“When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a mi...” — Beverly Cleary Quote

“When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.”

“I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.”

“I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.”

“I was a librarian.”

“I don't necessarily start with the beginning of the book. I just start with the part of the story that's most vivid in my imagination and work forward and backward from there.”

“I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play.”

“Arsene Wenger was always the kind of manager whose belief in his team's qualities was steady as a rock and who approached matters with never-ending patience.”

“Football is business. It's all about being quick, quick, quick - nobody has any patience nowadays. But then again, that is how things are in normal life, away from football.”

“I know that I put a lot into 'Hereditary', and I'm proud of what it is. Beyond the fact that the film takes its time and asks for a certain amount of patience from the audience - and I hope it rewards that patience by the end - I know that I'm something of an aesthete. I care about aesthetics, and I love filmmaking.”

“Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.”

“I've always been in awe of filmmakers and their patience in realizing their vision because I could never do that.”

“Patience is sorrow's salve.”