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Quotes About Recommendation

If somebody asks me to recommend a young, good singer, I always do.
~ Maureen Forrester
I'm not just saying this because I'm in the movie, but I really would recommend 'Secretariat.' It's fun, inspiring, and it's a great movie to take your little kids, brothers, sisters, or nieces and nephews to see that actually has real people in it and not animated characters.
~ Kevin Connolly
My daughter recommended Chris O'Dowd to me after seeing him in 'Bridesmaids,' so I watched that and his sitcom, 'The IT Crowd.' When I was over in London, we met up, and I knew immediately he was the right person.
~ Christopher Guest
Readable, faithful, accurate-what more could you ask for in a modern translation of the Bible? GOD'S WORD Translation is a great version for enhancing your love for God's Word. I recommend it.
~ Ann Spangler
Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.
~ Harlan Coben
hey guys i would like you to try this book you will love it!
~ Jeff Kinney
I love that thing on Amazon that you can go on and order a book, and you click on it and it says, 'You might also like,' or 'Other people who bought this have bought that.
~ Kelly Macdonald
Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don't worry about it.
~ Neil Gaiman
You can't go to East Anglia and not visit Sutton Hoo. Well, you can, obviously, but you shouldn't.
~ Bill Bryson
February 2, 2010—Groundhog Day Addistar Network, Inc. Bridget Maslow, HR [email protected] Dear Ms. Maslow: Though I prefer to send letters of recommendation via the U.S. Postal Service, now considered by many to be as quaint as muttonchop whiskers and the butter churn, I hereby accede to your request for an e-mail evaluation of Quentin Eshe, who has applied for the position of assistant communications coordinator at Addistar.
~ Julie Schumacher
Tobacco Will Slowly and Surely Kill You." And so will time , Gwynn thought. But if you want the job done quickly, professionals recommend bullet.
~ K.J. Bishop
I get really excited if I think I'm going to introduce somebody to a writer they haven't found before and I think they'll love. My favorite books to get as gifts are any that the giver is messianic about.
~ Monica Ali
I don't give investment advice.
~ Craig McCaw
Friends always ask me what the best Indian restaurant in L.A. is. I'm like, 'I don't know, dude. I have an app on my iPhone for that.'
~ Noureen DeWulf
Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods.
~ Francis Quarles
Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended to you. Perhaps, even, you have been given books by friends, parents, teachers, then told that these books are the type you have to read. Those books are invariably described as "important"- which in my experience, pretty much means that they're boring. (words like meaningful and thoughtful are other good clues.)
~ Brandon Sanderson
A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor.
~ Henry David Thoreau
if nocturnal meditations in the Colosseum are recommended by the poets, they are deprecated by the doctors.
~ Henry James
At my first library job, I worked with a woman named Sheila Brownstein, who was The Reader's Advisor. She was a short, bosomy Englishwoman who accosted people at the shelves and asked if they wanted advice on what to read, and if the answer was yes, she asked what writers they already loved and then suggested somebody new.
~ Elizabeth McCracken
I wouldn't recommend young kids see 'Speedway Junkie.' It's definitely an age-appropriate movie - dark and realistic and edgy. If young kids want to see me, go see the Christmas movie.
~ Jonathan Taylor Thomas
I think 'The Road' is a good example of a book everyone should read, but I wouldn't recommend it to young kids.
~ Shaun Tan
My PE teacher used to scout for Sporting and, when I was nine, he recommended me for a trial. From there, I just went up through the age groups and was always kept on while others were dropping out.
~ Eric Dier
Tilden's Extract. It cost six cents for half an ounce and could be purchased at any drug store in the city. It was recommended for "over-wrought hostesses," who were advised to take a small dose before receiving guests or going out to dinner, to prepare them for the "rigors" of the evening ahead. Tilden's was pure extract of hashish.
~ Stephen Birmingham
The President gave a speech recommended for ages 2 to 6.
~ Steve Aylett