Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.

Chris Van Allsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

OpportunityTimePeopleWorldSmall

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

Joe Torre

I AmDoorClosingEverybodyMetsAm

I had this ego that was unstable. If you said anything about me good or bad, it really went to my head.

Metta World Peace

GoodMeEgoYouBadSaid

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

Amy Winehouse

BetterYouPlayMoreSingerSing

I can tell people a story that they believe in and get behind. So I'm good at the leadership part. But I've always said that I'm a terrible manager. I'm not good at giving feedback.

Stewart Butterfield

LeadershipGoodPeopleBelieveStory

Red carpet is a little bit scary. It's not about expression. It's about taking a pretty picture in a really weird, awkward way, with so many people watching. It's a glamorous part of the job, but it requires its own kind of courage.

Tracee Ellis Ross

CourageJobRedPeopleWeirdKind

I'll tell you what I love. Sending back bottles of wine that aren't right in restaurants in France! Whoa! I love the French, but I do find their wine snobbery something unbearable.

Rod Stewart

LoveWineYouBackFindRight

If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too.

Jon Secada

LoveLiveBeautifulWeatherMiami

For some reason, I grew up generally believing that Japan and Korea were quite friendly. I do know that there is some bad history and the extremists on both sides are unreasonable.

Joichi Ito

HistoryBadKnowBelievingReason

The underbelly of the human psyche, what is often referred to as our dark side, is the origin of every act of self-sabotage. Birthed out of shame, fear, and denial, it misdirects our good intentions and drives us to unthinkable acts of self-destruction and not-so-unbelievable acts of self-sabotage.

Debbie Ford

GoodFearDarkDark SideIntentions

Be stupid, be dumb, be funny, if that's who you are. Don't try to be someone that society wants you to be; that's stupid. So be yourself.

Christina Grimmie

FunnyYourselfStupidBe Yourself

Goose Gossage is a friend of mine, and he's definitely a Hall of Fame pitcher in my mind.

Bruce Sutter

FriendMindFameGooseMinePitcher

I think everyone should have social media - all young people, at least.

Ansel Elgort

Social MediaPeopleThinkMedia

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