D.A. Carson Quotes

It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.

The fast fliers are not disgraced." Queen Ree reached up for the missing tiara. "She saved us, but she's with him now." Vidia was complicated, two fairies in one, a loyal traitor.

He -it- was a specter! I stepped back, stunned.

Luck was with me. I saw no spiders. Luck was against me. I saw no specters.

I was born singing. Most babies cry, I sang an aria.

He is flawless, without a blemish. Majesic . . . muscular.

Fate...may...be...thwarted.

I love having written. Sometimes I love writing. I love to revise. Revising is my favorite part of writing.

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

Crying is part of the adventure.

I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.

I'm more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor!

Perhaps we can come here together someday. By the way, you're a month older than the last time I saw you. Are you still too young to marry.

that the book is really good. and theres a prince in it to.

Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. "No need," Char and I chimed together. "Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said.

You're Only the fairest when your fairest to yourself

No, I won't marry you. I won't do it. No one can force me.

I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the likes of me.

To pretend I was sliding down the stair rail." He laughed again. " You should have done it. I would have caught you at the bottom.

He bowed. 'The young lady must not dance alone.

Voices and faces aren't manifestations of good or bad.

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.

I shan't marry a prince!

I am taking the applause sign home, putting it in the bedroom.

I think students ought to have the right to protest, but not to the point of anarchy.

The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older.

I see a lot of new faces. Especially on the old faces.

Do you know my dream? I really want to become an aluminum-siding salesman.

I don't think it's you that changes with success - it's the people around you who change. Because of your new status, they change in relation to you.

NBC's a little jealous of CNN correspondent Wolf Blitzer. They want to get a reporter with a macho-sounding name too, so they're changing Irving R. Levine's name to Scud Shrapnel.

People are hypocrites. If you ask them what they want to see on TV, they'll tell you they want better quality programming. And then what do they watch? 'Gilligan's Island.'

Find me any performer anywhere who isn't egocentric. You'd better believe you're good, or you've got no business being out there.

There are very few Japanese Jews. As a result, there is no Japanese word for Alan King.

I owe one thing to my public - the best performance I can give.

Maybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.

That would have been a great ticket, Reagan and Ford - an actor and a stuntman.

I am one of the lucky people in the world; I found something I always wanted to do, and I have enjoyed every single minute of it.

Your chances of getting hit by lighting go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say "Storms suck!!

Entertainment is like any other major industry; it's cold, big business. The business end wants to know one thing: Can you do the job? If you can, you're in, you're made; if you can't, you're out.

I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.

Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages.

The Champagne they have stored is getting more valuable every year.

The only issue cash presents you is the independence of not stressing about funds.

I demand my right to a private life, just as I respect that right for everybody else.

Nancy Reagan fell down and broke her hair.

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.

It helps if you really enjoy your jobs. If you don't, then just think about the money.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.