Elizabeth George Quotes

I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like.

Elizabeth George

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 26, 1949

Topics

PeopleStartCreateKnowSeeBegin

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

Andrea Bocelli

WorkRespectMenI AmIdeasFree

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.

Angelina Grimke

ChildrenTimeTrustWillHumanMost

Until the Fed dumps inflation targeting and the U.S. abandons its weak-dollar policy, inflation will rule the day.

Steve Hanke

DayWillPolicyInflationRuleFed

When people move from one extreme set of views to embrace another equally batty picture of the world, they expect us to applaud their choice, as if the fact that they have rejected one form of nuttiness somehow validates the screwball views they hold now.

Simon Hoggart

PeopleWorldPictureChoiceEmbrace

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

Martin Seligman

HappinessJusticeMeaningWantJust

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

Minoru Yamasaki

EducationBuildingDoneFirstCampus

When one has taken root, one puts out branches.

Jules Verne

OutBranchesRootTakenPuts

You make a record because you have to chart your progress, not only for yourself, but for your audience.

Jason Moran

ProgressYourselfYouAudienceYour

People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.

Didier Drogba

GoodPeopleOpinionAfricaUniteUs

I sort of consider myself a Nigerian who spends a lot of time in the U.S.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

TimeMyselfWhoSortLotNigerian

I was always out playing sports in situations that didn't matter with my friends.

Christian Pulisic

SportsFriendsMatterAlwaysOut

I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that.

Chuck Hagel

IdeasSayingPlanDownPresidentUs

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