D.B. Patterson Quotes

Another day. Get up and face it.

I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.

He grinned at me so unexpectedly I forgot to flap for a second and dropped several feet. "You looove me," he crooned smugly. Holding his arms out wide, he added, "You love me this much.

Besides my great fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica.

I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.

The hamster called. He wants his home back.

He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistence. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.

Clay is so young and has been misled by the wrong people. He might as well have joined the Ku Klux Klan.

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

You stand out like a fart in a church.

So there you have it, the extent of my charms: brown hair and eyes like unbarfed chocolate. I'm a lucky girl." -Max

To survive, men and business and corporations must serve.

The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.

Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.

Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't.

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

It is only those who do not know how to work that do not love it. To those who do, it is better than play.

She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.

"So you have your price."... "Your soul for a cookie."

Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

If you plan your work, you will not find yourself standing on the corner wondering where to go next.

You're lucky if you find something you like to do, and it's a miracle if somebody will pay you to do it.

Call me crazy, but there's just something cheering about seeing huge raptors tear into Eraser flesh.

The best education you will ever get is traveling. Nothing teaches you more than exploring the world and accumulating experiences.

A prizefighter who gets knocked out or is badly outclassed suffers in a way he will never forget.

Jeezum—humans were like eggshells.

Right now, America looks like a fatheaded, shortsighted, gas-guzzling arrogant blowhard to the rest of the world.

But what is life if you don't live it?

Okay, okay, okay. I understood that pushing the elevator button over and over again would not make the elevator appear sooner. But I couldn't help myself

WARNING If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment

Is dere anysing special about you? Anysing vorth saving?" Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica.

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

I think we all have had better days in competition.

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice. Question everything. Don't believe everything you hear. Come to your own conclusions.

Falling in love is not a choice. To stay in love is. We fall in love with someone for a reason. That reason is either temporary or permanent.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

Don't depend on others to give you strength....Find it within yourself

I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?" I just pray, Daniel. That's all.

You know, I guess I just don't like to talk a lot about sad things. Now you know my flaw. What good does it do to talk about sad things in the past?

Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely. Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a Senior National Champ. I was Junior National Champ in 2002, so now to be the senior champ is great.

If you please man and never please God, you have nothing; if you please God and man forsakes you, you have everything.

An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

"Jeez, was that a lion? Please tell me it’s behind bars." "It’s a zoo, Iggy,” Nudge said, taking his arms and leading him. "Everything’s behind bars."