Beverly Cleary Quotes

I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

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• I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
  • World
  • Work

• The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Religion
  • Idea
  • Scripture

• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

  Zachary Gordon
  • People
  • Up
  • Mom

• The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.

  

  Adam Grant
  • Good
  • Help
  • Ideas

• All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Know
  • Nothing
  • Touch

• I have never sought the reason why I write.

  

  Nathalie Sarraute
  • Why
  • Reason
  • Never

• I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Different
  • Character
  • Think

• A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Women
  • Tree
  • Potential

• The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Love
  • Space
  • Ability

• I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Believe
  • Style
  • Better

• The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • You
  • Back
  • Bottle

• When I pick my subcommittee chairmen, I look for people that understand what it's like to run successful businesses, who know what it's like to sign the front of the check instead of the back of the check: somebody that gets it.

  

  Sam Graves
  • People
  • Look
  • Successful

• My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.

  

  Warwick Davis
  • Life
  • World
  • Yourself

• When it comes to investing, you are your own worst enemy.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • You
  • Enemy
  • Own

• I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Technology
  • Compassion

• It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

  

  Upton Sinclair
  • Man
  • Understanding
  • Salary

• I met Ray Charles at 14, and he was 16. But he was like a hundred years older than me.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Me
  • Like
  • Years

• If you're not a confident person, pretend to be one.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • You
  • Person
  • Confident

• It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

  

  Frederick William Faber
  • Mind
  • Education
  • Intelligent

• In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

  

  John Steinbeck

• The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me.

  

  Britney Spears
  • Good
  • Responsibility
  • Cool

• My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

  

  James Otis
  • Time
  • God
  • Hope

• I'd be absolutely happy to go back and make a smaller picture. I never want my choices to be dictated by budget. That's one of the reasons why I take so much pride in being able to make films for $2 and a paper clip - because I can always get my hands on $2 and a paper clip. I never have to ask for permission for that.

  

  Ava DuVernay
  • Why
  • Happy
  • Picture

• I was an only child; I didn't have a sister, or sisters.

  

  Beverly Cleary
  • Sister