Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Graham

I have had a full and joyful and I hope productive life, and I intend to have other chapters that will meet those same standards,

Niles Eldredge

the chapters on fire and floods are brilliant.

V. E. Schwab

It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.

Terry Pratchett

Life doesn't happen in chapters - at least, not regular ones.

Carol Shields

There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.

Colin Cooper

I've read the original and I'm really looking forward to reading the new chapters by Hilary and Willie's kids,

George Robertson

I see this as turning a page on past disagreements and turning to new chapters of dialogue and cooperation on matters of mutual interest,

Scott Westerfeld

When I finish a first draft, I often look back at first chapters I wrote and laugh at them. They're like pictures of yourself in middle school. You're embarrassed to see them.

Kelly Brown

The Red Cross has been inundated by the chapters with requests for materials. They're on back order.

Robin Hobb

I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.

John Searles

I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.

Ann Nocenti

I actually have a peculiar feminism that does not involve the idea that women shouldn't be sexy. Female characters written in comics have always been pretty damned sexy, and used their sexuality. And I don't have any problem with that.

Richard Masur

I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even knowing I had any connection to the community.

Gillian Anderson

I also respond very strongly to characters I have not done before ... something I can really sink my teeth into, and what's scary, and what terrifies me, because that's where I need to go.

Gale Anne Hurd

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. I like working with larger-than-life characters in fascinating worlds - places where the rules are different.

Tatiana Maslany

There's so many different people that I'm fascinated by. Different kinds of characters that I meet in, like, everyday life, that I'm like, 'I don't know how you exist. Like, you're so fascinating.'

Sir Woodward

We are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is just such a character.

Tanith Lee

There are the characters who die but who you follow after death, and they often lead much more interesting lives after they are dead! So the characters usually drive me along, but occasionally the plot has to come first. It can get sticky.

Willie Smith

We've got too much invested to let somebody come in and take over.

Chris Bickers

I think we have somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 invested in 50 nests.

John Tauer

I think we all feel, then, that that's a part of us that we invested a lot in that's now gone.

Brian Cashman

Hopefully, this is nothing, but we want to make sure. We have a lot invested in him.

Allan Katz

Retailers who haven't already invested in a POS system think they are too expensive.

Harry Palmer

If you've invested $100-million in something, you'd want to know how that money is being spent.

Clay Matthews III

I know Packers fans are invested in the team - even more so than the rest of the country.

James Altucher

I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.

Justin Dew

If I were invested with a manager and all of a sudden the market was down 20 percent and my manager was only down 2 percent, I'd question that.

Jeff Agoos

This was our season tonight. We had to lay it on the line.

Marc Guggenheim

We've enjoyed laying the foundation for 'The Flash' series.

Aleksandr Sebryakov

Life seems endless, life seems to go on and on until you lay on your death-bed!

Juanna Graham

He was laying around a lot. He didn't want to play, he didn't want to eat. He was throwing up.

Candice Wiggins

I couldn't move (Wednesday). I just lay there trying to get hydrated and stuff. I was kind of worried. I took a lot of medication and slept all day.

Van Morrison

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

Rick DiPietro

If you have any pride or love for this team, you can't go out and lay eggs. This is a big time of year, regardless of the situation. We've got to come out and play hard.

Dick Cheney

I ran over to him. He was laying there on his back, obviously, bleeding. You could see where the shot struck him.

Paal Brekke

By looking at the sun at different wavelengths, we can peel off the different layers in the (solar) atmosphere, just like peeling an onion.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moods are complicated and very much a part of who we are. People would be very boring without them.

Andrew Shue

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

Carlisle Floyd

I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.

Travis Bradberry

Kindness is weak when you use it in a self-serving manner. Self-serving kindness is thin - people can see right through it when a kind leader has an agenda.

H. Hart

I would try to put more people on the road without doing any more hiring.

Sally Quinn

I would say I think it's about time. People have a tendency to think that entertaining in Washington politically and diplomatically is frivolous, but it is not. It is part of the work.

Karen Russell

I wrote 'Ava Wrestles the Alligator' when I was 22 or 23. These people and that world have been evolving in me for a while. It's such a shift not to be in that world.

Jason Robert Brown

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.

Don Miller

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

J. A. Konrath

Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

Martha Grimes

I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.

Khaled Hosseini

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.

Mark Millar

The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor.

Bobby Ghosh

'Time' is an internationalist publication catering to internationalist readers who are not only interested in their own backyard.

Julie Kenner

'Dirtiest Secret' is Dallas Sykes' story. And it is a stand-alone trilogy that readers can come to completely fresh.

Tim Berners-Lee

The concept of the Web is of universal readership.

Lee Siegel

The Web critic relies on his or her readers for attentiveness and approval.

Rick Riordan

My problem is never ideas. I've got more than I'll ever have time to write. It's all about how many I can get to, and which ones readers want to see the most.

Suzanne Williamson

Just make sure you throw out the bottles,

Jim Gardner

He didn't have it and I'm not sure why.

Gar Heard

He'll be back, I am sure he'll be back.

Johnathan Joseph

He's been there. He's making sure we don't go into this thing blind.

Gary Sheffield

He's going to make sure it's done. It's always calm, but he had that look.

Tom Fisher

He's a veteran quarterback. I'm sure he'll be on top of his game.

Chance VanGundy

I thought for sure we were a top-10 team in our district.

Curtis Baham

I thought for sure we'd win after that play.

Ralph Richardson

I think we can use (the study) to make sure we're in balance,