Don Novello Quotes

#1. As the Jews were making constant disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he [ Claudius ] expelled them [the Jews] from Rome

Suetonius

#2. The library is central to our free society. It is a critical element in the free exchange of information at the heart of our democracy.

Vartan Gregorian

#3. His intentions were good." He kissed the top of her head. "Don't ever trust men with good intentions. They'll always disappoint you.

Lisa Kleypas

#4. I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good.

Don Novello

#5. Berlusconi's advice to Italians trying to escape poverty: "Do it my way and earn more money".

Silvio Berlusconi

#6. I have like 250 letters that I have to whittle it down to 150. Only then do you have the whole overview of a book. When it was finally edited, at least my take was, everybody's lying. You know?

Don Novello

#7. When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

Amy Chua

#8. I'm kind of surprised that so many of those other books were almost exactly like mine. They even follow the form. There were some books that even copied the stamp. It shows so little imagination.

Don Novello

#9. Hydrogen, helium, lithium -"

She stared at him. "What are you doing now?"

"Listing the chemical elements so I can answer the door without a boner."

"And knowing my mother is on your porch isn't taking care of that?"

"Good point.

Jill Shalvis

#10. I've done it 30 years. I don't know what there is to gain by doing it 40. But I think there is something about doing it over that length of time that says something. That's seven U.S. presidents and five presidents of McDonald's.

Don Novello

#11. My life goes in four-year cycles. The World Cup is every four years and the Olympics are every four years.

Hope Solo

#12. I believe that fortitude is key. More than anything, be consistent. Go at it. Go at it. Go at it. When you succeed, don't forget the responsibility of making somebody else succeed with you.

Antonia Novello

#13. Tommy Smothers is my longest mentor, and Dave Eggers is my youngest.

Don Novello

#14. There's some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.

Don Novello

#15. Socrates asked the key question:
why should we be moral?

Arundhati Roy

#16. I wrote that letter, and the one to Nixon. And I wrote more letters, and I thought it might be a magazine article. At that time I sent it to Esquire and Playboy, but anyway, I kept writing, and all of sudden I had enough and thought, well maybe it is a book.

Don Novello