Louis Sachar Quotes

I'm an avid bridge player. I usually go to the local bridge club three or four times a week. I've always been a game-player, and I think bridge is one of the greatest games ever invented. It's too bad that not many young people play it any more.

Louis Sachar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 20, 1954

Topics

PeopleBridgeThinkWeekBadPlay

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Joan Chen

BelieveAdviceGivingPersonNever

A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

John Cleese

LaughterPeopleKindTrueSystem

The threat posed by Bank of America isn't just financial - it's a full-blown assault on the American dream. Where's the incentive to play fair and do well, when what we see rewarded at the highest levels of society is failure, stupidity, incompetence and meanness? If this is what winning in our system looks like, who doesn't want to be a loser?

Matt Taibbi

FailureAmerican DreamStupidityPlay

I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

Angus Deaton

PeopleBelieveI BelieveObligation

You know, you only get one family, and you have to make it work.

Tori Spelling

WorkFamilyYouKnowGetOnly

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

Rob Delaney

WorkHard WorkDepressionCompassion

I had a few celebrity crushes when I was growing up, including Eddie Kendricks from the Temptations. And I loved Marvin Gaye - I thought he was everything and instantly fell for his voice.

Dianne Reeves

Growing UpVoiceThoughtLovedUp

Rob Petrie is who I really am - in personality and general ineffectiveness.

Dick Van Dyke

PersonalityWhoGeneralReallyAm

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.

Colin Firth

WorkGoodPeopleMeThoughtMillion

Too many bands record an album and feel, 'Well, this is okay,' but after a time, they grow to not like it.

Brian Fallon

TimeGrowFeelOkayWellLike

Our thoughts are mainly controlled by our subconscious, which is largely formed before the age of 6, and you cannot change the subconscious mind by just thinking about it.

Bruce Lipton

ChangeAgeMindThoughtsThinking

Without the discipline of having a wife to come home to, you end up just working all the time.

Anthony Goldbloom

HomeTimeDisciplineWifeEndYou

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