Collecting Quotes

When we started, no one else was doing this. No one was collecting old cans. We begged everybody at the bottle shows to give us bottles with labels on them and to not take labels off. - Terry Kovel

When we initially proposed this purchase to the public everyone showed strong support. The addition to the recreation fee might be $125, it might be less. Right now we're just getting ready and collecting input from the community so we are prepared for the transaction to go through. - John Bohn

When we finish collecting, we have to sort, box, shrink-wrap and ship them more than 1,500 miles to Louisiana. - Jim Steinberg

When Pokamon was extremely popular in 1999 -- when you couldn't find enough packs to sell -- the people who actually sat down and played the card game as opposed to collecting only, they're still playing and they're still here. - Frank Miller

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer. - Melvin Burgess

When I started collecting, it was a lot harder. You could get comics at newsstands or grocery stores maybe, but if you missed an issue, your best chance was to send away to the dealers in New York who advertised in the back of the comics. - John Hitchcock

What we're doing is collecting stories of nurses who served at any time, in any war, from any side, doing any job in any location. - Patricia Rushton

What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase? - Logan Pearsall Smith