Famous Quotes & Sayings

Al Capp

There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marx's Capital.

Al Capone

Some call it bootlegging. Some call it racketeering. I call it a business.

Mothers and daughters read the same book once a month. We get together in each other's homes, and while we are talking about the book, we also end up talking about life issues.

Most will boost their prices over a period of time. They'll do it daily.

(McCulloch) seems to be in the scene for that type of music. The last show he booked here was pretty successful.

Maureen Corrigan

My mailman and the UPS guy - I always have to tip them lavishly at holiday times, because they're carrying all these books every day,

Ruth Rendell

My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times - is different from my favourite author, who is Iris Murdoch. I find her books exciting and unputdownable. Her characters are so carefully studied and in-depth; I love that.

William Butler Yeats

My fiftieth year had come and gone,I sat, a solitary man,In a crowded London shop,And open book and empty cupOn the marble table-top.

My four-year-old daughter is soon going to be old enough to look at the children's books upstairs. I don't want her to accidentally read something she's not supposed to.

Jeffrey Zeldman

My first typewriter cost me $75. I can't tell you how many hours it took me to earn that money, or how proud I was of that object. I wrote my first books on it. They will never be published, but that's all right.

Christian Lacroix

My first time in England, in the '60s, the interiors were somehow familiar to me, probably because of the books I'd read and the images I'd seen.

My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and once someone actually hired a screenwriter to adapt one of my books - but it all came to nothing, so I tried not to get too excited when a Hollywood suitor came calling for 'Admission,' my fourth novel.

Andy Weir

My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Internet, so there are no lurking caches of it anywhere.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

My first book was bad. It concentrated more on form than content,

John Burnside

My first book was a car crash. I tried to find all the copies and destroy them.

Net-net, the change is expected to boost earnings on a continued operating basis.

One outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.

Robert Graves

One smile relieves a heart that grievesthough deadly sad it be,and one hard look Can close the book that lovers love to see.

Joseph Kanon

One of the things that's always interested me, from the first book on, is unintended consequences,

One of the themes is how is it we cope with trials and tribulations? How do we endure struggles and come out differently? ... The book has been criticized for being messy, and it is messy in many ways, with loose ends and stories that don't tie up neatly. But why do we need to impose expectations?

Martin Rees

One of President Obama's first acts was to give a massive boost to America's scientific community.

One book that I read called Comedy Writing Secrets by Helitzer made a great point. He said that most of being funny is the CHARACTER and not the jokes.

One important thing in the application process for sellers will be to verify that their items are produced locally and are from those counties. The Farmer's Market is for the nature and well being of the local community and for those producers trying to boost their business.

Bud Selig

Obviously, we've only seen parts of things. And the book itself doesn't come out until the end of the month, but we'll review everything that there is to look at.

Susan Sontag

Of course the movies are going to be the more visible, more high profile, for the simple reason that a lot more money is involved and this is a largely money-oriented society. ... Nevertheless, this is a very good book town, whether it's known to be that or not, and that's why you have something like this.

Margot Kidder

None of us were famous, we were broke. We didn't think they'd be writing books about us in 30 years. We were just kids doing the right thing.

Gay Talese

Nonfiction takes no liberty with the facts. The trouble with book publishers is that they don't have the staff or they don't want to have the staff to ensure the veracity of a writer. ... My wife is going to hate me for this, but that is what I believe.

Herman Edwards

No one called me up from the booth saying we should challenge it. That's what those guys are supposed to do. I didn't get a phone call.

William Hazlitt

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that they open their leaves more cordially; that the spirit of enjoyment wears out with the spirit of novelty; and that after a certain age, it is high time to put them on the s

Jonny Miller

One way or another, I've spent a lot of time in breeches and boots lately. I'm pretty sick of hanging round in frilly shirts. It makes you long to get back into your jeans!

One time by accident, you know...but 3 times, in the main organs. My son loved you Boo Boo and I just don't understand how come you done this to him.

One thing we've tried to transcend over from the work boot is the fit.

Shaun Alexander

My first day here, just like my first day at Alabama, I went and got the record books and looked it all up. It was like, 'OK, how hard is it going to be for me to get this thing?' I started setting goals to get them fast.