Kate DiCamillo Quotes

It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.

Kate DiCamillo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1964

Topics

ChildrenBestParentsMeReading

I believe in metaphysics. I don't believe in God because I think that is a human simplification of the things we can't explain. But I believe in a greater universe.

Jochen Zeitz

GodBelieveThinkUniverseI Believe

I wanted to write about looking at the world, so it's more about helping people, or persuading people, to see what is around us; both the marvellous and the terrible.

John Berger

PeopleWorldLookingMoreWriteSee

I usually balance out autobiography with goofy, amusing stuff to help keep the humour in my more serious work.

Jeffrey Brown

WorkBalanceHelpSeriousMoreOut

As good as 'Twin Peaks' was, and I mean, it's a superb work that's way ahead of its time, and we've never caught up, and we never will... I mean, we will never catch up to 'Twin Peaks.'

Michael J. Anderson

WorkGoodTimeAheadWayNever

India's sprawling subcontinent can never become a plus-size Singapore. But perhaps we can weave together an urban web that is the equivalent of a thousand Singapores.

Anand Mahindra

TogetherIndiaBecomeNeverUrban

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier.

Tony Levin

PeopleFamousYouSometimesKind

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind.

Mary Shelley

ParentsMindBondageEveryFaculty

I confess I sometimes sneak a peek at 'The Big Bang Theory.' I chuckle at their antics. But I cringe when they portray physicists as clueless nerds who are doormats when it comes to picking up women.

Michio Kaku

WomenSometimesBig BangUpBigWho

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

Didier Drogba

ConfidenceWinYouLoseGamesYeah

I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home.

Dennis Kucinich

HomeBelieveI BelieveBringOur

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

Christina Milian

GreatOutBeenPerformingHighlight

You know the best thing about having a house? You get to plant whatever you want in the yard and watch it grow.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

BestPlantGrowYouHouseKnow

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