Ettedgui Surname Quotes & Sayings

We are flooded with books; books come pouring out of the publishing meat grinder. And, the quality has dropped severely. We may be able to print a book better, but intrinsically the book, perhaps, is not better than it was. We have a backlist of books, superb books, by Margaret Wise Brown, by Ruth Krauss, by lots of people. I'd much rather we just took a year off, a moratorium: no more books. For a year, maybe two - just stop publishing. And get those old books back, let the children see them! Books don't go out of fashion with children; they only go out of fashion with adults. So that kids are deprived of the works of art which are no longer around simply because new ones keep coming out.

from The Openhearted Audience (1980) — Maurice Sendak

The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world. — Swami Vivekananda

Does the moon play only silver when it strums the galaxy? — Joni Mitchell

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor. — Frank Howard Clark

Insisting effort is a golden path to the glory! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It wasn't that I didn't trust Mark's flying, it was just that, okay, I didn't trust Mark's flying. — D.J. MacHale

Well, what o you want?" I said. "I am the type of guy who couldn't survive without disfigurement. Life has worked me over. It wasn't just the war, either ... I got a bad wound, you know. But the shots of life ... " I gave myself a bang on the breast. "Right here! You know what I mean, King? — Saul Bellow

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. — Sydney Smith

'Jaws' was the ultimate man vs. nature movie, and it was a movie that was basically three people against the elements, so that was the biggest influence on 'Frozen.' — Adam Green