Barbara Park Quotes
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. . . . If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this — for this — I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give!
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.
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The people you choose must (a) make you think smarter and (b) put lots of solutions on the table in a short amount of time. I don’t care who it is, the janitor or the intern or one of your most trusted lieutenants: If they can help you do that, they should be at the table.” Believe me, you don’t want to be at a company where there is more candor in the hallways than in the rooms where fundamental ideas or matters of policy are being hashed out. The best inoculation against this fate? Seek out people who are willing to level with you, and when you find them, hold them close.
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I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
