247 Quotes by James McBride

And you say to yourself, They will remember him. He will make them remember him. He's hollering from the back of the bus of history, just so they'll know who he is. So Vanessa will know him. And Cecil. And Maddy. And Laura. And Helen. And even little Ni Ni and the twins Malcolm and Malik. And in knowing who he is, maybe they will one day know who they are.

You have to give him pretty high marks on how he manages the business. They've done pretty good in the marketplace, taking share every year.

They're trying to get the best possible price for shareholders. They probably approached it in the right manner by not getting too firm with any one bidder.

They talk themselves out of everything else, there's nothing else but you and the information you want, and they give it to you.

Interest rates aren't as critical since half their customers pay cash for their purchases. That protects them a little bit from housing cycles.

All four of them want it pretty badly. It's the last great site on the Strip and there's never going to be another chance like this.

The important thing is for students to know that it's OK to fail. Failure teaches success you don't have to aim for law school or medical school as alternatives for living a full and useful life.

The children created pop art portraits of themselves by tracing over a digital picture on the computer. It certainly added something extra. At the end of the class, they couldn't believe that it was already playtime.

If you're a creative person, you'd better not read what people write about you, because if it's good it'll blow your head up and it'll force you not to take the subway and you'll start taking cabs, and you'd better stay around people, and if it's bad, it just hurts your feelings so much it discourages you.