Famous Quotes & Sayings

I actually thought he played pretty well for a guy who had one practice under his belt. I think that has to be a boost for our team.

Holly Black

One of my favorite things in books is watching someone make the mistake. You know it's going to happen. You keep thinking: 'Don't do it!' But of course they're going to do it. It's riveting. You learn through them that it's okay. It's the ecstatic fall, where you watch someone make that terrible decision, and there's such pleasure in it.

Mel Brooks

I was going to do the book and the music and the lyrics,

Andrew Wyatt

I was a total music nerd. I grew up on Perry Street in the '80s. My father wrote books about jazz, so I was always at the 'Village Vanguard.'

Barbara Bush

I was so sad to read recently that 32 percent of fourth- graders say they never read a book for pleasure,

I was really proud of our daughters. My youngest, who is 3, donated her two favorite books and said she wanted a little one to have them.

I was really proud of our daughters, ... My youngest, who is 3, donated her two favorite books and said she wanted a little one to have them.

I was surprised at this concept, but I think it's a fun and interesting way to get people to take interest in books and come visit the library.

I was surprised at how quickly and smoothly the use of the boom went.

I was so excited about it because I felt it was meaningful. I really do worry about our species in the next 100 years. This book taps into the planetary concerns I have.

I wouldn't trade those boos for anything in the world. It was a wonderful experience with 20,000 world-class Philadelphia fans on my back.

Mark Millar

I wouldn't let kids near half the stuff I've written so it is quite lovely to pass these little books out to children when they visit the house.

I wouldn't want to see people giving one company hundreds of thousands of books and thinking it doesn't matter, when in fact it does.

I would recommend books weigh between two and three pounds.

Kurt Browning

I would have quoted my dad who said, 'You're the luckiest kid in the world because you're doing for a living what you did as a kid. You make in a year what I made in my life and, if you let it go to your head I'll kick you with my cowboy boots on.

I would encourage people to get a copy of the book. It's a good book to have.

I would have felt terrible if we had lost by a couple strokes. We responded today like we needed to. This is a great momentum boost for us going into the conference championship.

Clint Hurdle

I wish him good things. Our book is closed.

I work on one book at a time. And yes, I am immersed. Six days a week for four to six hours a day. In between books, I stop writing for as much as two to three months, but during that time, I do research and think, plot and plan the book.

John Grogan

I was pretty confident the book would be big, but not this big, Marley & Me.

I was pleased with our scoring production and big wins like these always boost the girls' confidence. We still need to improve defensively. We're capable of playing better defense.

I guess it's a pretty big weekend for both of us. I'm preparing for another big step in my career at Texas. Tiger is looking to place himself in the record books again. I'm sure we're both excited for different reasons.

Stephen Frears

I grew up with those MGM musicals, so I have an idea what I like from a musical. It helped to read a book about making musicals, however.

Colson Whitehead

I grew up reading the 'Village Voice' and wanting to be one of these multidisciplinary music writers, film writers, book writers. And I lucked out getting a job at the 'Voice' right after college.

Jeffrey Skilling

If we don't do this, the books that will get written will be wrong, like the books that have been written so far. I am innocent of all of these charges and I will fight for that for a long time.

If we had stuck with that cover concept for the remaining books in the series, I think it would have failed. But we were quick to respond, and it's been successful.

LeBron James

If these fans want to boo me, it's on them.

I got to 285-290 (pounds) my junior year, ... That is when I hit my ideal weight. I was quicker, stronger and faster. But it was more of a mental confidence boost than anything.

Gene Luen Yang

I got these big coffee table books about Chinese opera from the local library, and I loved looking through them. I loved studying the intricate costumes and figuring out how to 'cartoonify' them.

I got my books stolen. They wanted my work.

I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.

Marcus Spears

I got lucky today and stumbled upon a fumble recovery. When you are a defensive lineman and you have to run a good 60 yards really fast, you have to get that extra boost to get refurbished.

Lloyd Carr

If they're going to have instant replay, they should have to let coaches challenge. Otherwise, you have a guy in the booth that nobody knows. He makes decisions on whether a play should be reviewed, and we get no explanation, and you use timeouts that you don't get back.