Did You Know Quotes - Page 4

• Did you know that the Stegosaurus lived further away from the Tyrannosaurus Rex than we are from the Tyrannosaurus Rex in time?

  Jonah Peretti

  Tyrannosaurus Rex, Knows

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• There have been hermaphrodites around forever, Cal. Forever. Plato said that the original human being was a hermaphrodite. Did you know that? The original person was two halves, one male, one female. Then these got separated. That's why everybody's always searching for their other half. Except for us. We've got both halves already.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Plato, Two, Forever

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2002). “Middlesex: A Novel”, p.378, Macmillan

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• Did you know a child is orphaned by AIDS every 15 seconds. Millions of children are going it alone. Missing their childhood. Missing their mother. Missing their father. AIDS is devastating families around the globe. Children are missing your support. Unite for children. Unite against AIDS.

  Danny Glover

  Madre, hijos, padre

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• Did you know? Did the cross cast a shadow on your cradle? Did you shudder each time your hammer struck a nail? How much heaven and how much earth were in this baby at his birth? Did you know, or did you wonder?

  Todd Agnew

  Christmas, Meaningful, Baby

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• Estaba en el campo de golf, vino un tipo en un carrito de golf y me dijo, ¿Sabías que Elvis murió? Y yo sólo dije, Bueno, ahí lo tienes. Fue como si lo hubiera estado esperando.

  Mac Davis

  Redneck, Golf, Guy

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• El noventa por ciento de las pesadillas de la gente es estar delante de 1.000 personas. ¿Lo sabías? Y tener que hablar. Hubieras pensado que sería un loco atándote y sacándote los ojos.

  Robbie Coltraine

  Eye, People, Nightmare

  "Citas personales/ Biografía". www.imdb.com.

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• Bruno: We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?

  John Boyne

  Enemy, Pajamas, Supposed To Be

  "Fictional character: Bruno". "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas", www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.

  Jesse Ventura

  Lasts, Wealth, Lost

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• Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

  Barbra Streisand

  Awards, Giving, Discouraging

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• Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked. “Yeah.” “When?” “Right away.” “How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?” He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.

  James Patterson

  Clothes, Scratches, Max

  James Patterson (2006). “School's Out--Forever: A Maximum Ride Novel”, p.142, Hachette UK

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• You're just full of awesome; did you know that?

  Rachel Caine

  Conoce

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Carpe Corpus”, p.146, Allison & Busby

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• Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.

  Tony Dungy

  Children, Growing Up, Dad

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• Did you know that there is no exact rhyme in the Russian language for the word 'pravda'? Ponder and weigh this insufficiency in your mind. Doesn't that just echo down the canyons of your soul?

  Julian Barnes

  Echoes, Soul, Mind

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• Diesel is back," Ranger said. Yes. How did you know?" I woke up with a migraine this morning." Ranger said.

  Janet Evanovich

  Morning, Said, Rangers

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• Creativity often consists of merely turning up what is already there. Did you know that right and left shoes were thought up only a little more than a century ago?

  Bernice Fitz-Gibbon

  Creativity, Shoes, Vision

  Bernice Fitz-Gibbon (1967). “Macy's, Gimbels, and Me: How to Earn $90,000 a Year in Retail Advertising”

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• Did you know that every two hours the nations of this world spend as much on armaments as they spend on the children of this world every year?

  Peter Ustinov

  Peace, Children, Years

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• Did you know Johnny thinks he's Pittacus resurrected?

  Pittacus Lore

  Pensar, Saber

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• Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't influenced by European music!

  Dave Brubeck

  Thinking, Names, Dukes

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• Cuando interpreté a Gollum en "El Señor de los Anillos", si escalaba por la ladera de una montaña, cosa que hacía físicamente, nadaba por arroyos en todas las ocasiones, todo eso no se captó. Se filmó en 35 milímetros, y en algunas de esas tomas se utilizó rotoscopia y se pintó encima.

  Andy Serkis

  Swimming, Climbing, Mountain

  "Serkis: Playing Virtual Parts On The Big Screen". "Fresh Air" con Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 4 de agosto de 2011.

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• Our Land is alive, Esperanza...This whole valley breathes and lives...He picked up a handful of earth and studied it. Did you know that when you lie down on the land, you can feel it breathe? That you can feel its heart beating.

  Pam Muñoz Ryan

  Lying, Heart, Land

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• Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!)

  Nick Hornby

  Writing, Character, Class

  Nick Hornby (2004). "The Polysyllabic Spree", McSweeneys Books

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• But how did you know where we were?" Annabeth asked. Advanced planning, my dear. I figured you would wash up near Miami if you made it out of the Sea of Monsters alive. Almost everything strange washes up near Miami.

  Rick Riordan

  Sea, Monsters, Annabeth

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• No. I wanted to tell you that I was proud of you." Clary slewed around to look at her mother. "You were?" Jocelyn nodded. "Of course I was. The way you stood up in front of the Clave like that. The way you showed them what you could do. You made them look at you and see the person they loved most in the world, didn't you?" "Yeah," Clary said. "How did you know?" "Because I heard them all calling out different names," Jocelyn said softly. "But I still saw you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mother, Names, Different

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

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• ...When you die, the energy that kept you alive filters into the people you loved. Did you know that? It's like a fire you've tended all your life, and the sparks are all scattered into the wind.... That's why we survive as long as we do, because the people who loved us keep us going.

  Kevin Brockmeier

  Wind, Fire, Long

  Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.84, Vintage

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• ¿Sabía que el estadounidense medio pasa seis meses de su vida esperando a que los semáforos en rojo se pongan en verde? Seis meses malgastados, esperando permiso para seguir adelante. Piensa en todas las otras cosas que podrías hacer con ese tiempo". Estaba totalmente confuso. "¿En el coche?" "En tu vida", dijo.

  Megan McCafferty

  Confuso, Moverse, Pensar

  Megan McCafferty (2010). "La serie completa de Jessica Darling: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths", p.308, Crown

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