Brian Jacques Quotes

I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it.

Brian Jacques

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 15, 1939 - February 5, 2011

Topics

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If I couldn't have discipline, if I sit up eatin' fried chicken in bed at night, I'd just as soon be dead. I take care of myself.

Jim Brown

MyselfDisciplineNightCareChicken

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

Joanna Coles

StressNew YorkMeControlNewOver

If it weren't for Moore's law changing the playing field continuously, I would have been long gone. The rapid pace of hardware evolution still keeps things fresh for me.

John Carmack

MeLawLongEvolutionFreshGone

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Maya Angelou

KnowledgeYouthLossMoreUpGain

Let's start spreading work experience and opportunities a little wider so that the photographers, writers, and TV producers of tomorrow are drawn from a broader section of society.

Robert Rinder

WorkExperienceTomorrowStartTV

Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact on the market. At this point it's too early to determine how much.

Ann Veneman

ImpactEarlyNowWillPointMarket

On airplanes, strangers confide in me the most deepest, darkest secrets. And I think they think I'll understand. And I generally do understand.

John Waters

MeThinkStrangersSecretsDeepest

Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.

Amber Benson

DreamsYour DreamsAmazingWorld

The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think ultimately depends upon the kinds of government that hold sway in major countries.

Michael Mandelbaum

GovernmentPeopleWorldThinkHold

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.

Jonny Wilkinson

CloudsMeYouBecomeSearchingAir

I've been 5-6 since I've been at least 17 or 18. I think somebody made a mistake on the measurements.

Jose Altuve

MistakeThinkBeenSomebodyMade

I have to grit my teeth sometimes, knowing I am going to be written about. But I think it is my life, and I don't want to get people interested in debating it. But I do feel that if you are going to put yourself about as a public person on a television screen, there's a curiosity.

Jonathan Dimbleby

LifeYourselfI AmPeopleCuriosity

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