James Patterson Quotes

Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

James Patterson

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• In 2012, I was over the moon to be there, especially as it was our home Olympics. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and I just wanted to take everything in.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Home
  • Experience
  • Moon

• I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.

  

  Aaron Johnson
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Me

• A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Work
  • May
  • Success

• Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Bad
  • Think

• If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • Work
  • Want
  • Accomplish

• But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Work
  • History
  • Years

• At times, the curve/fat/plus convo tends be this 'out of the dark' story, like, 'I used to be insecure, but now here I am.' But that is not my reality, and for most of the people, that isn't their reality, either.

  

  Paloma Elsesser
  • People
  • Reality
  • Story

• I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
  • Great
  • Music
  • Ideas

• All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • People
  • Different
  • Man

• I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Life
  • God
  • Single

• Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

  

  Danger Mouse
  • People
  • Listening
  • Years

• The United States influences government and life everywhere else.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  • Life
  • Government
  • United

• People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • People
  • Design
  • Company

• I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Life
  • Up
  • Home

• When I first started, I worked with my father, Alex 'Little Bill' Wallace; he was a guitarist like B.B. King. I was around 13 when I started, and I learned a lot by looking and listening. I learned how to be a bandleader from watching that band work.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Work
  • Father
  • Band

• Music is really something that makes people whole.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • People
  • Music
  • Something

• Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.

  

  Gary Cole
  • Done
  • Couple
  • Yes

• Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Experiences
  • Grateful
  • Well

• A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

  

  Michael Winner
  • People
  • Director
  • Inspiring

• Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • World
  • Economy
  • Legal

• For years, the Bush Administration eviscerated all the military and legal structures that were designed to separate the innocent from the guilty in the 'Global War on Terror.'

  

  Alex Gibney
  • War
  • Military
  • Guilty

• speaking in unknown languages, showing a disproportionate physical strength beyond one's natural capacity, the repulsion to sacred things, such as crucifix and prayers, and knowledge of events that have happened far away, in terms of times and places.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Knowledge
  • Unknown
  • Physical

• My heroes are Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker, Ed Harris, Tommy Lee Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Sean Penn.

  

  Walton Goggins
  • Forest
  • Heroes
  • Harris

• Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that's what I give them. That's all I'm trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

  

  James Patterson
  • People
  • Life
  • Work