Margaret Wise Brown quote: "I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people."

Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.
MARGARET WISE BROWN

In the great green room, there was a telephone
And a red balloon
And a picture of a cat ju...
MARGARET WISE BROWN

In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childho...
MARGARET WISE BROWN

I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy do...
MARGARET WISE BROWN

Nights and days came and passed
And summer and winter
and the rain.
And it was good t...
MARGARET WISE BROWN

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.
MARGARET WISE BROWN

Sid stood up and told the congregation about Bob and Jackie's visit to [him] and his wife, Alice, th...
MARGARET BROWN

He always needed money. He was just a user.
MARGARET BROWN

Jackie and Bob had a lot of sweet peas growing in their yard, and before they left they made sure th...
MARGARET BROWN

If a philosopher answers your question, you will no longer understand what you asked in the first pl...
WISE

When you see a married couple walking down the street, the one that's a few steps ahead is the one t...
WISE

My advice is to never listen to any advice, not even this one.
WISE

Me and my wife lived happily for twenty years.... then we met.
WISE

Our failure as a society to properly acknowledge and confront the psychological, social, and politic...
TIM WISE

You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated ...
ROBERT WISE

If we don't figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good s...
TIM WISE

For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members o...
TIM WISE

I've always been a Dracula/vampire aficionado, being half-Romanian myself. Dracula has always be...
RAY WISE

This is a great way to support our Greene County farmers and at the same time, Greene County residen...
BARBARA WISE

Audrey makes wonderful desserts,
BARBARA WISE

I am mystified, ... I worked hard and I think I took the high road and I am just stunned.
BARBARA WISE

They are going to be a little bit biased, ... I would have been much happier to see an independent s...
BARBARA WISE

basically take their word for it.
BARBARA WISE

the betterment of the party.
BARBARA WISE

The majority of damage is going to be down at the Point,
BARBARA WISE

There are lots of research, of course, saying that a vast majority of us have been exposed to racial...
TIM WISE

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underrepor...
TIM WISE

In short, and let us be clear on it: race is not a card. It determines whom the dealer is, and who g...
TIM WISE

We're used to those regional markets.
BILL WISE

This does not take us out of the education part of the program, it just takes us out of the child ca...
BILL WISE

We're at the point now where the next recommendation looks like it will have to be a transportation ...
BILL WISE

I'll be very honest, depending on how things go, I could be back here a year from now saying we need...
BILL WISE

Students will achieve no more than they are required to on a daily basis. Kids can tell how much a t...
BILL WISE

A hundred percent of anything is impossible when you're dealing with human beings.
BILL WISE

It's been harder and harder for us to move this number up because tests we perform really well on ha...
BILL WISE

A good Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©e and we invite m...
BILL WISE

The Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â©e and we invite mark...
BILL WISE

Nationally, 70 percent of students are below grade level [in reading],
BOB WISE

The state's results clearly demonstrate that we still are not doing what is needed to help these old...
BOB WISE

To me, this goes beyond disappointing. It shows that we are failing to gain ground on the very condi...
BOB WISE

We are continuing to carefully monitor the situation throughout McDowell and several other southern ...
BOB WISE

Our goal is to provide long-term solutions that work for both the surgeons in the northern panhandle...
BOB WISE

decided to take this action.
BOB WISE

so that people can get to the appropriate medical provider.
BOB WISE

Their parents and grandparents did not face the same job market. It's estimated that by the year 201...
BOB WISE

And that's just one year (of dropouts). Take 10 years of dropouts and you can see the even greater c...
BOB WISE

It was such a challenge to do. I had to deliver the city of New York!
BOB WISE

When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventu...
TIM WISE

Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet f...
ANITA WISE

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, c...
TIM WISE

Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if ...
TIM WISE

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmake...
ROBERT WISE

Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent.
GREG WISE

I don't see the point in marriage: if you make a commitment, you make a commitment. Fidelity is ...
GREG WISE

I really didn't have any particular inspiration ? a little (Dick) Cheney and Al Gore in there somewh...
RAY WISE

I'm terribly bad at lying in real life. I flush, look away, do the scratching of the nose, or wh...
GREG WISE

I've built a tree house; because of my architectural training, it's heavily over-designed, w...
GREG WISE

Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a lep...
TIM WISE

They teach them patience, problem solving and self-control and positive reinforcement.
JENNIFER WISE

Generally speaking, if a student is interested in a program they can get in the program. Though some...
JOHN WISE

Our goal is to have Gregory have Fergie as a companion and have him focus more on the dog.
JENNIFER WISE

We felt that the turnout was a huge success. It's really encouraging to see that so many people at T...
JENNIFER WISE

We've had a lot of renovations, ... and we want everybody to come and get to know us, let the (Hills...
JENNIFER WISE

This has been such an exciting year. I love to start with new puppies. I love to start with brand-ne...
JENNIFER WISE

The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult ...
ROBERT WISE

Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. Its like having a little pet fo...
ANITA WISE

There are some good teams in this sectional, so I don't think you can overlook anyone, ... From our ...
MIKE WISE

You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between...
ROBERT WISE

As a teenager, I used to travel everywhere with my guitar. I appreciated the fact it was with me, bu...
GREG WISE

Parties are not my thing; I keep it low-key.
GREG WISE

It's a lot cheaper to hang out at your own house and watch a movie. Depending on what else is going ...
DOUG WISE

We want you to take over Monday morning, ... I had 10 days to finish it and I finished it on time.
ROBERT WISE

[Although Welles was later prone to insinuating that he had edited] Kane ... basically left the orig...
ROBERT WISE

The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult ...
ROBERT WISE

Some of the more esoteric critics claim that there's no Robert Wise style or stamp. My answer to tha...
ROBERT WISE

His mood in the morning depended on what went on at home, but I never met an actor quite like him, ....
ROBERT WISE

He was a little of both. I didn't know much in those days, because it was only my third film. I was ...
ROBERT WISE

It's really fulfilling to know that I saw people on the worst day of their lives and they leave here...
ANDI WISE

Sometimes the bread winner of a family is the offender in a case, and we have to find help for the p...
ANDI WISE

Sometimes people have been sitting for hours in hospitals or police stations and the first thing we ...
ANDI WISE

I think you must be running away from something pretty enormous if you don't want to see a perso...
GREG WISE

I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them t...
TIM WISE

He would be a very different person to have on Disney's board. He's not a studio guy, a deal-doer. H...
THERESA WISE

Hatred is like a tornado. It's unpredictable, uncontrollable, and will ultimately destroy everything...
ERIC WISE

Welcome to life, where the innocent are punished, and the guilty are praised.
ERIC WISE

It'll be different and a new building; there's nothing wrong with that. It's an old building and nee...
STEVE WISE

You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated ...
ROBERT WISE

Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve...
TIM WISE

Perhaps numbing yourself of all emotions is better than feeling pain.
ERIC WISE

The denial of racism is a form of racism itself.
TIM WISE

Some of the stuff we had, you can't just walk out and find it somewhere else. We can't go buy an Ama...
CHRIS WISE

A lot of guys think the larger a woman's breasts are, the less intelligent she is. I don't think it ...
ANITA WISE

We became Morris and Morecambe. This partnership did not last long, however.
ERNIE WISE

It helps over time to lift our national standard ... but AP doesn't reach all students. Indeed, the ...
BOB WISE

Reading is the heart of learning, and Illinois and the nation are in the literacy emergency room sho...
BOB WISE

Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing expe...
TIM WISE

It's pretty cool because we don't have to stick to anything. Whatever we enjoy doing, we do. We're n...
DAVID WISE

I feel good so far, but I'm trying to take it one match at a time. I have a different mindset going ...
DAVID WISE

If you don't have fundamental biology, all the branches are going to whither.
PHYLLIS WISE

I'm particularly looking forward to seeing all the people I never really had a chance to say goodbye...
DENNIS WISE

Cutting things and not going for it
DENNIS WISE

There were a few players in the team with a certain reputation and we don't have that anymore.
DENNIS WISE

[Wise and Bates were together at Chelsea for 11 years.] Leeds are doing fine at the moment, ... Obvi...
DENNIS WISE

He's done nothing but positive at San Diego State and helped keep San Diego State alive the last few...
DENNIS WISE

The midget has such a short wheelbase and it is such a momentum car. I'll get out of the sprint car ...
JOSH WISE

And then,
There was a love
Shining so bright,
That even the darkest part
Of our ...
BRYONIE WISE

A good Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrée and we invite marketers to con...
BILL WISE

The Conversion Index is designed to be a thought-provoking entrée and we invite marketers to contin...
BILL WISE

Determination is the path to becoming the Impossible
GARRETT WISE

I just need extra gas for my shed and lawnmower and outboard motors, and it's gone go up again I'm s...
LARRY WISE

The final three races are on dirt, and we're looking forward to that, ... I think we'll be strong as...
JOSH WISE

I don't even like gum. But I can chew some gum, and I won't think about eating for a while.
DAVID WISE

When he becomes involved in something, he becomes very involved. He becomes very passionate and take...
MIKE WISE

I am a better listener than talker - but that's partly because I believe rows are often caused b...
GREG WISE

It's a pretty substantial impact. As far as the best of the back issue comics go, that stuff is gone...
CHRIS WISE

Jesus was not born in a manger in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of color. And the fact that we ...
TIM WISE

And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which inv...
TIM WISE

The plan that we have is pretty phenomenal.
DOUG WISE

We will be better than we were.
DOUG WISE

We're in pretty good shape now, but we absolutely have to get a handle on it before summer.
DOUG WISE

I think after this I will probably want to get into management and stop the football side of it. You...
DENNIS WISE

The ocean's going to win each and every time, unless you just really go along with the current until...
DENNIS WISE

If I go on holiday at the end of the season and come back with a big, fat belly and a bald head, the...
DENNIS WISE

There's two weeks left, I still don't know what's going to happen. The only thing I can do is keep p...
DEWAYNE WISE

It was a chance to play in front of these coaches and show what I could do. I was taking advantage o...
DEWAYNE WISE

We're hungry now. We want to go out there and get it over with.
DEWAYNE WISE

That's what good teams are all about, not giving up.
DEWAYNE WISE

We've been putting together a lot of big wins. Hopefully we can go out there and finish what we did ...
DEWAYNE WISE

It was like a rivalry this year. We'll go to their place, they'll beat up on us. They come here, we ...
DEWAYNE WISE

When will people understand that a peaceful world is not a happy world?
ERIC WISE

I'm happy that somebody is in jail for it. I hope justice will be served.
ERIC WISE

I was always true to her. I am not a predator.
ERIC WISE

Brittany was a vibrant and charming young woman with a great outlook on life. She should have lived ...
ERIC WISE

She is an example of why you need to do what you want to do, and be doing that today. For my student...
ERIC WISE

I dedicate this semester to Brittany. The moment when it started to hit me was when I sat in my car,...
ERIC WISE

I'm best when I'm feral, when I don't wash or shave or change my trousers for a couple o...
GREG WISE

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matt...
ROBERT WISE

force [his] brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and to begin to ch...
TIM WISE

To believe that the United States is post-racial requires an almost incomprehensible inability or un...
TIM WISE

In this space,

We do raw
We do loud hearts
& truthful art

We do ...
BRYONIE WISE

Sadly, if President Obama is willing to ignore the pain of race-based discrimination and injustice s...
TIM WISE

Their faces said that they were affected by what they saw. They understood not only how only the bui...
DAVE WISE

The Trees for Streams program has been a big success, allowing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to prov...
DAVE WISE

Just because the ones we love die (or fall out of our lives or disappear from the spinning of our sp...
BRYONIE WISE

We couldn't get the ball inside to the post players. We couldn't even the ball up the court. The run...
GREG WISE

They don't try to work it out.
GENEVA WISE

All of them married within six months, one in December, then March and one in June.
GENEVA WISE

My son's life was put on the line. It's altered our life on a daily basis. It's 24-7, trying to reco...
ERNESTINE WISE

Let's remind people it's a school area. Slow down. That way, it's on their mind when they put their ...
ERNESTINE WISE

There's summer school, kids getting extra credits, who's going to help them?
ERNESTINE WISE

We are citizens we are taxpayers. Do something.
ERNESTINE WISE

Someone has to take the responsibility to get these kids there safely.
ERNESTINE WISE

Anything that's going to help those kids get across the road safely is a small victory.
ERNESTINE WISE

Definitely not what we came here to do. They hit us hard, we had too many errors in the field, and i...
JASON WISE

Jessica was clutch in the sectional last year. She delivered the game-winning hit against Center Gro...
JASON WISE

It was a great weekend. I don't want the season to be over for some of the kids but they gave it all...
JAMIE WISE

It wasn't a perfect match. But even having a bad match he (Cruz) dominated and that's good for Rober...
JAMIE WISE

I'm very happy with the performance of all the kids. Even in the losses, they gave it all they had a...
JAMIE WISE

It (the win) was great for the kids. They gave it all they had and did a great job battling and impr...
JAMIE WISE

It's like sticking a campaign sign in your yard, but you can't do that. Sometimes commonsense rules ...
LARRY WISE

These goals are significant and feasible.
LARRY WISE

I think if we're looking at a way to target the most Yale students and make us the most attractive t...
LARRY WISE

I just need extra gas for my shed and lawnmower and outboard motors, and it's gone go up again I'm s...
LARRY WISE

I'm 45 years old. I've seen great years here,
LARRY WISE

I've got a Cadillac and a Buick and they're both gas guzzlers.
LARRY WISE

If you decide to add football it is important to hire good coaches. It is important to have all coac...
JUNIOR WISE

They also started girls' volley ball and had 44 girls sign up to play the sport with all finishing t...
JUNIOR WISE

The surveys showed an interest in volley ball, football and a marching band. We didn't have dance te...
JUNIOR WISE

It's about showing people what they thought about Christians isn't always true.
JUSTIN WISE

Something shifted in me. I didn't feel safe anymore.
JUSTIN WISE

Just meet people where they're at. We believe not to condemn people, not to beat them over the head ...
JUSTIN WISE

I still do work on my cars, but not nearly as much as I did last year, ... Last year I was almost do...
JOSH WISE

NASCAR is absolutely where I want to be, but at the same time I can't lose focus of what I am doing ...
JOSH WISE

Watching races on TV when I was young and racing quarter midgets, I remember when they had Thursday ...
JOSH WISE

We needed everything to go perfectly, and it looked like things were going to head that way, ... I j...
JOSH WISE

Our entire team did a great job today. It wasn't an easy one, ... They really pulled together to giv...
JOSH WISE

Tell her to look at you.
JENNIFER WISE

It's well worth it. No one brings everything to the table. This really helps us cut to the chase [an...
JOSEPH WISE

It's well worth it, ... No one brings everything to the table. This really helps us cut to the chase...
JOSEPH WISE

Basically, I'm a juggler. I can put many factors in order, aligning people, processes and money.
JOSEPH WISE

[Knowing what everyone is good at helps him hire, promote, and assemble teams in the 74-person firm ...
JOSEPH WISE

[He's got strong core values, and he rarely strays from them. He's also great at winning others over...
JOSEPH WISE

For us, this is heartbreaking,
JOSEPH WISE

Through informal discussions two or three months ago, I thought it was premature with all the work I...
JOSEPH WISE

Things really began to move for us. In 1953 I could afford to marry Doreen.
ERNIE WISE

In 1958, we decided to go to Australia. We were there for six months, and all the shows went well.
ERNIE WISE

I met my wife, Doreen, who was a dancer in the show.
ERNIE WISE

What it's been is the evolution of terminology. A little wedge here, then in Kansas, South Carolina,...
MARTHA WISE

I am a creationist. I believe both sides of this issue, but I believe science should be taught.
MARTHA WISE

It is deeply unfair to the children of this state to mislead them about science.
MARTHA WISE

How could I dare do something like this if I say I believe in God? I can do that because I believe t...
MARTHA WISE

There's only one other place that I can go.
RAY WISE

It was a huge win, ... The start of our new season.
WILLIAM WISE

If I had been present at creation, I would have given some useful hints.
ALFONSO THE WISE

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains...
ISAAC MAYER WISE

Vision looks inwards and becomes duty. Vision looks outwards and becomes aspiration. Vision looks up...
STEPHEN SAMUEL WISE

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward...
STEPHEN S. WISE

This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, an...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a ...
JOHN SERGEANT WISE

I will not nullify, I will not secede, but I will under sovereign State authority fight in the Union...
HENRY A. WISE

I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.

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Margaret Wise Brown

I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.

Margaret Wise Brown

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