Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most of the true believers are under eight years old, and that's a pity.

Chris Van Allsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 18, 1949

Topics

CultureTrueChristmasOldYears

The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at which you can move.

Jim Lee

TimeSpeedYouOutFinalMove

Television has been really good to me in terms of the roles I've been able to get on TV as opposed to the roles I've gotten in film and in theater.

Joe Morton

GoodMeTelevisionFilmGetBeen

I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.

Jesse Eisenberg

FeelNeedOwnRadicalTriedI Tried

In the Premier League, the money is a problem, but I don't really know how to control it.

Johan Cruyff

MoneyControlProblemKnowHow

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

Jenny Shipley

WomenPeaceEqualityViewWill

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Angelina Jolie

LifeChallengesControlTakeUs

The human imagination can connect to practically anything.

Amy Gerstler

ImaginationHumanAnythingConnect

At first, I was saying to my rep, 'I don't know if this is really my thing.' I get heart palpitations just watching basic comedy-horror stuff.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

HeartSayingKnowFirstWatching

Scientology, Buddhism, the Kabbalah... if it makes people's lives better, and easier, then I'll do it. Why not? People scoffed at Christianity 2,000 years ago, didn't they?

Robbie Williams

PeopleBetterWhyYearsWhy Not

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

Rupert Murdoch

BestPossibleTransparentJustFelt

Pilot season in L.A. is just this blood bath. They make so many pilots, and such a small percentage are picked up. And then if you are picked up, there are so many variables. You have to get a good time slot, and you have to get promoted. And then you have to thrive in that time slot.

Michaela Conlin

GoodTimeSmallThriveYouBath

Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband!

Joyce Giraud

I AmMeHusbandYouMadMore

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