Ridley Pearson Quotes

As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.

Ridley Pearson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 13, 1953

Topics

PatienceTimeMyselfDisciplineMe

Seaplanes are like the taxis of the Pacific Northwest.

Jimmy Graham

LikeNorthwestPacific

Physical books are still my favorite, but I own an e-book reader. They're convenient for travel.

Jesmyn Ward

TravelOwnFavoriteBooksStill

In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'. My passion is for opera, but when I'm in the car, I listen to everything.

Andrea Bocelli

CarPassionButterflyListenOpera

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

Stan Getz

Mickey MouseKindsMousePlayed

Football is my happiness.

Son Heung-min

HappinessFootball

My grandparents used to pray five times a day, but they were quiet about their own thing. Completely liberal day by day; my grandmother was a social worker and my grandfather was an engineer, but they never talked about religion. My entire life I couldn't remember one conversation I had with them about religion.

Mohsin Hamid

LifeDayReligionRememberQuiet

The financial sector has so distorted salaries that physicists are getting drawn into the financial sector. All that has led to an undersupply of people committed to the public sector.

Joseph Stiglitz

PeopleFinancialCommittedPublic

Each 'Bar Rescue' is shot in real time. So the complete rescue is 5 days from my arrival to my departure. I do not see or meet anyone in advance.

Jon Taffer

TimeMeetRealBarSeeDays

I've taken up golf... or golf has taken me up.

Dennis Farina

MeGolfUpTaken

The main thing I do now is I coach kids, and all of these stories along the way are based in reality.

Craig Johnston

RealityNowWayCoachAlongKids

I feel just fine about ignoring or bypassing the rights of people I have known and loved to be rendered faithfully, or to be left in peace, and out of novels.

Colm Toibin

PeacePeopleLovedFeelOutRights

My parents never gave me a nickname. But for my friends, I am everything from 'Nushki' to 'Nusheshwar.'

Anushka Sharma

I AmParentsMeFriendsNeverAm

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