Quotes About Parker

For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.

What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.

The Parker series, by Donald E. Westlake writing as Richard Stark. The University of Chicago Press has just reissued the complete series in trade paperback, and that's a good thing, because my own

I tried to not peek," said Dean. Confused, Parker paused mid-bite, then lifted a brow. "Tried?" "I'm male and straight.

Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was talking on the telephone.

The black hardrubber bathtub stopper at the Parker house.

It was Coolidge of whom Dorothy Parker, when told of his death, asked, "How can they tell?" Dorothy Parker was extremely witty, but in this case her amusing observation obscured the fact that Coolidge, who was undoubtedly dull, was also a fairly successful president–for the very reason that he did nothing, and said even less. That would not be possible today, of course. People had to do things, and would not rest until they had done them.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

The affair between Margot Asquith and Margot Asquith will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.

Dissatisfaction began to grow so great in Parker that there was no containing it outside of a tattoo. It had to be his back. There was no help for it. A dim half-formed inspiration began to work in his mind. He visualized having a tattoo put there that Sarah Ruth would not be able to resist—a religious subject.

I'm just always around my cars. My favorite brand is Cadillac.

Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922… My life is all like that.

I'm a good girl, you know? But I'm from the South, and there are some powerful women down there, and very theatrical.

She was a round, curvy woman who, for Parker, brought to mind a figure assembled from a selection of soft fruits. Aside

Angel and Louis in particular could have catalyzed a coma victim back to consciousness. He knew where Parker and the others were

When it comes time, you only have to ask. You call our names, you hear? You call our names. Parker put his head in his hands and wept.

There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.

Dizzy, Duke and Charlie Parker were the greatest jazz legends of all time.

Felix Silverstone, who for twenty-four years was the senior geriatrician at the Parker Jewish Institute

Are you tryin' to defeat me by talking me to death?!' -- Peter Parker

If all that boasting doesn't tire you out, nothing will!' -- Peter Parker

As I considered Parker and his absurdist reflection in the Westlake-authored 'Dortmunder' novels, I wrote, 'His natural ability to observe human behavior and to follow an idea, no matter how bizarre, through to its proper, rightful finish echoed the vision of an architect.'

In the early 1990s, my relatives in Patna, even those who had no interest in reading or writing, wanted Parker fountain pens.

Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software engineering, where the market is really tight.