Jack Prelutsky Quotes

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

Jack Prelutsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 8, 1940

Topics

ChildrenMyselfFunPoetryBlessed

A winning effort begins with preparation.

Joe Gibbs

EffortPreparationWinningBegins

Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter 'found' and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power.

Jerry Saltz

PowerEyeProcessBlurCreating

The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash.

John Brunner

CarImpossibleComputersYouGroup

I don't mind UFO's and ghost stories, it's just that I tend to give value to the storyteller rather than to the story itself.

Robert Stack

ValueMindStoryGhostGiveJust

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions.

Robert Hormats

GrowthSmartSafetyEnvironmental

Good clothes are good clothes, and they don't need whales and tricks and too many jokes. Sometimes you just need something to wear.

Michael Bastian

GoodClothesYouSometimesNeed

The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.

Chris Cannon

PeopleImmigrationAmericanPolicy

Yeah, I do stand-up, my own type of stand-up.

William Shatner

My OwnOwnTypeYeahStand-Up

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

William Gilbert

TrustMeWorldChanceWishYou

In many ways, our homes act as one big drain that, through our daily relationship with water, carries many toxic substances into our waterways and the environment.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

DailyRelationshipWaterEnvironment

When the ancestors of the cheetah first began pursuing the ancestors of the gazelle, neither of them could run as fast as they can today.

Richard Dawkins

TodayFastRunAncestorsFirstThem

My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.

Mario Benedetti

FirstTwoUpBooksDidPublishers

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