Jean Craighead George Quotes

Children will often write, 'We love your books because there are no adults in them.'

Jean Craighead George

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 2, 1919 - May 15, 2012

Topics

LoveChildrenWillWriteBecause

We did great things when we were in Congress, and I want to continue work on the issues that matter to South Florida, because we deserve better.

Joe Garcia

WorkGreatBetterGreat ThingsWant

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

John Locke

HappyMindWorldBetterShortWish

You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've closed all the social centers. There's not even a patch of grass to kick a ball on.

John Lydon

AloneMindYouthYouGoGrass

People perceive me as a commodity. They just don't think anything of asking for five minutes of my time. It never occurs to them that if they're asking for it and another thousand people are asking, I don't have 1,000 five minutes to give.

Stephen Jay Gould

TimePeopleMeThinkNeverAsking

I love you if you love me.

Roberto Cavalli

LoveI Love YouMeLove MeYou

One thing I wish I'd done differently in my career is insist on having friends or family on tour. I was really young when I travelled the world with Eternal, and I was always homesick.

Louise Nurding

FamilyWorldFriendsWishCareer

I don't like when I watch a fight in a movie that's perfectly worded and very articulate. If you were able to be that composed, you wouldn't be fighting! Fighting in real life is sloppy.

Jason Segel

LifeFightFightingYouRealWatch

'Driving while black' was taught to me at a young age.

Colson Whitehead

AgeMeBlackDrivingYoungTaught

To me, age doesn't make a difference in terms of how playful or fun life can be.

Brit Morin

LifeAgeFunMeMake A Difference

When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.

Aravind Adiga

PeopleResearchWritingBuilding

Tupac is huge; he's an inspiration. Arguably, he's probably the biggest, most analyzed and loved artist of all time.

Annie Ilonzeh

TimeLovedArtistInspirationMost

We've been playing in the sandbox of creation for millions of years. We ruin one environment, we move on to the next - manifest destiny. Now it's hitting us collectively: Our mother's life is in our hands.

Anohni

LifeMotherDestinyHandsManifest

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