Jon Scieszka Quotes

When I read the 'Dick and Jane' stories, I thought they were afraid they might forget each other's names because they always said each other's names - a lot. So if Jane didn't see the dog, Dick would say, 'Look Jane, look. There is the dog next to Sally, Jane. The dog is also next to mother, Jane. The dog is next to father, Jane.'

Jon Scieszka

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DogFatherMotherThoughtLookSaid

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

Jessica Savitch

PoliceCrimeBeatJustHowUntil

See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot.

John Fahey

FatherMusicLearnHimSeeAnything

Every time you see a new paradigm emerge, it's always new vendors that lead it. I can't think of one case where an incumbent led a paradigm shift.

Aneel Bhusri

TimeThinkYouNewAlwaysSee

You make a choice to make music or be an actor, and people automatically think they can have access to your life.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LifeMusicPeopleThinkYouChoice

I like how I feel when I am in shape. I don't go to a gym; I run.

Amy Locane

I AmFeelGymGoRunShape

Once Ray was a Ewing, all the problems were solved.

Steve Kanaly

ProblemsRayOnceWereSolved

Now a Protestant confronting a Catholic ghost is exactly Shakespeare's way of grappling with what was not simply a general social problem but one lived out in his own life.

Stephen Greenblatt

LifeProblemNowWayOutOwn

Like David Copperfield, I was born amidst poverty and grew up in poverty. I did not own shoes. I did not bathe in water from a tap. I did no know about forks and spoons.

Sukarno

ShoesWaterPovertyBornKnowOwn

The question I ask myself is what would have happened if newspapers hadn't initially given their content away for free on the Internet. It's so hard to get people to pay once they are accustomed to having something for free.

Tom Rachman

MyselfPeopleFreeInternetHard

I always wanted to work on the consumer market; I always wanted to work with people.

Roustam Tariko

WorkPeopleAlwaysMarketConsumer

There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation.

Mary Hart

StarsPressureSituationNewsFirst

A lot of people would say 'sexy' is about the body. But to me, 'sexy' is a woman with confidence. I admire women who have very little fear.

Allegra Versace

FearConfidenceWomenWomanPeople

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