Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoni Gaudi

Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.

Antoni Gaudi

The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.

Pedantry and bigotry are millstones, able to sink the best book which carries the least part of their dead weight. The temper of the pedagogue suits not with the age; and the world, however it may be taught, will not be tutored.

Mary Roach

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think.

We may have moved away from the boom-and-bust tendencies of the past where either it's all gloom and things go down very rapidly or it's all we're booming and things are moving up very fast.

We may be seeing the unwinding of the boost from post-Katrina spending.

We may as well wipe it off the books.

Eliseo Medina

We march in the streets, but we will also march to the voting booth in November.

We made some crucial turnovers. In my book, a turnover is a four-point swing.

Kelly Hu

The comic book fans, especially 'X-Men' fans, are so serious about their comic book.

Kelsey Chow

'One Tree Hill' will always be very, very special to me. It was my first television show. And my first gig in the business. It was surreal. I booked the role when I was 13. I had just started high school, and literally, I think, a week into high school, I found out I got the role. It was unimaginable! I learned so much from that show.

HR (human resource) books are very popular in India and are in great demand.

HP was surprisingly strong and that should boost the PCs tomorrow, but AMAT may cut into the semis,

John Burnside

Hunted for sport by the rich, then driven from large tracts of its natural habitat by agricultural and housing development, the giant panda deserves better than to be scrubbed from conservation's ledger books through false accounting.

Thomas Frank

I actually don't express contempt for the rank-and-file conservative voters in Kansas. The conservative reviews of the book claim that I do, but by and large I am very respectful of these people. I certainly don't try to make these people sound crazy. In a lot of ways I really respect them.

He was just never a kickoff guy in terms of getting out there and practicing all the time. But you'd watch him kick a 55-yard field goal. He could just boom them.

He was in their starting lineup, and we didn't even have a book on him. He's about 6-foot-3 and he can jump out of the gym.

He was obviously bright, a good lawyer, and served his clients well. When it got to be 5 p.m., he closed his law books and went home. He didn't fuss over things.

Marly Youmans

It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it.

O. J. Simpson

It is so important for parents to read in front of their child, so the child knows how much reading can teach them, ... I make sure I am reading books around my children to set good examples for reading throughout life.

Troy Smith

I thought they brought him back too soon. What were they thinking? I'll boo him if the people around me boo him.

I think we'll be fairly well booked for people who couldn't get out with the weather, but I think they're going to be able to accommodate everybody.

Rebecca Stead

I think that my first book - I was trying to write the kind of book I would have loved as a kid. So it's sort of, like, a book inspired by my childhood reading and the passion that I felt about reading when I was a kid.

I think what we're doing right now is evaluating the current statutes that are on the books and looking at the whole gamut of issues that continue to come up.

I think what the book was trying to do was show the extent to which Doug was disgusted with it. It just didn't fit in. I guess disgusted isn't the word. He just didn't seem to fit. He had a good time. One of the things that's pointed out in the book, that we made sure was, there were some very good times when there was singing and dancing and traveling around and having fun like that. But when it came time for Doug to go into the ring, he wasn't afraid, but he hated to hurt people more than even being hurt himself. He just found it repulsive. He just did not want to be a part of causing pain to anyone. He was completely non-violent -- and huge and strong.

Roz Chast

I think that children's books should be censored not for references to sex but for references to diseases. I mean, who didn't think after reading 'Madeline' that they were going to get appendicitis?

Helen Oyeyemi

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. I think I'll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven't read, sometimes I feel as if they're all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, 'Hurry up.'

I think any news out of OPEC tomorrow is likely to provide more of a psychological boost than anything else,

I think an upside to book stocks will come if these two books generate a lot of traffic into bookstores and boost sales of other books as well.

I think a lot of times kids misunderstand how jobs are done, so I think this is a great boost for everyone to start thinking about their careers.

It gives us a boost when he comes in and we really don't miss anything. If anything, we gain something with his experience and ability.

It gives him a boost in terms of the primary. The stars have lined up and given him an extra two weeks of free publicity.

It gets the serotonin working, and it's not super taxing. It puts life in perspective. You see things passing by and the majesty and timelessness of world. And it's totally free. Taking a book or a CD player or reading or writing for few hours is really taking nice care of yourself. When you're in a relationship you don't get around to doing that.