Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

I am never really surprised at the way my books take shape. They are just not as perfect as I'd like them to be.

Chris Van Allsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

I AmPerfectWayNeverShapeTake

I would never try to motivate anyone to follow me. I would motivate him to follow certain principles.

Jim Brown

MePrinciplesTryNeverFollowHim

In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my childhood, with odd roast-turkey experiments involving sticky-rice stuffing or newfangled basting techniques that we read about in magazines.

Jennifer Lee

FamilyChildhoodAmericanRareOdd

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

Amanda Palmer

PeopleCoolWorldExcitementEmotion

We have nothing but gratitude for the opportunity we have had here, and any other response would be ridiculous, irresponsible and a lie. It is that simple. I owe China; China doesn't owe me.

Steve Wynn

OpportunityGratitudeSimpleLieMe

I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.

Roy Blunt

PositiveWorkCommunityCommitment

Iran did not talk to the United States for 35 years. And now we are talking. And I believe these talks are useful. But they haven't produced the intended results. We have not seen an end to the hostility that has been exhibited in the United States against Iran. And I believe it is important that we see some of that.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

BelieveEndTalkingResultsTalk

Fashion is a way you can express yourself, so it's good stuff, you know?

Lucky Blue Smith

GoodYourselfFashionYouKnowWay

Without doubt, God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has given it.

Joseph de Maistre

NatureGodMovingDoubtWithout

I stayed focused, and I never surrendered, and now I've been blessed. now I take care of my mother, my father, and my entire whole family.

DJ Khaled

FamilyFatherMotherBlessedCare

I am pretty much as you see me. I don't have deep, dark depths and go home in despair.

Deirdre O'Kane

HomeI AmMeDeepYouDark

The thing that always struck me about 'Jonny Quest' is: What kind of parent brings his kid to the Amazon so that yetis can throw boulders at him?

Christopher McCulloch

MeParentKindKidHimAlways

Playing a real-life character is a challenge and a huge responsibility.

Ali Fazal

CharacterChallengeResponsibility

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