English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Paula Poundstone Quotes

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

Paula Poundstone

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary. Margaret Atwood
Steven Cojocaru quote: "I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist..."
I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant. Steven Cojocaru
John Cage quote: "Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be..."
Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent. John Cage
The reason why I've been keeping private for the longest time ever here, I've always wanted to protect my wife's privacy. I don't like - I didn't want to put her picture all over the news. I just wanted to keep her private. Michael Schiavo
Renee Fleming quote: "I do everything in the third person. Performance is about..."
I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else. Renee Fleming
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. Buddha
It's very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don't really have that much control with it. Eric Clapton
Hakeem Olajuwon quote: "I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted..."
I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over. Hakeem Olajuwon
I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you. Jodi Picoult
Pearl S. Buck quote: "When good people in any country cease their vigilance and..."
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail. Pearl S. Buck
Thomas Merton quote: "The tighter you squeeze, the less you have."
The tighter you squeeze, the less you have. Thomas Merton
Jim Carrey quote: "A lot of good love can happen in ten years."
A lot of good love can happen in ten years. Jim Carrey
I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child. Margaret Mahy
Michael Irvin quote: "I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football..."
I'm taking T.O., every day... He gives me the whole football field. Michael Irvin
Ernest Gaines quote: "Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and..."
Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One. Ernest Gaines