Books Quote by Jimmy Buffett

my mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.

— Edith Konecky

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted that her…

— Jimmy Buffett

“Please tell me you’re not chastising me over my lack of manners right now. Because if I thought that were true, I just might…

— Christine Bell

“Sir, this gown, which my mother insisted upon, has cost my papa a great deal of money. I fear it would be unfilial of…

— Christina Boyd

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

— Sidney Poitier

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I…

— Richard Branson

My mother insisted that I have a normal upbringing.

— James MacArthur

“Mother,” said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. “Unless we get a ladder (Go back to your room, Ramona) and break…

— Beverly Cleary

I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.

— Emma Walton Hamilton

A good book written for children can be read by adults

— Norton Juster

When roads are built, children can read, then jobs and prosperity will follow.

— Kerry Kennedy

I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an…

— Quentin Blake