James Patterson Quotes

I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces.

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• I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Parents
  • About
  • Parenting

• At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.

  

  Ted Rall
  • American
  • Pretty
  • Point

• If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
  • World
  • Music
  • Unite

• I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • Sleep
  • Conversation
  • Weakness

• I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.

  

  Garth Stein
  • Hate
  • Numbers
  • Chapter

• Edible Arrangements will have to beat back some rivals, including a handful of mom-and-pop vendors and a company in Pennsylvania called Incredibly Edible Delites. And there's always the chance that a deep-pocketed national florist like FTD will decide that pretty produce is profitable and jump into the mix.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Pretty
  • Mom
  • Deep

• Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

  

  Ted Knight
  • Crazy
  • Retired
  • Anytime

• What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Cool
  • Woman
  • Sword

• It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Power
  • Man
  • Free

• I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.

  

  Fran Drescher
  • Lost
  • Loved
  • Lived

• A closed plant is like a cemetery; it really is. The walls will talk to you; the machines will talk to you if you really talk to them.

  

  Hamdi Ulukaya
  • You
  • Plant
  • Walls

• I feel like moderate Republicans, who would support sensible gun violence legislation, are pushed aside by those folks who are absolutely beholden to the NRA.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Support
  • Violence
  • Gun

• I don't have one role that I'm particularly fond of doing, and I don't really look for it to differ all the time, but I will try anything and do anything. If it's a role I connect with, I'll go for it, no matter what's involved.

  

  Mae Whitman
  • Time
  • Doing
  • Look

• Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.

  

  R. D. Laing
  • People
  • Help
  • Risk

• Never let anybody get you down. Never give in to people who say nasty things on the Internet. Work to represent women in the best way possible because, even though respect and equality for women has progressed over time, it's still not in the place that it should be.

  

  Harley Quinn Smith
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• One of my top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs: Tell everyone you know about your idea. This runs contrary to the instinct that most people have, because they're afraid someone is going to 'steal my ideal.' Ideas alone are worth very little; it's in the execution and market feedback that companies are made.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • People
  • Alone
  • Ideas

• I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • School
  • Mean
  • Singing

• I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.

  

  Patrick Warburton
  • Work
  • Children
  • Help

• The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Wishes
  • Young Man

• Overnight ratings are dead. It's just not the way TV is sold any more.

  

  Matt Smith Poison

• One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

  

  Charles Horton Cooley
  • Work
  • Mind
  • Tired

• I grew up in northwest London on a council estate. My parents are Irish immigrants who came over here when they were very young and worked in menial jobs all their lives, and I'm one of many siblings.

  

  Amanda Hale
  • Up
  • Parents
  • Irish

• Our interpretations through the years and generations have always changed, but the emotions, ideas, and the thoughts of the composers are still with us, and these are the premise of the music. The time factor has little to do with it because, after all, it is about human feeling, the Universe and who we are as people.

  

  David Finckel
  • People
  • Universe
  • Feelings

• I think e-books are terrific in their own right. I love being able to get on a plane and basically carry around seven books and it weigh 10 ounces.

  

  James Patterson