Famous Quotes & Sayings

Judith Regan

What people respond to in this culture is loud and brash and pointed and sometimes vulgar -- that's what gets people's attention, on TV and radio and in books. Shades-of-gray books are very difficult to sell.

What is important is not to be able to read rapidly, but to be able to decide what not to read.

We were the only westerners in our neighbourhood, ... Our goal was to cover the realities of the occupation on the ground and we had not got the same security concerns as, say, CNN. Maybe at some levels they don't trust Iraqis with their security. There's a part in the book where I'm trying to take CNN to a refugee camp, and they wouldn't go. And so no one sees Falluja refugees.

Mal Peet

What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.

We fully intend to find the right book to launch that part of our strategy.

Malorie Blackman

We had a few non-fiction books at home, but my dad was of the opinion that fiction was a complete and utter waste of time because it wasn't real - so what was the point of reading it?

Thomas Fuller

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Bernie Sanders

The American people want to know that when they borrow a book from the library or buy a book, the government won't be looking over their shoulder. Everybody wants to fight terrorism, but we have to do it in away that protects American freedom.

Bernie Sanders

Social Security Works! puts expanding Social Security front and center on the national agenda, where it belongs. Everyone who has a stake in the debate should read this important book.

Bernie Sanders

Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are determining what we see, hear and read.

Hines Ward

We want to give him the ring. It would be the book in the making of the Jerome Bettis story.

It would be huge. All of the major builders in the city are saying a hospital would create a boom for the senior housing market.

Brian Sabean

It would give a boost to the team and give a snapshot of what might be possible next year. Whether he plays this year or how much remains to be seen.

It would certainly give a short-term boost to the shipping industry, ... There is a certain inflow of equipment, so they would need shipping tonnage, a lot like the Persian Gulf war situation. Sea-Land would be in the pole-position.

Juicy J

I used to read music books when I was 13. My mom was working at a library. She's a librarian. I would get my mom to check out any kind of books that had anything to do with the music industry. I read a lot about royalities, publishing, marketing, stuff like that.

Things like taking her math books to English class.

Greg Behrendt

The whole point of the book is to say, 'You're not alone. We get it,' ... For me, a breakup changed my entire life. I was a mess. I really got rocked, and I ended up turning it into a positive thing.

The whole object of the book is to take the two-dimensional bios and make them into three-dimensional people.

The whole infield stopped. We didn't think Mesa would deliver the ball, and he did. It's hard to go through the rule book in your head right there. It's just one of those mistakes you don't want to make again.

Candace Bushnell

The women in this book have realized that you can't completely rely on men, ... Women have got to rely on themselves.

Abdul Kalam

The right signal is that technology is going to boost (economic) development of our nation,

James McHenry

The rich do not possess aught more precious than their Bible...the poor cannot be presented by the rich with anything of greater value...It is a book of councils and directions, fitted to every situation in which man can be placed.

There will no fussing here. We'll just be glad to have the book back.

The sale will definitely boost GM shares as it will help reduce debt.

Ian Poulter

The Ryder Cup was a great boost but it's time to move on now to try to win tournaments.

Michael Hitchcock

The Saturn Challenge Cup is a key preparation match for the 2006 MLS season. It's a great opportunity to showcase two of Major League Soccer's top teams to a booming soccer market.

The rule has been on the books a number of years and only been enforced sporadically at best, to our knowledge. We think this exceeds what is reasonable in governing the conduct of players on the court.

The roof came with this thick book of instructions. But we had a carpenter and an electrician volunteering, so we figured it out.

The Rolling Stones are far and away the most successful touring entity in the history of mankind. The Stones have written and rewritten the book on touring. The things they have brought have been pioneering, from being the first to use credit cards at merc stands to a one-promoter global tour. They are the kings.

Nat Cole

I've worked too long and too hard to play in some little joint for $65 a night, ... In New York, jazz fans support you. In Atlanta, unless you're booked in a club where folks can drive up to the front door, you're out of luck. If people have to look for parking, forget it.

Dick Van Patten

I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God.

Lynsey Addario

I've seen so many photographers rush to do books the minute they start shooting, but one great thing about photography is that the images don't go away, so the more I sit with these images, the more I learn which ones have had the most impact.

I've seen what Leo can do on the field and it's exciting. We have had great success finding Liberian forwards that have a knack for the goal and I feel our goal production will get a boost from these two in 2006.