Max Quotes - Page 4

• I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. “Sounds like my kind of idea.

  James Patterson

  Ideas, Sound, Kind

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.85, Hachette UK

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• Of comic novels that have quaffed the elixir of 'classic': Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Classic, Comic, Elixir

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• Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.

  Andrew Vachss

  Fiction, Facts, Fact And Fiction

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• Max: What's a period? George: It's a bullet we dodge, go get ready.

  George Lopez

  Funny, Humor, Bullets

  TV series "George Lopez" ("Prototype"), 2002-2007.

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• I'm especially baffled by the idea of taking insurance against a U.S. default. If America defaults, we're talking about a chaotic world - Mad Max, more or less - in which case, who imagines that insurance claims will be honored?

  Paul Krugman

  Talking, Ideas, America

  "Ask the Author Live: Larissa MacFarquhar with Paul Krugman". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. February 19, 2010.

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• Freud wrote a book on the essence of humor, but he didn't know what he was talking about. Max Eastman wrote a book, The Enjoyment of Laughter, that was a much better book, but nobody bothered to read it.

  John Gould

  Laughter, Book, Talking

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• I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about.

  Hugh Grant

  Baby, Mind, Four

  "I want to be alone. Oh really?" by Oliver Marre, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2007.

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• Well, I couldn't spell my name until I was eight - my second name. I was so dyslexic. Max I could do. Irons, nope.

  Max Irons

  Eight, Names, Iron

  "Max Irons Assumes His Throne". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2013.

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• I suspect people are going to vote for Max Burns because they know him as local boy who's got - share their values.

  George W. Bush

  Boys, People, Vote

  "President Bush Discusses Midterms; War on Terror Strategy With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. October 30, 2006.

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• Max Lucado says that 'A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.' That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Men, Want, Crowds

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• Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was a girl, so as to be more knowledgeable on the subject, he said, 'Don't you realize that at this moment you know more about prehistoric pottery than any woman in England?'

  Agatha Christie

  Girl, Taken, Years

  Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

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• If Max [Aitken] gets to Heaven he won't last long. He will be chucked out for trying to pull off a merger between Heaven and Hell ... after having secured a controlling interest in key subsidiary companies in both places, of course.

  H. G. Wells

  Keys, Long, Heaven

  In A. J. P. Taylor 'Beaverbrook' (1972) ch. 8

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• To some extent the shorter the writing assignment is, the harder it is to accomplish, and a blurb is 200 words max. Blurbs are meaningless, and actual people who are buying the books don't care about them at all.

  Emily Gould

  Book, Writing, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think scandal probably attracted more American attention to Formula 1 than anything else in American news in decades. And that`s because it was a sex scandal, a particularly lurid sex scandal involving this guy Max Mosley.

  Rachel Maddow

  Sex, Thinking, Guy

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• The British Union of Fascists, Oswald Mosley`s group, the black shirts, they were banned in Britain in 1940. And Max Mosley`s dad, Sir Oswald Mosley, ended up spending three years in World War II, 1940 to 1943, interned in the U.K. as basically an enemy of the state. He spent that time in prison, as did Max Mosley`s mother.

  Rachel Maddow

  Mother, Dad, War

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• Fang (sarcasticaly): Go pick out a tree and I'll carve our initials in it. Max: (screams and goes in the bathroom)

  James Patterson

  Tree, Bathroom, Scream

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• What test?" Asked Nudge. "Max, you're incorruptible." "Only by power." I said. "You haven't tried chocolate yet.

  James Patterson

  Chocolate, Tests, Nudge

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• Dead Max was the biggest oxymoron in history.

  James Patterson

  Oxymoron

  James Patterson (2012). “Maximum Ride: Nevermore”, p.90, Random House

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• Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.

  Fred Wilson

  Strong, Years, Long

  "Can the Crowd Be More Patient" by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.

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• Dr. Martinez: "I take it you don't want me to call your parent?" Max: "Uh, no." Hello, lab? May I speak to the test tube please?

  James Patterson

  Parent, Drs, May

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• Max: "Fang! This is a huge break! Of course we should go check it out!" Fang: "But we're grounded." Max and Fang: (stare at each other for a second and burst out laughing)

  James Patterson

  Laughing, Break, Checks

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• In the basement of 33 Himmel Street, Max Vandenburg could feel the fists of an entire nation. One by one they climbed into the ring to beat him down. They made him bleed. They let him suffer. Millions of them - until one last time, when he gathered himself to his feet.

  Markus Zusak

  Feet, Suffering, Fists

  Markus Zusak (2016). “The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.188, Random House

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• For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the scene. Liesel did not. The book thief saw only the mechanics of the words--their bodies stranded on the paper, beaten down for her to walk on. Somewhere, too, in the gaps between a period and the next capital letter, there was also Max. She remembered reading to him when he was sick. It he in the basement? she wondered. Or is he stealing a glimpse of the sky again?

  Markus Zusak

  Running, Book, Reading

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• That's more than three questions, Max. And sometimes whether someone is your friend or enemy is all in how you look at it. But if you must know, I consider myself your friend, a good friend who loves you very much. No one loves you more than I do, Maximum. Now listen. I ask the questions, not you. You're just here... for the ride. For the incredible, indescribable Maximum Ride.

  James Patterson

  Love You, Good Friend, Enemy

  "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment". Book by James Patterson, April 11, 2005.

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• I love you Max,"Fang said..."God, Max I love you so much." I know. I thought. I've always known

  James Patterson

  Love You, Said, Knows

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