Walter Dean Myers Quotes

Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.

Walter Dean Myers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1937 - July 1, 2014

Topics

CommunityChildrenBlackBornWithin

I need a man with a good sense of humor and a kind heart.

Joanna Krupa

GoodHeartHumorManSense Of Humor

When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly.

Jeremy Stoppelman

GoogleFirstOffWouldOurTook

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

Maya Lin

ThoughtWantArtistsNecessarySome

Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.

Jeff Bridges

TechnologyRelationshipLightPeople

My favourite thing to wear is a saree.

Amy Jackson

WearFavouriteThing

I think it's amazing that I'm 45 and it is the most creatively successful year of my life.

Amy Landecker

LifeAmazingThinkMy LifeYear

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

Stephen Spender

DreamsSonChildMindHorseWishes

No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

Tommy Lee Jones

GoodIdeasShyOthersDirectorAway

Maybe I should find myself one of those sexy British soccer stars. David Beckham is hot. But I've got a hell of a lot of competition.

Missy Elliott

StarsMyselfCompetitionSexyHell

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year?

Christa McAuliffe

YearLookWonderHappenedMaybe

Fire really means a certain kind of burning in the soul that one can no longer tolerate when one is pushed against a wall.

Cornel West

FireSoulWallKindAgainstBurning

I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people.

Anthony Hopkins

TimeCompassionManPeopleTough

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