Top 30 Acampora Quotes
#1. Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.
Voltaire
#2. And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.
Rick Riordan
#3. That's the key to happiness," Abbey declares. "Join the right circus.
Paul Acampora
#4. It's not enough to know what all the words mean," he continued. "A good reader starts to see what an entire book is trying to say. And then a good reader will have something to say in return.
Paul Acampora
#5. You always leave something behind when you start something new.
Paul Acampora
#6. We support all actions that lead to the joy, the fun, the reward, the challenge, and the adventure of reading.
Paul Acampora
#8. But in the book," I say, "the mockingbird is supposed to be a symbol of innocence. That's why it's a sin to kill one."
"Who says it's a symbol of innocence?" asks Mort.
"Teachers," I tell him. "Book reviewers, critics --"
"Wikipedia," Elena calls from behind the window display.
Paul Acampora
#9. Everything is sort of built in a way that to me suggests intelligent design. But at the same time there's a lot of things in life where you say to yourself, well, if this is God's plan, it's very peculiar. And you have to wonder about that guy's personality, the big guy's personality.
Stephen King
#10. Just being alive - even if you're only on the planet for a few years - is struggle enough. You've earned the right to be remembered.
Paul Acampora
#11. We're okay." I don't know why I say that. Sometimes good manners are a curse.
Paul Acampora
#12. ...A book connects you to the universe like a cell phone connects you to the Internet...But it only work if your battery's not dead. Mr. Nowak
Paul Acampora
#13. We are all broken, but sometimes the jagged pieces fit together nicely.
Paul Acampora
#14. Perhaps it is understandable that in days of serenity the heart seeks it own friction - whether in defense against, or in ignorance of, the ultimate blow that awaits it.
Lauren Acampora
#15. Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.
Paul Acampora
#17. I'm not one of those people who think that cancer is some kind of jousting match. People live or die based on good medicine, good luck, and the grace of God. The people that die from it did not fail. The people who live will die another day.
Paul Acampora
#18. Private property is one of the best institutions which has ever evolved, to protect us from the bullying of others.
Roger Scruton
#19. Where did you hide your Mockingbirds?" he asks.
"Ornithology," she replies.
"You hid TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD with the bird books?" I ask.
Elena shrugs. "I was being ironic.
Paul Acampora
#20. Look both ways before you cross the street," she tells me.
I start to protest, but then it strikes me that if I am very lucky I will one day be able to offer annoying safety tips to my own children one day.
Paul Acampora
#21. I don't own a cell phone. I've never turned on a computer in my life.
Phil Robertson
#22. Do you want to be in our mob?" Elena asks him.
"When did we get a mob?" he says.
"We don't have one yet. I'm working on it."
Michael turns to me.
"It's got something to do with books."
"In that case," says Michael, "I'm in.
Paul Acampora
#23. When you try to learn everything about something, you end up learning something about everything.
Paul Acampora
#24. Just because you're bossy," I tell her, "doesn't mean you're wrong.
Paul Acampora
#25. Is that a ukulele?" I ask.
We stop and listen closely. "Actually," says Elena, "it's a bunch of ukuleles.
Paul Acampora
#26. What's your life philosophy, Leo?" "I haven't figured it out yet." Abbey considers this. "'I haven't figured it out yet' is not a bad life philosophy
Paul Acampora
#27. It's not running away when you're going back home.
Paul Acampora
#29. Because a person wants to know that there's a person in the world who would do something if they could." She takes a ragged breath. "Even if they can't.
Paul Acampora
#30. Life is a gift. Going to church is like sending a thank-you card.
Paul Acampora
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