Gordon Korman Quotes

Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you.

When we lock things away," he said with conviction, "we're really imprisoning ourselves.

The dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust me, that dog is going down.

If it isn't on YouTube, it might as well have never happened.

Ask me. I'm a cow expert.

In our family, you don't get a childhood. We're too busy trying to dominate the world.

The thing about a cavity search is this: it has nothing to do with the dentist.

Don't think of it as losing a boyfriend. Think of it as gaining a stalker." -Dan Cahill

What did Romeo and Juliet do?” They died,” I remind her gently. “Some mix-up with the poison-

I hate France. It's like the whole country's on a diet

Global warming doesn't care what's in your bank account." -Sinead Starling

If the cake fits, eat it!

No fair! Those guys ripped off what we rightfully stole!

For someone who'e smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot.

Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton.

We don't have to love it. We just have to steal it.

Ian sighed wanly. "I once had the means to be gaga over art–before I found myself in a country where the standard of beauty is toaster waffles shaped like cartoon characters.

Amy hugged Sinead, and Dan scratched Saladin. "Later, Saladin. Take it easy on Kabra. On second thought, don't.

What does it feel like to get shot?" "I don't recommend it," said Nellie in a controlled voice. "Chocolate is definitely better.

Sinead broke in. "The cops need to know what to do with Evan, Amy. What should I tell them?" "Shoot to kill?" Ian suggested.

Slime him, sis," Dan urged, "Make him a redcoat.

I've taken care of it," I said My father looked at me, shocked. Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in his line of work. "No, no, I mean he's gone.

There's always a way," his sister lectured. "We'll need help, though." "What help?" Amy grinned. "Sometimes it doesn't hurt to be a part of the most powerful family in human history.

Art theft gave a guy an appetite.

We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to the canal. Roughly, please.

Amy, since when do you have a boyfriend?

You don't get Billie Joe Armstrong's autograph on your forehead without following your instincts.

Be the Ambulance. Make toast.

Wonderful. What's the point of throwing a hissy fit without friends and family on hand to hear it?" -Amy Cahill

For someone who's smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot.

Registration Day' by Gavin Gunhold (1899— ) Toronto Review of Poetry, 1947On registration day at taxidermy schoolI distinctly saw the eyes of the stuffed mooseMove.

But here, two thousand miles from home, there was a real shipwreck, a real hope. A choice big enough to change our lives forever.

You did a politics project on a government that got overthrown on the due date? Man, did anybody ever tell you you've got no luck?""I suspected it, " said Raymond ironically.

I've taken care of it, " I saidMy father looked at me, shocked.Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in his line of work."No, no, I mean he's gone.