Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Ballard

No scientist will sit on (a ship) for that long, reading a book and eating popcorn for the whole time, no way.

Sidney Altman

No sacrifice was too great to forward our education and, fortunately, books and the tradition of study were not unknown in our family.

Sophie Hannah

Agatha Christie never wrote books that just started with a dead body, and a 'Let's find out who the murderer is', which is kind of mysterious but not that mysterious. She always started with, 'How can this thing be happening; isn't it strange?'

Richard Curtis

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

Then at high school I got an electric guitar and a book with some photos of Eddie Van Halen in it and my grades went downhill.

Richard Flanagan

'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The movies I watch and the music I listen to and the books I read - those are important to me. It's very important to me, and I don't know what I would do without those things.

The one thing about the open concept is that there's only one wall. We wanted to have an entertainment center and book cases, so there wasn't room for a fireplace. It's nice on a cool evening to go out and enjoy a fire.

Samuel Butler

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

Susan Faludi

And you look at the candidates, and particularly George W. Bush's, just imagery-wise, allows people to feel that -- particularly men, to feel that something was handed down from father to son, that there is a legacy. And similarly with Gore, who's father was senator, and similarly with someone like John McCain, who just wrote a book on his father.

Reese Witherspoon

And you know, life is a constant learning experience. I learn so much with my kids. I read tons of books and study what they're studying.

Another Boehme with a tougher book / And subtler meanings of what roses say.

Billy Bush

Are you a totally open book or are there some parts of your personal life that are just not for TV?

Virginia Woolf

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title

David Drake

Dylan's is the kind of model we envisioned, and in the same way we see this book bringing out the distinct voice of Eric Clapton. He will be intensely involved in the book writing process.

Equally, we have taken the prudent step to book the Millennium Stadium.

Especially given the height of the output and order book indicators, you would be hoping for a stronger (employment index) number than that.

Walter Salles

First of all, we wanted to be faithful to the two books that inspired Jose Rivera's screenplay and to the spirit of the original journey.

Francois Bourguignon

Flipping through the book there are millions of stories on what is going on in countries and regions.

John Ortberg

Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to have more humility and sincere love.

Michael A. Stackpole

Few and far between are the books you'll cherish, returning to them time and again, to revisit old friends, relive old happiness, and recapture the magic of that first read.

Every time we receive a new book ---- which happens constantly ---- another book has to be withdrawn.

Sometimes I book people a week in advance, sometimes the night before, sometimes the morning of. That's because it's a creative process. Sometimes a director who wanted a scene shot in a restaurant at closing time suddenly wants it in the same restaurant but at its busiest hour. That's where I come in, and that's where you guys, the extras, come in.

Mary Randolph

Sometimes it was September or October before we would get the books.

Diego Forlan

Russian literature has a sinister streak, and I think that influence is very evident on this record. I was indulging myself with these books while I was coming up with ideas. Those books are so dark and real and not glam at all.

Christopher Dodd

Rumsfeld is violating the law, ... It's been sitting on the books for over a year. They were opposed to it. It was insulting to them. I'm sorry that's how they felt.

PR and marketing doesn't sell books. It gets attention for them. It sends readers to bookstores and websites to read a few pages.

Schools that do not currently meet this standard will be spending more dollars on items like classroom computers and technology, science lab equipment, books and instructional materials or even higher teacher salaries.

James Patterson

Schools and parents can team up to find books that kids will really get excited about - that will make them say, 'That was a great experience. Now I know why people get excited about reading.'

Scholarships are imperative for today's students in higher education. A $1,000 scholarship pays for tuition and books for one student for one semester.

Say you're an American novelist, published by the largest publishing house in the world. Their goal is to make as much money from you as possible, to have as many people read your book in as many formats as possible. How can you hope to speak intimately to the numbers of people that represent the book sales required?

Put it this way: You can book it.

Philip Greenspun

Publishing the book online has had some huge consequences for my life, but not the ones that I would have expected.