Autobiographies For Kids Quotes & Sayings

Pride, lust, and whiskey are a potent combination. — Rachel Bach

Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life--the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within--can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances. — George Eliot

All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer - one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going - one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world. — L.M. Montgomery

There is a problem on the so-called commercial stage in New York. The price of a ticket is exorbitant, and there are no longer original productions possible, apparently, on the commercial stage. They are all plays that were taken from either England or smaller theaters, off-Broadway theaters, and so on. The one justification there used to be for the commercial theater was that it originated everything we had, and now it originates nothing. But the powers that be seem perfectly content to have it that way. They don't risk anything anymore, and they simply pick off the cream. — Arthur Miller

Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Did you seriously just use the word 'loins'? — J.D. Cunegan

Challenges arise to make us aware of our inner purpose. — Deepak Chopra

Once The Boo roamed this campus fierce, alert, and lion-voiced, and his wrath was a terrible thing. He could scream and rant and call us "bums" a thousand times, but he could not hide his clear and overwhelming love of the Corps. The Corps received that love, took it in, felt it in the deepest places, and now, tonight, we give it back at the school where we started out and we give it to The Boo, as a gift, because once, many years ago, The Boo loved us first, when we were cadets of boys and when we needed it the most. — Pat Conroy

father when I was a boy you left us now I forgive you — Ikkyu

Whenever I do talks around the country, I map out my run. Gives me something fun to do and to look forward to doing. — Jane McGonigal

A large family makes you accept sharing your parents. — Martha Reeves

It's important to salt the tomatoes before draining them because that helps pull out the water. Fresh herbs, some garlic and pepper will also enhance the flavor. — Geoffrey Zakarian

I went to Hollywood. I put the action in Hollywood. I watched a lot of movies, maybe 100 or something close to that. I have tons of DVDs now at home. I don't know what to do with them because they're not useful anymore. My kids never watched them. I read a lot of autobiographies, listened to a lot of music by classical era composers like Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman and Leonard Bernstein. I listened to only that kind of music the entire time I was writing, even at home. — Michel Hazanavicius

Make an effort to collect the good features from many beautiful faces. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Act to make your vision a reality. — Debasish Mridha

We attended stables, as we attended church, in our best clothes, thereby no doubt showing the degree of respect due to horses. — Osbert Sitwell