James Patterson Quotes

People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.

James Patterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1947

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YourselfFunPeopleMeYouNice

I'm just thankful to have a tour and work something I can focus on.

Jerry Cantrell

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I hate that number. I hate the number four. I just wanna, like, cut it in half and kill it. I hate it. I've been fourth so many times.

Aly Raisman

HateHalfCutBeenJustFour

Alex Gross is an L.A. artist who has become a friend. His work is really compelling.

Stana Katic

WorkFriendArtistBecomeWhoHis

In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe.

Stieg Larsson

LifeWalkPeopleSocietyUniverse

Even arch-isolationists, such as former President Herbert Hoover and Senator Robert Taft of Ohio - two of the most right-wing figures in the Republican Party - insisted on being called liberal.

Tom Reiss

PartyPresidentTwoRepublicanOhio

I want to encourage people to be nicer to each other, to be nicer to themselves.

Rose Namajunas

PeopleWantEncourageThemselves

I didn't want to be known as a gay comic, but as a comic who happens to be gay.

Judy Gold

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A more robust approach to global warming is needed if we are to avoid catastrophe. Unlike the recent financial crisis, there is no bailout option for the earth's climate.

Jose Angel Gurria

FinancialEarthCrisisGlobal Warming

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

Dian Fossey

BehaviorLearnDietMoreSteps

More than 50 percent of kids who play an instrument go on to college, yet music education programs at the inner city public schools who need them most continue to be hit hard with budget cuts.

Clarence Clemons

EducationMusicCityCollegePlay

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

Anne Rice

TimeMomentThinkEnoughNowRight

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.

Alfred North Whitehead

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