What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right.

Nina Bawden

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread.

Blaise Pascal

Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.

William Shakespeare

If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

Bob Goodlatte

Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some Gods would dream of.

Sister Corita Kent

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Marlo Thomas

I don't believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear -- the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don't understand what hard work is all about.

A.L. Williams

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.

Peter Agre

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.

Oscar Niemeyer

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Mother Teresa

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.

Jane Badler

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Theodore Roosevelt