Ann Brashares Quotes

Well, I don't think characters change. I think they become more revealed. I don't think you really can change a character on a show.

He pinched the name tag and ran his fingers under the letters. "Can you read this, mate? It says C-H-A-R-O-N. Say it with me: CARE-ON." "Charon." "Amazing! Now: Mr. Charon." "Mr. Charon." "Well done.

It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

I don’t think it should be socially acceptable for people to say they are “bad with names.” No one is bad with names. That is not a real thing. Not knowing people’s names isn’t a neurological condition; it’s a choice. You choose not to make learning people’s names a priority. It’s like saying, “Hey, a disclaimer about me: I’m rude.

I will be remembered when I'm in heaven. People won't remember my name, but they will know the photographer who did that picture of that nurse being kissed by the sailor at the end of World War II. Everybody remembers that.

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.

In Canada... we should be there for the nurses, cause they are always there for us.

You can't tell me the success of Kevin Bacon isn't somehow tied to his name. You're not going out to see a Kevin Hot-Dog movie.

"What was the name of Pygmalion's sister?" She blinked, twice, obviously surprised. "Ummm," she said, keeping her eyes on me. "I don't know." Rogerson did," I told her. "Rogerson knew everything."

You get to know more of the character of a man in a round of golf than in six months of political experience.

Slapped her then I asked her what's my name. She said N-I-C, the president of the N-Y-C.

People are always nice, so I can't complain. My name used to be SNL! More and more, people call me by my name.

We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become so.

But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.

I can change, but as we speak now, I really have zero desire to see my name in the press.

It's going to be really weird to know that people are going to actually know my name, that's going to be strange.

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

You do a couple of superhero things and then, all of a sudden, they want to get you because there may be some name value.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.

The palmist looks at the wrinkles made by closing the hand and says they signify character. The philosopher reads character by what the hand most loves to close upon.

Chivalry!---why, maiden, she is the nurse of pure and high affection---the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievances, the curb of the power of the tyrant ---Nobility were but an empty name without her, and liberty finds the best protection in her lance and her sword.

I'm still the baddest expletive in the world. Yeah, I'm getting older, but Kareem got older. Hakeem got older. I don't need Earthlings' respect. When it's all said and done, my name will be there and it will be mentioned ... unless you Earthlings try to erase it.

Your name is the most important thing you own. Don't ever do anything to disgrace or cheapen it.

I'm lucky enough that, in my career, people think that attaching my name to something helps it a little bit.