Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karen Russell

I'd love to meet Flannery O'Connor. I think I'd be content to hear her speak on any subject. What forces shaped her. What nebula of books and stories were whirling together inside her at the time of her death.

I'd like you always to have a book at your desk.

I didn't do it alone. Coach Boots put me in a position to be successful. He always made sure I was utilizing my strengths and my teammates always helped me out. Throughout my career, we had a great inside-outside combination.

Mary Pope Osborne

I discovered writing children's books was a way to keep living in my imagination like a child. So I wrote a number of books before I started 'Magic Tree House.' Then, once I got that, I never looked back because I could be somewhere different in every single book.

Kobe Bryant

I don't know what to say. I'm happy to win MVP in Philadelphia. The booing was just hurtful. But it's not going to ruin this day for me.

Paul Jewell

I don't know what the situation is (with Camara). He was booked on a flight yesterday (Friday). I don't want to say too much at the moment.

Peter Budaj

I don't know why (the referee) gave him a penalty shot. It says in the rule book that if he gets a shot off, even if he's hooked or whatever, it should be just 2 minutes.

I don't know why people aren't using the library frequently. Maybe it's the pull of the new bookstores, maybe it's something else. I'm not sure, but I do know we have computers here -- six for public use in this facility and 14 system-wide -- and our books are free. If you or your child reads a lot, the library is the place to visit.

Jim Crace

I'd dearly love to write a political book that changed the hearts and minds of men and women.

I'd boo us, too. We can't be up and down. If we're going to make it (the playoffs) we've got to go from here. We can't lose games like this.

Hoshyar Zebari

ideas (he has presented) for some practical steps which can help boost morale on the domestic Iraqi scene.

Clarence White

I am delighted to be recognized and honored by InformationWeek Magazine. I share this with our entire team of IT personnel and with The Salvation Army's leaders in the Western Territory who helped us streamline processes and boost efficiency so that more of our donor's dollars can be spent helping people with needed programs and services.

I am delighted that I can do my part to put quality books to the shelves of our local school libraries, ... Often times, school libraries are not provided with enough funding to renew book selections, so the Library of Congress program provides a real boost for these libraries, and helpes keep kids interested in reading.

He can really shoot it, so it's going to help stretch out defenses. We're excited to get him back, and it will be a big boost to our squad.

He definitely has the hot hand right now. He's booming with confidence. He's so determined to not lose; he's willing himself to make these saves.

Have you tried to book a vacation around the holidays lately? You have to do it six months in advance.

Bob Feller

He kept harping about 'What rules don't they know?' And I said, 'The entire rule book is something that they just don't know, that they should know.' He got a little testy about it and he said, 'If you don't like it, hang up' -- which I did.

Jorge Garcia

He just came out with his shotgun and went boom boom.

Jean Harlow

HARLOW: "I was reading a book the other day . . . the guy said machinery is going to take the place of every profession."/ DRESSLER: "Oh, my dear, that's something you'll never have to worry about.

Growth will continue to come from private spending, exports of electronics and commodities, and the boost from the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Graham Joyce

Our literary culture is marinated in deep traditions of the fantastic and the supernatural, and we export those rich qualities in films and books on a spectacular industrial scale.

Graham Elliot

I have two bookcases that used to be filled with cookbooks, but now it's mostly books about politics and government. I might just give this all up and run for office.

Graeme Base

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels. I do want to entertain and bring some joy to the reading experience. If it holds a little kernel of knowledge that readers choose to explore, well, that's great.

Tony Buzan

As a very small boy, my passion was nature, and I had pets - cats, a dog and a bunny rabbit - and I wrote a very small book called 'My Pets,' filled with their photographs and a discussion about my pets and how much I loved them... That was my first book.

Tony Buzan

I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every time a head disappears, more heads appear, so I will be writing for the rest of my life. The more books I write, the more books I find that I still have to write about. I use it like an inspiration, and that's wonderful.

You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels, picture books, love stories and stories of crisis and courage.

Sophie Hannah

Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe.

Sugata Mitra

Schools still operate as if all knowledge is contained in books, and as if the salient points in books must be stored in each human brain - to be used when needed. The political and financial powers controlling schools decide what these salient points are.

Jon Scieszka

There are six 'Time Warp Trio' books that would take a page each to fully praise. And I just thought up twelve more while I was typing this sentence.

Q'orianka Kilcher

I honestly think I was an Indian living in the time of the Trail of Tears. Something like that. Every time I read books about back then, I get so devastatingly sad, so, so... I feel such a deep connection to it.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

The problem with people who live in a world of speeches and books and theories is they don't know how to fix things in the real world when they go wrong. They feign ignorance, blame others, and make another eloquent speech.

Katherine Paterson

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.