Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Riordan

I think children love reading, and they will make time for it if we put the right books into their hands. And I hope I get the chance to keep being one of the people that writes them.

Gloria Estefan

I think every child, every person at some point in their life feels like they don't fit in, ... I wanted to plant some seeds with this book in young children today to realize how important it is to have your identity and to be who you are.

I think most people who write want to write, so that's what they do, ... I hope that this is a book my friends and others will enjoy reading.

Carl Hiaasen

I think once they get into it and read it, they'll plug right in to it, ... It's not fiction. It's the real thing. The message and underlying theme are serious. There are parts of this book that are downright disturbing.

Molly Harper

I think my books are lighter and funnier than some of the big series out there. You may not walk away from my books having learned a life-altering lesson, but you will feel better for having laughed for a few hours. It's just a different style of writing.

It doesn't seem like corporations want to boost their earnings projections as much as the market would like.

It doesn't need it. We can tolerate prices significantly less, but obviously it's a big boost to come at the higher prices,

Jim Martin

I think if you look at this tournament, you can see where we played well, and it was a big confidence boost for us. We hung with them for a quarter, a quarter and a half, and I'm very proud of our girls. It was a great atmosphere, and we're fortunate that Dr. (Lawrence) Wyllie allows us to have a boys-girls tournament like this.

I think, if anything, we got a boost from the (Miami) game,

I think incentives have been a concern for some time now as they impact margins. With GM pushing hard on incentives to boost their volume, it's pulling everyone kicking and screaming into the game whether they like it or not.

James Frey

I think I made a lot of mistakes in writing the book and promoting the book.

Chris Phillips

I think I heard a few boos after I missed because they were going to miss out on their pizza, so I was definitely happy to see us get the next one.

I think he's the only person who can do it -- unless we get Jesse Jackson, and I think he might be booked up.

I think high-end retail sales will get a boost from this news.

Mats Sundin

It definitely deserves something. That shot goes into the history books.

It definitely boosts (my confidence). To finally make a couple shots in games really felt good, just to play well overall, I?m happy with it.

I think it will be an entertaining booth, ... A three-man booth has limitations. Most people prefer a two-man booth.

I think knowing that the image will go down in the history books is the greatest prize.

It is Florida. It is the holidays. The rooms are booked with most of the hotels. We knew this day would come. We didn't know it would come this soon.

Sophie Hannah

I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I'm like, 'Gah, this obviously isn't a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?'

Milo Hamilton

I'm sure a lot of people will be surprised to know what was going on, and that's why I wrote about it. It's my book and my story, and it was time for me to say some things about some people that have been a part of my life and that I've had some bumps and bruises.

Steven Hall

I'm such a magpie. I'll get halfway through one thing and pick up something else. I always have 5 or 6 books open and spine-up by my bed: it's like a row of tents. I don't finish nearly as many books as I should.

Dakota Blue Richards

I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And I thought, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to read a whole book by myself!' It's not that I couldn't read, it's just that I didn't really like books very much. But the book that she lent me I really enjoyed.

I don't go into bookstores because it upsets me,

Mary Gordon

I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything like that. I think the inspiration for my writing came largely from my father and the joy that life in books represented to me.

Tracy McGrady

I don't have a problem wearing suits, but that's not who I am, ... You had one of the greatest power forwards of all time, Karl Malone, and he came to the games in jeans, a T-shirt, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat. It's going to be hard for me to change.

David Liss

I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.

I didn't write the book in sequence. If I got stuck I started a new chapter. I didn't know where it was going, but eventually I figured it out,

Julie Klausner

I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need to feel terrible about not abiding. I wrote my book to make the women who read it feel good about themselves, and a little more entitled to be treated well by the guys they go out with.

Andrew Adamson

I didn't want to make the book as it was, I wanted to make the book as I remembered it.

Bernard Cornwell

I'd like to cut it down to three books in two years instead of two a year - but whether that'll happen I don't know.

Alice Braga

I do a lot of research. For 'I Am Legend', I did a lot of research about survivors. If everybody is dead around you, how you can keep surviving. I went to the bookstore and found psychiatry books about survivors from the Holocaust.

I'd love to see us be in a close game with them on their home court. And getting a win would be a much-needed boost for us, a great jump-start to finish out the year.