Kenneth Oppel Quotes

The seed for my novel 'Half Brother' was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didn't germinate until late 2007 when I came across the obituary for Washoe, an extraordinary chimpanzee who had learned over 250 words of American Sign Language.

Kenneth Oppel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: August 31, 1967

Topics

WordsBrotherMindSeedLanguage

I have two children of my own. Crying is not evidence of pain or any real suffering. It's really just the way children communicate.

Jill Greenberg

ChildrenPainSufferingWayMy Own

I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

Joel Embiid

LifeMeBasketballMy LifeLife Is A

Especially in the car ride to and from gym. I find myself spacing out a lot, just visualizing what the Olympics would be like and just having such great role models.

Aly Raisman

CarGreatMyselfRideGymFind

With every generation comes a new wave of hopefuls: small-town escapees, European refugees, disaffected Londoners.

Amanda Foreman

GenerationWaveNewRefugeesEvery

Filming, for me, is a way of approaching, little by little - of getting closer and closer to my subject. And that subject itself can transform, or it can remain the same.

Rithy Panh

MeWaySameLittleTransformCloser

Outside of America, there are many people, myself included, who champion values that in some senses could be thought of as traditionally American: The idea that everybody is equal; the idea that the rights of women and men should be the same.

Mohsin Hamid

WomenMyselfMenPeopleChampion

Muslim views are not a monolithic blob.

Mona Eltahawy

MuslimViews

Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.

Jonathan Carroll

TimeMenChocolateLooksDressed

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

Diane Keaton

MyselfYouWallGoKnowBuild

I think the teenage sides of myself have informed my adult self.

Cole Sprouse

MyselfThinkSelfSidesInformed

It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box.

Bobby Charlton

DecisionFairInsideOutsideBox

We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a vivid and illuminative dream.

Annie Besant

KnowledgeSleepBrainLearnDream

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Kenneth Oppel