Tomie Quotes & Sayings

This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much. — Byron Dorgan

I think that acting can be a very pressurized existence. So when I'm not working, I spend very loose and un-pressurized time and I like to meet people who have a similar attitude. — Nathan Fillion

I'am looking for the book "Pancakes for Breakfast" by Tomie dePaola to read online. Can you help me with this? — Tomie DePaola

I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations so that the child can tell what is going on and what the emotions are. — Tomie DePaola

Do not puzzle your mind with unknown and unknowable, — Ajit Kumar Jha

Thank you, Pig Keeper," Phillip said, and placed a few gold coins in the boy's hand. The boy's eyes went wide as he felt the weight of the gold,even as he absently corrected his prince. "Uh, Assistant Pig Keeper, actually. — James Riley

Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. — J. Paul Getty

I've never been pregnant, so I just feel God didn't mean for me to have kids so that everybody else's children could be mine. — Dolly Parton

I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one. — Tomie DePaola

God gifted us only one life & it is solely our choice to make it dull with one color, or beautiful with many colors! — Swati Jain

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don't want to thrive on people's opinions of me. — Lupita Nyong'o

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen. — Renee Fleming

Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book). Then finally the pencil "dummy", then the finished art which is like painting pieces of a jig saw puzzle. — Tomie DePaola

In a town in Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady everyone called Strega Nona, which meant "Grandma Witch". — Tomie DePaola

A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. — Tomie DePaola

I never pray to God to make a putt. I pray to God to help me react good if I miss a putt. — Chi Chi Rodriguez

The essence of all reincarnation is to have the best lifetime now that you've ever had, no matter what's going on. — Frederick Lenz

Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. — Tomie DePaola

To show the relativity of what's good taste and what's not is something I like to play with. — Jean Paul Gaultier