Beverly Cleary Quotes

I haven't been very enthusiastic about the commercialization of children's literature. Kids should borrow books from the library and not necessarily be buying them.

Beverly Cleary

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1916

Topics

ChildrenLibraryLiteratureBuying

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time.

Max Weber

GoodAgeTimeOld AgeThinkHead

I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.

Max Beckmann

I AmBridgeRealityInvisibleWhich

The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.

Robert H. Goddard

IgnoranceDevelopmentHumanOnly

I'm a huge fan of Warner Brothers cartoons. I would spend many hours alone after school watching Daffy Duck. I think Daffy Duck is one of the great comedic villains.

Roger Bart

AloneGreatSchoolThinkDuckFan

I didn't even know what a tour manager was, but I was the tour manager, booking agent, all that stuff for almost two years without knowing it. I wasn't overwhelmed, because I enjoyed doing it.

Luke Combs

DoingKnowManagerKnowingWithout

I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps.

Dirk Bogarde

LoseYearsTemperTwentyOnceEvery

I feel like I've got a nice little niche where I stay just below the radar, which is perfect. I just don't want to be known for anything other than music.

Dierks Bentley

MusicFeelPerfectNiceWantNiche

I must say, I am a 10,000-times better director because I am in therapy. I'm serious. I can understand more the actors. I can manipulate them more easily.

Denis Villeneuve

I AmBetterI CanSeriousUnderstand

Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance.

Donald Ray Pollock

IgnorancePeopleLustBloodLived

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

Christian Kane

BusinessGiftYouEntertainmentGet

Respecting the Second Amendment does not mean abandoning common sense. The right to own guns in this country must remain, while we also must strengthen our laws to prevent mass shootings.

Claire McCaskill

Common SenseCountryMeanRightOwn

I'm going to become the Pope next year. Nothing is impossible.

Brenda Fassie

ImpossibleYearNothingBecomeGoing

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