Katharina Blum Quotes

#1. Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Kelley Armstrong

#2. My mom insisted on saying such things, even though almost no one understood what she meant. My Dad sometimes called her Addlebrain because she read so many books.

Haven Kimmel

#3. Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.

Deborah Moggach

#4. But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.

John Shadegg

#5. I came- though the child of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents - to a deep religiousness, which, however, reached an abrupt end at the age of twelve.

Albert Einstein

#6. It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another.

Stephen Hopkins

#7. Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.

B.F. Skinner

#8. We are afraid of losing what we have.

Paulo Coelho

#9. In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less is said about sanctification- how to live after you're converted.

Nancy Pearcey

#10. The more we read, the more we discover.

Lailah Gifty Akita