James Patterson Quotes

With my adult books, for the first six weeks or so, it's about 60 percent ebooks in terms of sales. The kids' books, it's like 5 percent. Which means that the parents, the ones that aren't going into stores now, they're no longer buying books for their kids, which is not great.

James Patterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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GreatParentsNowSalesFirstGoing

Nobody enjoys the 'little show about nothing' humor more than me, but that is never the way I look at it.

Jerry Seinfeld

HumorMeLookNobodyNothingWay

My long-held fear is that Mr. Obama is hiding something about his education. During the endless 2008 campaign, Mr. Obama would not release his college grades. Given that President George W. Bush and Sens. Al Gore and John Kerry all had proved mediocre grades were no impediment to a presidential bid, Mr. Obama likely had other concerns.

Andrew Breitbart

EducationFearCollegeGradesHiding

I've always been obsessed with Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Melissa Etheridge.

Trixie Mattel

AlwaysBeenBranchObsessedMichelle

It would be troubling if everything is determined by whether profits will be made within five to six years.

Masatoshi Koshiba

WillEverythingWithinDetermined

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

Michel Patini

FootballMeGameDramaJust

By the time buzzwords appear in the popular press, there's probably a bunch of us in the development trenches pulling out our hair and weeping.

Molly Holzschlag

TimeHairDevelopmentOutUsPress

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

Demosthenes

BestPeopleBelieveEverythingTell

The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality.

Chris Chocola

BusinessBalanceRealityFlowCash

It is our responsibility to find God in someone who is different from us. I think that God basically says, 'I created diversity on purpose, and it is your responsibility to figure out how to make it work.'

Bruce Feiler

WorkGodResponsibilityDiversityUs

I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.

Ricky Skaggs

MusicPeopleMomSongDoingDown

When the Nobel Peace Prize Committee designated me the recipient of the 1970 award for my contribution to the 'green revolution,' they were in effect, I believe, selecting an individual to symbolize the vital role of agriculture and food production in a world that is hungry, both for bread and for peace.

Norman Borlaug

FoodPeaceMeGreenWorldBelieve

In Japan, the attention to detail in customer service is an experience that is unlike anywhere else. It's really quite special. I think everyone who's interested in fashion would do well to take a trip to learn about presentation and the way the merchandise is handed to you. These are skills that no one really thinks about.

Nick Wooster

ServiceExperienceDetailFashion

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