Rick Riordan Quotes

When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience.

Rick Riordan

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One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test.

Jim Sasser

YouTableSeriousKnowPersonal

Success, for me, is being able to wake up in the morning and feel like a 12 year old.

John McAfee

SuccessMorningMeWake UpYearOld

I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress.

John Podesta

FaithNew YorkPeopleThinkJudge

Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny that, for whatever reasons, a lot of SF writers come from Anglo or European backgrounds.

Stanley Schmidt

ThinkWayHardWhateverOwnThings

I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

Stephan El Shaarawy

WantAlwaysScoreForwards

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively.

Roger Bannister

ThoughtLongDownRunShoeMore

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

KidBeenWeirdoSince

We give speeches and pin ribbons onto uniforms, etch names into walls. And all that is fine, but too often, all those tributes, all those words aren't always backed up by action. And that felt like such a stark contrast to me, because, as we all know, our military is all about action.

Michelle Obama

WordsWallsMeActionKnowMilitary

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Doug Larson

LifeGoodFoodGreenGrowBacon

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.

Donatella Versace

TimeThinkSayWantWayChanges

I was never into the boy crazy thing because I was very focused on my career.

Christina Aguilera

CrazyCareerBoyFocusedNeverVery

I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.

Cindy Sheehan

PeopleMeJealousThinkThought

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