James Rollins Quotes

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

James Rollins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 20, 1961

Topics

ScienceHistoryMeLookingStartGo

Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.

John Barrow

MusicDisappointmentExhilaration

In general, you don't want to move your kids when they're teenagers. They're not going to be happy with you.

Jeremy Sisto

HappyBe HappyYouWantGoingMove

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

John DiMaggio

RedTeamComedyAlwaysGuyBeen

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

Andrew Cuomo

GovernmentNew YorkPeopleNewRight

We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour.

Andrew Eldritch

DoingPlacePlayAlwaysYearsGet

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents.

Steve Garvey

InspirationalGreatTrustJobLook

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Stephen Covey

HappyPeoplePieAbundanceOthers

Haunted since the day its discovery was projected all over the world in 1994, I, like many others, have always wanted to see inside the Chauvet cave, site of the world's earliest known cave art. Quite rightly, we will never go. It is closed to the public.

Simon McBurney

ArtDayWorldDiscoveryGoCave

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

The difference between a remarkable life and a mediocre one is not nearly as large as you might imagine. Nope, we all pretty much start out with the same raw stuff.

Robin S. Sharma

LifeStartYouDifferenceSameOut

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations.

Ron Kind

TimeWarBudgetSeriousEconomy

I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.

Judd Nelson

GoodPeopleThoughtAmericaYou

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