Ridley Pearson Quotes & Sayings

SHUT UP!...PADDLE! — Ridley Pearson

You want to feel sorry for him, but he was his own undoing. — Ridley Pearson

Facebook page had more friends than Ashton — Ridley Pearson

Also not the kind of place to hide a server."
"Is that another pun?" She asked.
"No! I swear! I didn't mean that one."

~Shell Game, Kingdom Keepers #5 — Ridley Pearson

Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by an alien with a genetic malfunction that posed like Elvis Presley and looked slightly like a cross between a koala and a cuddly dog. — Ridley Pearson

Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it. — Ridley Pearson

Jez had gone from an evil twin to a sweet, even angelic, girl, all in less than a minute. — Ridley Pearson

The crowd groaned. "Nice job doofus!" Finn said. — Ridley Pearson

...there can't be two geniuses in the same bed. — Ridley Pearson

Who's Chernabog?" Grumbled Maybeck.
Philby answered,"Only the most powerful villian Walt Disney ever created. — Ridley Pearson

Okay, so let's run faster. — Ridley Pearson

We are Code Jiminy. — Ridley Pearson

Amazing things happen when we put our minds to it. There is a saying that seeing is believing. But believing is seeing, as well. And touching. And hearing. Connecting. — Ridley Pearson

Mistake number one: don't ever expect a woman to do what you think she's going to do.
Mistake number two: don't ever tell her what to do because that's a surefire way of making sure she doesn't. - cowboy John — Ridley Pearson

As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience. — Ridley Pearson

Be careful what you wear to bed, because you never know where you might wake up. — Ridley Pearson

Smee, you are a supreme idjit."
"Aye, Cap'n. — Ridley Pearson

So planning something big."
"If this is the work of the Overtakers, we've never seen anything like it."
"It is," a voice said behind them. Maybeck slipped in alongside of them.
"You about scared the pee out of me!" Charlene complained. — Ridley Pearson

We generally have what we need. The general misperception is that we need what we want. — Ridley Pearson

True love isn't reserved for weddings and ceremonies. It's from the heart. That's all it has to be. All it ever is. — Ridley Pearson

If you know yourself but not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. - Teddy Sumner — Ridley Pearson

Few battles are won by strength alone. Cunning and knowing your resources can help you overpower the most powerful. — Ridley Pearson

Don't try to sound cool. Guys do that all the time, and I'm telling you it's a complete turnoff, okay? Just be you. You're cute; live with it. But don't try to sound like James Bond or something, because you're not. - Summer Sumner — Ridley Pearson

disney in shadows — Ridley Pearson

What do you care more about? The kids or your hair? — Ridley Pearson

For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere. — Ridley Pearson

Not every story is true," he said. "Not every rumor is false. — Ridley Pearson

You forgot something: evil never wins in the Magic Kingdom. — Ridley Pearson

Well, listen, Obi-Wan," Philby said sarcastically. "Why don't you tell me and Luke here where to find him, and we'll make for hyperspace. — Ridley Pearson

I... do... not... do... lightning. — Ridley Pearson

The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they were concerned, most English names for things were silly. The word that they used for quicksand was a deep grunt that translated roughly to uh-oh. — Ridley Pearson

So does that mean we get Eric, too?" Willa said. "Because Eric is definitely hot, and if I had my choice I'd take Eric over some white-haired king merman any day. — Ridley Pearson

They're sending us fake notes. They're threatening our lives. Now, supposedly the of us, as Disney Hosts, represent some serious financials for the company. Why else would they install us on your ship? Give us a free cruise? We make them money: as guides, with merchandise, video games, books."
"We're waiting for the movie," Finn added. — Ridley Pearson

The weirdest thing can squirrel an investigation Never speak ill of the dead, and never, ever, claim you've got a suspect until the court case is over and he's behind bars. — Ridley Pearson

I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be. — Ridley Pearson

Always trust computer games. — Ridley Pearson

That's right," Philby said, remembering. "You're a computer freak, aren't you, Maybeck?"
"Freak? I'm freaking good with them, if that's what you're asking. — Ridley Pearson

Been stolen from Finn — Ridley Pearson

You will leave now," said Grdankl the Strong. "Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay! — Ridley Pearson

I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper. — Ridley Pearson

I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan. — Ridley Pearson

Wayne was one of the worst drivers Finn had ever met. The bus nearly sideswiped two cars, then veered left and scraped its wheels against the curb, before smashing back down the roadway. — Ridley Pearson

MEN, Charlene said. Leave that to you! Willa quipped. — Ridley Pearson

The Power Poker lottery would be won by a person having no ties to any Chicago street gangs or terrorists - Joe Normal. — Ridley Pearson

He likes you, too." Finn repeated. "And don't tell me to shut up."
"Shut up!"
-Kingdom Keepers, Shell Game — Ridley Pearson

If you don't believe in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck — Ridley Pearson

Hey, if you don't believe in yourself, then who will? — Ridley Pearson

Being right wasn't nearly as important as doing right ... — Ridley Pearson

There's a fine line between imagination and reality. An inventor dreams something up, and pretty soon, it's there on the table before him. A science-fiction writer envisions another world, and then some space probe finds it. If you believe in something strongly enough, I think you can make it happen. — Ridley Pearson

Maybe we all dream pieces of the future but just don't happen to know it. — Ridley Pearson

I'm a big girl, Finn. — Ridley Pearson

When I do things I shouldn't do, my mother says I need a new pair of glasses
that I should be be looking differently at the choices I make. — Ridley Pearson

It's true, I'm impressed with myself, almost daily. If I don't impress myself then how am I ever to feel accomplished?"
"Who cares if you impress others?"
"Indeed. Others' opinions hardly matter, but one's own sense of accomplishment is paramount, is it not? — Ridley Pearson

The wise camel is not swayed by desert mirages; instead, it trudges on, in search for true water. — Ridley Pearson

Finn whispered, "What has a head, thorax, and abdomen, but stands six feet tall?"
"A snowman? — Ridley Pearson

What is that in his hand?"
"A cleaver. As in-"
"Butcher's knife."
"You got it."
"I hope not."
"He does not look happy."
"Are you sure it's a he?"
"I don't want to know. — Ridley Pearson

You can't get any 'cooler' than Disney World. — Ridley Pearson

One thing I'd learned growing up was that no matter who claimed you, you had to first claim yourself. — Ridley Pearson

I'm still only half the writer I hope I will be. — Ridley Pearson

If you don't beleve in yourself, who will?' ~Maybeck — Ridley Pearson

Being a fiction writer is really like being an actor, because if you're going to write convincingly it has to sound right and play right. The only way that works is to emotionally and technically act out and see the scene you're in.
There's no better job in the world, because when I sit down at that computer I'm the world's best forensics expert, if that's what I'm writing about that day. Or I'm some crazed psycho running down a dark alley.
Or I'm a gorgeous woman looking to find a man that night. Whatever! But I'm all of those things, every day. How can you beat that? — Ridley Pearson

My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year. — Ridley Pearson

Finn stood away from all the water with his friend Dillard, who had taken the occasion to borrow one of his father's Hawaiian shirts. Finn thought he looked pretty cool. — Ridley Pearson

The way you get better is putting words on the page and getting them behind you. — Ridley Pearson

Nugget?" said Micah, offering a lump to Toby.
"Thanks," said Toby. He took a bite and chewed thoughtfully.
"I think maybe it is a squirrel." He said. — Ridley Pearson

The "rain" was nothing more than the emergency sprinkler system gone wild. All this trouble could be easily explained: the sprinklers malfunctioning. Maleficent had done her job well. — Ridley Pearson

Lightning crashed on the horizon. A breeze swirled around the Cast Members. The air tasted dusty, almost bitter, with electrical charge. — Ridley Pearson

SHUT UP!...PADLE! — Ridley Pearson

But listen up Alex Rider..... — Ridley Pearson