Dr Riordan Quotes & Sayings

I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me ... he's jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty. — Keith Jarrett

When the times are good, stretch them. But when the times are bad, stick to the basics and be honest with yourself. — Anita Bhogle

I think Queen Elisabeth II is a charming woman. — Malcolm Muggeridge

Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: 'As much neurosis as the child can bear. — W. H. Auden

Everything about you matters: the breath you breathe, the tears you cry, the smiles you give, the sound of your laughter, how your mind thinks, the values you hold dear. — Tijan

Tell me again, exactly what Dr. Thorn said."
"Um, I hate middle school dances."
"No,no. After that. — Rick Riordan

Obviously, my name is known now, but I don't think people generally tend to recognize authors very much. People like J. K. Rowling maybe, Gillian Flynn might be recognized, but I reckon she could walk by me on the street, and I wouldn't know who she was. — Paula Hawkins

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote

Oo!" Nico raised his hand. "What about Dr. Thorn? That was awesome how you shot him
with arrows! Is he dead? — Rick Riordan

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley. — William Arthur Ward

American forces in Iraq found $650 million in American cash sealed in a hidden cottage. See, this is why President Bush wants to invade Iraq, the whole place is oil and cash. It's like Republican Disneyland. — Jay Leno

It is beyond us to divine how any people could have bred cobs of corn from such a thin and unpropitious plant - or even thought to try. Hoping to settle the matter once and for all, food scientists from around the world convened in 1969 at a conference on the origin of corn at the University of Illinois, but the debates grew so vituperative and bitter, and at times so personal, that the conference broke up in confusion and no papers from it were ever published. — Bill Bryson

A true hunter is never far from his prey. — Matshona Dhliwayo

If I want to be loved as I am, I have to be willing to love others as they are. — Louise Hay

It's best not to experiment on yourself. Bacon practically froze himself to death in one of his experiments and died of pneumonia."
{Right! Bacon must be heated. Knew that already, but thanks for the reminder.} — Kevin Hearne

Every generation's breakthroughs are proven false by the next generation's
Technology — Dan Brown

I'm scared," Nico mumbled. He was fiddling with something - a little metal toy soldier of some kind.
"Stop talking!" Dr. Thorn said. "Face me! — Rick Riordan

I can't -
You can and you will.Take me, baby. — B.B. Reid