guess he got frustrated, ... It was a cheap shot. Hopefully, the NFL will fine him heavily.

Ed Stanton

The city has a reputation of being developer-oriented, not resident-oriented. Those city commissioners give the developer whatever they want. Some of these commissioners can be purchased at a very cheap price.

John Gannon

The emergence of text messaging offers fraudsters another cheap and easy way to reach large numbers of potential investors. Now more than ever, investors need to be vigilant about doing their homework before investing and taking the necessary steps to reduce the likelihood of falling prey to these scams.

Robert Brusca

You can't repeal the laws of economics. Wages in China are so cheap, that you'll never make labor cheap enough in the United States to compete with that.

Jon Gorman

The initial idea was to make something cheap and marketable. Nudity is definitely marketable.

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.

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.

James Browning

We try to make your experience easy and comfortable. Life is complicated enough.

Michael Maddox

We try to make it as easy as possible for people to be involved.

Randy McAllister

We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half. I think half their points were on transition off from our misses and turnovers. We got about five or six stops out of seven of their possessions. I think the first four or five minutes of the third quarter we played great defense.

Roy Shelton

We're on a roll now. This match wasn't as easy as it was the first time playing Dorman. They were ready for us.

Tim Littrell

We've got to get the easy points. We have to. We don't score enough to leave those points out there.

Kofi Annan

I think it was essential that he paid the money.

Sathya Baba

It is not enough, nor is it essential that you should repeat the name of Rama loudly; respect it in the fullness of love and admiration.

Vinessa Shaw

The compassionate actions of a Buddha are essential to reforming and revitalizing society.

Vincent Van Gogh

Exaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

Winston Churchill

Thus I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence, which is a noble thing.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from wantà. The fourth is freedom from fear.

Rob Davies

If we are to make progress, it is essential that our partners (the US) show much greater flexibility than they have up to now.

Bjarne Stroustrup

In the short term, say 10 years, many such standards will be industry standards rather than formal ISO or IEEE standards, but it is essential for the software industry's health that key interfaces be well-specified and publicly available.

Jim Crace

The Commonwealth Prize is about celebrating the Commonwealth and the special relationship we have with the ex-colonies - which is part guilt and part warmth - and the Booker Prize isn't an essential part of that, but it is part of that.

Tony Oller

I've learned the truth in these sayings: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation' and 'The right project will find you'.

Dick Jauron

What I learned is you better win. When you win, you're pretty smart. When you don't, you're not.

Harry Campbell

I went from summer school to merit roll. I learned that the more you do in school, the better you will be in life.

Lauren Hutton

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

Glenn Tilton

If there's anything I learned in 32 years in the oil business, it's not to speculate on oil prices.

Pokey Chatman

I learned a lot about basketball. I learned more about life.

Marcello Giordani

I learned my profession onstage. I didn't have a musical background. I had no conservatory training. I don't play an instrument.

Elizabeth Miller

I learned what invasive species I have. Even in my own backyard.

Chris Lee

I learned to swallow my pride. Swallow it and walk away.

Shamir

I was inspired to make music since I was 7 because my aunt is a songwriter.

Steve Earle

Music was very influential on me as a kid.

James Blake

I think the music that you make, often it's even better if you identify with other people.

Brooks Yang

We talk about music and how we got involved.

Martina McBride

I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was just different. It was really not very well understood by most of my friends. They didn't tease me about it - they just didn't really relate.

Joe Thomas

I was a little nervous at first. I never played reggae music in my life.

Kelli O'Hara

The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.

King Tuff

Rock and roll music - people want records. For me, it's the whole thing - the package. I don't get satisfaction from buying an MP3.

King Krule

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

Andrew Shue

I was lucky, because of Student Council, my classes, sports and social life, there were different people I had friendships with.

Don Miller

Just like I've been telling people all year, Ryan isn't going anywhere.

Jeff Palmer

Just watching the news, seeing what those people are going through, touches me,

Stephen Graham

I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.

Graham Elliot

I do take pity on some of the people that have to work with me.

Gale Norton

I think that our cooperative conservation approaches get people to sit down and grapple with problem solving.

Gary Sheffield

I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?

Sam Rockwell

I always do drama. It's just that some people laugh at it and some people cry.

Sam Worthington

I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

Charlie Brown

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

Tom Daschle

I haven't ruled anything out or anything in at this point.

Antony Starr

I've always had this rule of thumb: If you have fun making it, then someone will have fun watching it.

Patrick Leahy

I want an end to this thing. But where are we? Do we know what the rules are going to be?

Peter Ueberroth

The rules have changed, ... The old thing of 'getting in line,' that's gone.

John Tory

Even the rules that are in place are not being followed.

Kevin McGrath

We all have to live within the rules.

Carlos Castillo

We're simply saying we need to stick to the rules that we've all outlined.

Jim Gallagher

give everyone a sense of equilibrium and ... of where the rule is going to wind up.

Pablo Picasso

If there is something to steal, I steal it.

Barbara Corcoran

You steal the limelight, you steal the market share

Leonard Bernstein

If you're a good composer, you steal good steals.

Paul Thomas Anderson

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

Brad Meltzer

All writers steal from their own lives.

Anton Chekhov

It's immoral to steal, but you can take things.

Jesse Jackson

I had to steal to survive.