Famous Quotes & Sayings

Markus Zusak

The scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden Jew and the girl slept, hand to shoulder. They breathed. German and Jewish lungs.

Markus Zusak

It’s a small story really, about, among other things: * A girl * Some words * An accordionist * Some fanatical Germans * A Jewish fist fighter * And quite a lot of thievery

Markus Zusak

I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes. “You’re right, Angelina - I’m here to save you.” “Can you? Really?” “I’ll try,” I say and the girl smiles.

Markus Zusak

After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next door brought her down. He forced her knees to the road and suffered the penalty. He collected her punches as if they were presents. Her bony hands and elbows were accepted with nothing but a few short moans. He accumulated the loud, clumsy specks of saliva and tears as if they were lovely to his face, and more important, he was able to hold her down.

Markus Zusak

I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her.

Markus Zusak

She was a Jew feeder without a question in the world on that man's first night in Molching. She was an arm reacher, deep into a mattress, to deliver a sketchbook to a teenage girl. (84.25)

Mark Twain

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.

Many of these girls treat their prom like they would treat their weddings.

John Hodgman

Many people, many girls have tried to teach me the rules to football. And you would think that it would get in my head that way, but I just don't understand it.

Several of the girls can play several positions. It's nice to have some options.

She was a big part of the team. It was tough on the girls.

She talked to the girls before the tournament about what to expect. She is a big-time player.

She was very nervous. I said, 'Even if you're nervous, be strong for the girls.' And she sat up in her chair.

Heidi Fleiss

She was using the same girls she'd used for years. ... She needed a whole restructuring, revamping.

She was really one of the girls I would have said would win a medal.

Lena Headey

I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.

Romeo Miller

Girls that I use to try to talk to, now they want to talk to me.

Alexandre Dumas

It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.

Joseph Garcia

Obviously, they wouldn't have had that run (in the second quarter) with Audra in there, but to get other girls contributing is what we want to do. The girls always seem to get better toward the end of the year, anyway.

Ashton Irwin

Pete Wentz was the Justin Bieber of 2007. Girls loved him; they obsessed over him.

Pete is teaching fundamentals. The girls have come a long way already.

On our second night there, we heard of a ten year old girl being raped and murdered. There was violence there, we heard stories,

Julie Clark

I am really proud of the way the girls rebounded from the first meet of the season. The way they played in Holcomb says a lot about their mental toughness.

I am really proud of the job the girls did in the second half; we talked at halftime about

Cara has been solid. She's one of the girls who leads us in assists, she's shooting better in terms of threes, and she has had a nice season.

But these girls never give up and that's what I love about these young kids.

One way or another, one place or another, we need the girls field.

My expectations are always out the roof. But these girls have all really worked hard. It's still hard for me because I want them to do their best.

Maddie Ziegler

My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.

Karen McDougal

My association with Playboy is great for getting the pretty girl roles but for anything more serious like hosting, not everyone likes that.

Joe Thomas

Men and women have different ideas of what constitutes tidiness. I tend to think it's about things being clean, but my mum and girlfriend are more about how things look.

Eddie Murphy

My girl wants to party all the time, party all the time, party all the time...

Andie MacDowell

My girls have been a great support to me. I come to them when I need to make a decision; they love to watch me work.