Book review Quote by Bobby Adair Download Open image ““every time a reader leaves a book review, a crippled monkey gets a free banana. I”” — Bobby Adair ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book review Books Time
“Whenever someone asks for my opinion about other authors, I feel like I'm looking at a monkey asking for opinions on bananas. I would… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“They looked like two apes pounding their chest and asking for a banana. The thing about me—I was not so willing to give just… — Krista Ritchie Copy Share Image
“Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I loosen my grip and take a tasteless bite. I don’t like bananas much—they’re so mealy—but they’re a safe fruit to eat, always cleanly… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
“One time I went to the store to find some bananas, and then they were out of bananas!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'll buy Chiquita bananas with your smoking-fund money cos this monkey is our future. All hail the monkey!” — Jonathan Dunne Copy Share Image
“The guy walks around with a banana in his ear. And people are like, ‘Why do you have a banana in your ear?’ He… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“So once the zookeeper realized it was the monkeys who stole the bananas, he knew there was only one way he'd be able to… — Hannah Moskowitz Copy Share Image
“The upper middle-class cracker neighborhood ignored me, focused instead on its own pockets of human chaos. Four” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Once people get beliefs into their heads, it’s fucking hard to change their minds, no matter how many facts come knocking on the door.… — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“The shop was a monument to uninhibited human depravity, the kind that scars souls with permanent shadows. I” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“Sure, shit happens we can’t control, but that’s exactly what it is: shit you can’t control. You can’t control what it is, or sometimes… — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“made his words something of a Rorschach test, and I might be reading too many of my own emotions into it. ” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“I went into the living room and looked down at my mother’s torn body and shook my head. It was surreal. I guess some… — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“I’m your nightmare.” I loved that thought. It tantalized me with its power.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
“gazed blankly at nothing in particular. I knew that look. They were the Russells of the group.” — Bobby Adair Copy Share Image
The individual attributes of warmth and competence are often perceived to be negatively correlated. That doesn't mean they actually are, but that's how people… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
“Nearly every writer writes a book with a great amount of attention and intention and hopes and dreams. And it's important to take that… — Madeline Sharples Copy Share Image
I began by doing book reviews on the typewriter and then went over to short stories on the machine, meanwhile sticking to pencil for… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
“A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When Paul Beatty's 'The Sellout' was first published in America in 2015, it was a small release. It got a rave review in the… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
The whole family is a bunch of dangerous freaks...Most are ex-cons or junkies or deranged from inbreeding. Five have died violently, three are back… — Tim Dorsey Copy Share Image
“When your book review is centered on your sworn duty as spelling police and grammar cop, what makes you anything more than a proofreader?” — Guy R Vestal Copy Share Image
“Taking inspiration from her own experiences as a wife, mother, principal and teacher, Ellick creates a realistic and thought-provoking modern scenario for readers to… — Bainbridge Island Review Copy Share Image
The gender inequality in book reviewing isn't getting better. Male authors get the majority of review coverage, and male reviewers do most of the… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
For a wide-ranging look at literary matters, the 'Book Review Podcast' from the 'New York Times' is still one of the best. Presented by… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
“How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while… — Foz Meadows Copy Share Image
