Walter Dean Myers Quotes

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

Walter Dean Myers

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AttitudeChildrenMeYouDare

War today is such a more visible thing. We see it on television, on CNN. In 1914, war was a concept.

John Boyne

TodayWarTelevisionMoreSeeThing

Would I have signed to Def Jam if I knew they was deaf? Nah.

Jeremih

DeafWouldKnewJamSigned

I believe inspiration is contagious.

Amy Purdy

BelieveI BelieveInspiration

On the morning of September 11th, I was literally about 18 blocks from the World Trade Center. I witnessed in person what a lot of people witnessed in person, but what the world really saw on the television screen, I saw it with my own eyes that morning.

Steve Tisch

MorningEyesPeopleWorldTelevision

If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him too.

Simone Signoret

LoveGoodI AmHusbandSheTaste

I don't think women are better than men, I think men are a lot worse than women.

Louis C. K.

WomenMenThinkBetterWomen Are

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it.

Joshua Reynolds

ArtValueLaborPleasureMental

The living world has become impoverished. Species are being lost every day. Energy and other resources are nearing exhaustion. The environment is deteriorating. Pollution is everywhere. Climate is changing. Natural balances are threatened.

Christian de Duve

DayWorldEnergyEvery DayLiving

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

William Hague

BuildingPowerfulMoreGlobalShould

If you spend a lot of time lying to people, you think a lot about what the truth means.

Penn Jillette

TruthTimePeopleThinkYouLying

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

Rick Kaplan

AgeHopeExperiencePeopleWineBad

Music is my 90% of my life and my biggest passion. I really don't have an interest in anything else.

Marina and the Diamonds

LifeMusicPassionMy LifeAnything

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