Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think the image I had in my head from the book -- they've captured it.

I thought a lot of people would dismiss the subject as trivial, ... and ... that regardless of what I achieved, the subject would be dismissed. I think I've been gratified more than anything. Whether people like the book or don't like the book, they treat the subject as worthy of discussion.

Simon Cowell

I think you just booked your plane ticket home.

James Frey

I think writing a book about this experience would be trying to capitalize on it in some way and that's not something I want to do at all.

I think the book itself is a blueprint, really, for any company on how to make a company successful.

David Healy

I think the effect has already been felt on Ford's earnings because Ford and the other automakers book themselves in profits when they produce and ship the cars to the dealers,

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all.

Asa Hutchinson

Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, in my book that is illegal, and I hate to say it, obstruction of justice by the president of the United States,

James Snyder

I was doing television and films for a good five years, and then I booked 'Cry-Baby.'

Ron Carlson

I was a good college kid, all-American and baseball-playing, living in the dorms with a million barbarians. I did not expect to be claimed by Fitzgerald hook, line, and sinker. 'This Side of Paradise' - that sweet, sophomoric pastiche of notes, scenes, poetry, and plays - I felt like he'd written the book just for me.

I was browsing through some books in a local bookstore, thinking of a special thing to do for God during Lent, when the idea of writing the musical hit me.

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

I was an early reader, reading even before kindergarten, and since we did not have books in my home, my older brother, Alexander, was responsible for our trip every week to the public library to exchange books already read for new ones to be read.

I was a librarian years ago, and I really liked reading the fun books (to kids) because the kids would always run and check those books out later. It did get them excited about reading, and I'm happy to see that.

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.

Nicholas Sparks

Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are competing with yours and the front of the store is dominated by brand-name authors.

Going forward, stock specific movement will continue. It is advisable to buy on declines and book profits at higher levels.

Going by the statement of the honorary secretary, we felt the rule book was not properly referred to.

Johnny Ball

Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers

Going on a diet doesn't mean limiting your foods. So many food shows and books are geared toward healthier, lighter cooking. Your choices are endless. People have to realize that cooking at home takes extra time and work, but there's a big long-term pay off.

Bobby Jenks

He's just very good at what he does. I'm sure he feels the same way. That he can take the last two outings and put them in the book and be ready for tomorrow. You can never doubt yourself when you are a closer. It's very important. You can't dwell over the little things or it will be stuck in your head the next time you go out.

Michel Faber

History proves that most writers get forgotten anyway. That's very likely to happen to my books, and if I'm extremely lucky, maybe one of my books will survive.

Lykke Li

I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.

If anything, the book shows the good, the bad, the ugly, and then the sad. They're chasing these gold dreams, but what happens when you put too much value in your chain? If you spend all your money on your ring and then you go broke? It's not an advertisement for jewelry.

If anything, the book shows the good, the bad, the ugly, and then the sad.

Katie Davis

If a kid knows a book and meets the author, he will love it so much more.

I don't think we need another law on the books to cover that subject.

I don't think we'll see consumers voting with their pocketbooks. If a book captures someone's imagination, consumers aren't going to decide not to buy it because it's a memoir.

Edwina Currie

If a book doesn't grab me in the first chapter, I may not bother with it, ... As writers we're told that you have to catch readers in the first paragraph, but that is easier said than done.

Nigel Kneale

I'd written a book of short stories that had won the Somerset Maugham prize so I was respectable, but there was no money in short story writing.

Steve Finley

I don't think it's right -- you didn't hear anything about this until the book came out.

Charlie Haas

From the German verb tinzelle- literally, "to book a turkey into 1,200 theaters and make one's money before word of mouth hits.

Jim Lee

From 'The Sandman' and 'Black Orchid' to 'Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?,' Neil Gaiman has provided some of the most memorable stories of the comic book industry.