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  • You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky

  • Negotiations are about controlling things, about being in the driver's seat and make one tiny mistake; you're dead. I made one tiny mistake, I wore women's clothes

  • Everyone always wants new things. Everybody likes new inventions, new technology. People will never be replaced by machines. In the end, life and business are about human connections. And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake. And to me the choice is easy.

  • Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

  • Reverse psychology is an awesome tool, I don't know if you guys know about it, but basically you can make someone think the opposite of what you believe, and that tricks them into doing something stupid. Works like a charm.

  • Our covering ministry is Challenge for Christ ministries, and Travel the Road was solely our mission arm, designed to expose people to what missions are, then connect them with agencies that send people out.

  • There is no such thing as magic. It is a word. A silly, foolish, overused word. There is only your auraor the Chinese have a better word for it: qi. A life force. An energy. This is the energy that flows within you. It can be shaped, molded, directed.

  • Fool me once, strike one. But fool me twice ... strike three.

  • We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.

  • Here, you can walk into a bookstore and pick up a Bible or Christian literature and learn. Over there, they are lucky if they have one Bible for a whole village.

  • Yes. It is true. I, Michael Scott, am signing up with an online dating service. Thousands of people have done it, and I am going to do it. I need a username, and I have a great one. 'Little Kid Lover.' That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.

  • When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since.

  • The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.

  • An office is a place to... live life to the fullest. To the max. To... an office is a place where dreams come true.

  • Typically, in the cities there can be resistance to the gospel or just to Americans, or anybody that's Western. When you get back into the villages, the people are very welcoming. Then when you get into Muslim areas, it definitely gets a little more difficult.

  • And when in doubt, Josh, follow your heart. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But thisThis is always true.

  • I am both a night owl and an early bird. So I am wise and I have worms.

  • Dr. John Dee looked up. "Look at this world," he said, pointing at something hidden far away in the mountainside. "Once begun, change may not be reversed.

  • You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

  • The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

  • A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

  • All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

  • I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.

  • Perenelle shuddered. "You know I hate leprechauns more than almost anything.

  • The only time I set the bar low is for limbo.

  • First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.

  • Nowadays I find chocolate and/or chocolate-based snacks to be great motivators. Everyone loves chocolate. If someone has a lot of work to do, put a piece of fudge in a glass container (so they can see it) and let them know that if they accomplish their tasks, they can eat the fudge. You'll definitely get a reaction!

  • Don't take me for a fool!" Dee interrupted angrily, but then had to lean over the boat as another bout of nausea gripped him. Virginia grinned and winked at Josh. "It's hard to sound masterful when you're throwing up, isn't it?" "I hate you, Virginia Dare," Dee mumbled. "I know you don't really mean that," she said lightly. "I do," he croaked.

  • The Alchemyst had discovered that the seats revolved and had been amusing himself by swinging back and forth. His chair squeaked with each turn.Finally Prometheus turned and glared at the immortal. "If you do that one more time, I'm going to feed you to the Lotan myself." "And I will help," Niten added.

  • And Prometheus was flying directly toward them. William Shakespeare shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Now, I've never been a warrior,and I know little about tactics,but shouldn't we be flying in the other direction?" They were close enough now to see the wide-eyed anpu in the nearest craft. "We will," Prometheus said. "Just as soon as the missiles explode." "Which missiles?" Shakespeare asked. "The two just behind us.

  • OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud.Don't be ridiculous," Flamel snapped, "They're rats."Josh really didn't think it was a ridiculous suggestion.

  • There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.

  • Dee's search for knowledge was always his greatest strength... and his weakness.

  • Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

  • Her hands flew to her mouth. 'Are we even twins?' Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. 'I will always be your brother, Sophie. I will always look after you.

  • My mom always used to say that average people are the most special people in the world. And that's why God made so many.

  • Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses. Humans have cut themselves off from their senses. Now they see only a tiny portion of the visible spectrum, hear only the loudest of sounds, their sense of smell is shockingly poor and they can only distinguish the sweetest and sourest of tastes.

  • It is St. Patrick's Day. And here in Scranton, that is a huge deal. It is the closest that the Irish will ever get to Christmas.

  • Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.

  • When it is going well, it is the best job [writing] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in control of everything. However, for me, the great joy of writing is that it has allowed me to travel the world in search of stories.

  • I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.

  • Yes, money has been a little tight lately. But, at the end of my life, when I'm sitting on my yacht, am I gonna be thinking about how much money I have? No. I'm going to be thinking about how many friends I have, and my children, and my comedy albums. I mean, I have a yacht, so I obviously did pretty well money-wise.

  • What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.

  • I am going to marry Fantasia. She just doesn't know it yet.

  • A good story is always a journey. It is about taking the journey, the people the hero meets along the way and how they change him or her. All stories are journeys. They don't have to be shocking or outrageous: they simply have to be interesting.

  • A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

  • Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.

  • Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

  • Am I a hero? I really can't say, but yes.

  • And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

  • And once begun, change cannot be reversed.

  • At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

  • Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.

  • Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent it out into the world. A couple of months after publication letters from readers might arrive. And, leaving aside the professional reviews, it is really the reader's opinions that the writer needs. They vote for a book - and a writer - with their hard earned cash every time they go into a bookstore (or online - that's my age showing!) and buy a book.

  • Bros before hos. Why? Because your bros are always there for you. They have got your back after your ho rips your heart out for no good reason. And you are nothing but great to your ho, and you told her that she was the only ho for you, and that she was better than all the other hos in the world. And then... Then suddenly she's not your ho no mo'!

  • but do i need to say anything?" sophie asked. "do i need to learn any words?" "like what?" saint-germain said. "well, when you lit up the eiffel tower, you said something that sounded like eggness" "ignis" the count said. "latin for fire. no, you don't need to say anything." "then why did you do it, then?" sophie asked. saint-germain grinned. "i just thought it sounded cool.

  • But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

  • But magic, like everything else, follows certain natural laws. Magic needs energy wherever it can find it. If no other source of energy is available, it will take the life force of the magician who created it. That is why every use of magic weakens the magician.

  • But the truth is a double-edged sword; it is a dangerous thing.

  • But what science cannot understand, it dismisses.

  • Campus ... brings back so many memories that I would ... have made ...

  • Coffee is the great incentivizer in the office.

  • Distance makes everything beautiful" - Virginia Dare

  • Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked. But it's not like a compulsive need to be liked. Like my need to be praised.

  • Do I want to be feared or loved? That's a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

  • Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what.

  • Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

  • Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

  • Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

  • For me, the favourite chapters have always been the last chapters in the books. I knew exactly how each book would end - and how the first chapter of the following book would begin. I knew I wanted to leave the readers with answers - and a bunch of new questions!

  • Good collaboration essentially boils down to personalities who work well together and are able to integrate each other's notes and ideas without killing each other.

  • Good or bad is a matter of perspective. I met an immortal hunami once, a man called William Shakespeare, who wrote that there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

  • Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

  • Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I donno, I sing in the shower? Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me-- no, don't sue me. That is opposite the point I'm trying to make.

  • Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?" Machiavelli shook his head. "Mars, what about you? Any advice?" "Yes. Don't.

  • He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion. "Is that wise?" he asked. "It is neccessary.

  • He is many things - dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy - but he comes from an age when a man's word was indeed precious.

  • He who retreats lives longer.

  • Here words can kill - literally.

  • How do you untell something? You can't. You can't put words back in your mouth. What you can do, is spread false gossip ... so people think that everything that's been said is untrue. Include that Stanley is having an affair. It's like the end of Spartacus. I have seen the movie half a dozen times, and I still don't know who the real Spartacus is. And, that is what makes that movie a classic whodunnit.

  • I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I'm a huge advocate of plotting.

  • I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or a TV producer (who wrote), but for the last decade or so, its been "writer."

  • I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.

  • I am of the generation of writers who can get instant feedback from readers within hours of publication. The fan forum is extraordinary - readers from all over the world coming together to discuss, argue and debate scenes and characters from a novel. They add a layer to the story that I cannot write and yes, I will participate in that conversation and answer questions. After all, they are the people I'm writing for and their enthusiasm and questions really pushes me to raise the bar.

  • I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.

  • I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.

  • I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it's good for me, it's the perfect way to start the day.

  • I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I'm writing. So, every book I write has its own "soundtrack."

  • I have always been interested in mythology and history. The more I read, the more I realized that there have always been people at the edges of history that we know very little about. I wanted to use them in a story and bring them back into the public's consciousness. Similarly with mythology: everyone knows some of the Greek or Roman legends, and maybe some of the Egyptian or Norse stories too, but what about the other great mythologies: the Celtic, Chinese, Native American?

  • I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

  • I love babies. I think they are beautiful in all sorts of different ways. I try to pick up and hold a baby every day, if possible, because it nourishes me. It feeds my soul. Babies are drawn to me. And I think it's because they see me as one of them. But ... cooler and with my life put together a little bit more. If a baby were president, there would be no taxes. There would be no war. There would be no ... government, and ... things could get terrible. And actually probably it would be a better screenplay idea than a serious suggestion.

  • I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.

  • I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!

  • I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.

  • I spend all my time trying to keep thoughts away and ignore them....But here you are, trying to remember your own life, writing your thoughts down so that you don't forget. I suddenly realized what it would be like not to know, not to remember.

  • I swore to myself that if I ever got to walk around the room as manager, people would laugh when they saw me coming, and would applaud as I walked away.

  • I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I ended up working as a bookseller. Becoming a writer was the logical offshoot of being a reader.

  • I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

  • if you tell people everything you take away their opportunity to learn -Nicholas Flamel

  • I'll have an awesome blossom, EXTRA awesome.

  • I'm always reading. Here's where an ebook reader really comes into its own. When I travel, it allows me to carry a huge chunk of my library with me. Usually, when I am writing one project, I am researching the next or beginning to pull together the material for the book after that.

  • I'm always writing - its what I like to do. But when I'm not writing, I'm reading.

  • I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.

  • I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.

  • I'm very fast. I'm like Forest Gump, except ... I am not an idiot!

  • In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

  • In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done

  • Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad?

  • it is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.

  • It's always been Apple's goal to ship something we were proud of and something people would be proud to own, and I think that's still true from thirty years ago.

  • It's never too early for ice cream.

  • I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.

  • Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

  • Knowledge itself is never dangerous, it is how that knowledge is used that is dangerous

  • Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation.

  • Love is the water of life, drink deeply.

  • Make friends first, make sales second, make love third. In no particular order.

  • Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

  • Marethyu stretched out his right hand and Aten took it in his. "Let me tell you this," the hook-handed man said. "We will meet again,you and I,in a different place and a different time." "You know this to be true?" "I do." "Because you have seen the future?" "Because I have been there.

  • Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

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