Famous Quotes & Sayings

Laurie Halse Anderson

I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just to send readers the message that, 'Yep, this is me, but this is a different part of me. So brace yourself.'

Laurie Halse Anderson

I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.

James E. Faust

The Holy Ghost bears witness to us of the truth and impresses upon our souls the reality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, so surely that no earthly power or authority can separate us from that knowledge.

Lactantius

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.

Edward M. Lerner

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

Edward M. Lerner

What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.

Edward M. Lerner

A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book can get out the door.

Bill Cosby

Some authority on parenting once said, ""Hold them very close and then let them go."" This is the hardest truth for a father to learn: that his children are continuously growing up and moving away from him (until, of course, they move back in).

Some of my constituents have told me to not to restrict it to commuter hours, but I suspect the opposition from the authority would be even more intense.

Signs are a symbol of authority. They tell you when to go, what to do. No one really questions them. For an artist, it's totally interesting.

Sherrod Brown

since Congress passed President Bush's trade promotion authority three years ago, we have lost one-sixth of our manufacturing jobs.

Since 1995, Governor Pataki has said he wanted the Port Authority to return to its core mission of transportation,

Marcia Angell

Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA has no authority over them,

She can really rip the ball with authority to all fields.

Leonard Maltin

She could be dogmatic, of course and Lord help you if you disagreed -- that was the tone of many of her reviews. But she spoke with great authority and great love. She loved movies and that was crystal clear every time you read her.

She does have to look to the authority figures around her and glean what to do,

Since we saw the first Sober worm back in October 2003, its author has tried to improve upon tried-and-tested tricks to dupe computer users into launching infected attachments. This latest worm purports to be a warning from CIA and FBI agents, accusing recipients of visiting illegal websites. Mocking the feds is a sure-fire way of goading the authorities, and you can't help but wonder whether the author is desperate to be caught.

Since I am both the author and the publisher of this book, I must, of course, take full responsibility for the text.

Chuck Smith

Mike King knew Peg Collier, whatever she sent in, would get beaten down. Mike King knew there was going to be kicking, fighting and screaming before (the bill) got to the entity authorized to pay.

John Ashcroft

missed the opportunity last night to rebuild his moral authority and regain his credibility.

Linda Blair

Modern parents want a warm and loving relationship with their children, and to be a source of encouragement, comfort and support. We want to be friends without children, not remote or frightening authority figures as our own parents may have been.

We have a policy, ... If you want to change the policy, go to the committee, go to the appropriate authority.

Stephen Harper

We have in office a corrupt party which now is ignoring the democratically expressed will of the House of Commons. This government does not have the moral authority and the constitutional authority to govern.

We are the authors of our own disasters

We are telling the private sector that the city of Tampa and the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority have no more money to put into this.

Adam Smith

This program will help users discover more books, publishers sell more books and authors to ultimately write more books.

This process isn't something we're trying to hide. We've had this authority since before the Department of Homeland Security was created.

There are very few top conductors in this world. You need incredible authority, experience, charisma. And formal training is the first step. It's not like you can just get on the podium and be a conductor.

Pulp paperbacks have always provided a training ground for men, Some of them went on to become respected authors - Dean Koontz, Nelson DeMille and Martin Cruz Smith, for example. Why couldn't a woman?

In 1996, when my first novel, 'Masquerade,' was published, I knew international thrillers - or spy novels, if you prefer - had been the domain of male authors for decades.

Fiction is often most powerful when the author is exploring an issue - and not writing like a know-it-all who has the perfect answer.

The procedure is that the committee makes its recommendation to the City Council and, of course, the City Council has the final authority on this.