Jon Scieszka Quotes

I'm just trying to get kids motivated to be readers by connecting them with a book they like.

Jon Scieszka

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1954

Topics

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I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately.

Jeffrey Tambor

LovedActingStrikeWayAnything

It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.

Stephen Frears

QueenBlueMindNeverOutFilm

I cannot imagine a more realistic faith than the Christian faith. At every turn, we are told we are death-determined creatures and that our lives, our all too brief lives, at the very least will be complex if not difficult.

Stanley Hauerwas

FaithChristianWillMoreDifficult

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

Trey Anastasio

LifeFamilyFriendshipDreamsMusic

I've never believed that Things Should Continue As They Are.

Robin Sloan

NeverThingsContinueShould

I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

Ruth Rendell

ResponsibilityMoneyPeopleMeThink

I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff.

Mike Epps

SchoolLearnI CanNewOld School

I'm Japanese, and I'm also white American, and neither camp wants me in their camp.

Mitski

MeAmericanWhiteJapaneseWants

They never fail who die in a great cause.

Lord Byron

GreatDieNeverFailWhoCause

I'm pretty close to Miguel Cabrera. We are such different hitters, but at the same time, we're pretty close because we both like to hit the ball middle-away.

Jose Altuve

TimeSameBallPrettyDifferentHit

We want to be big... we want to be a big band, but we don't want to be your best friends.

Brian Fallon

BestFriendsWantBandBigYour

Every time I look through the lens with Denzel, I'm like a 12-year-old kid. It's hard for me to look at the monitor because the fun is in watching him.

Antoine Fuqua

TimeFunMeLookLensWatching

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