Jeff Kinney famous quotes

... no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Nice #People #Matter

You can't expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Dedication #Expectations

I only work on my books at nights and at weekends. It is really just like a hobby.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Book #Weekend #Night

hope your birthday is hot hot hot
-- Jeff Kinney

#Hot

When you're used to having electricity and then all of a sudden it's taken away, you're basically just one step from being a wild animal.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Taken #Animal #Steps

I realised all the good ideas were taken before I was even born.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Taken #Ideas #Born

I've seen a lot of movies where a kid my age finds out he's got magical powers and then gets invited to go away to some special school. Well, if I've got an invitation coming, now would be the perfect time to get it
-- Jeff Kinney

#Kids #School #Perfect

fish and visitors stink in 3 days.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Visitors #Stink #Fishes

Youre gonna grow up and marry some ice cream! Haha!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Growing Up #Ice Cream #Haha

I`m basically one of the best people I know.
-- Jeff Kinney

#People

So I've started wearing sweatpants to bed because I really don't need Santa seeing me in my underwear.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Bed #Underwear #Needs

I got to give mom credit for how she handled it.She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she said was that I should try to do "the right thing" because it's our choices that make us who we are. I figure that's pretty decent advice. But I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do tomorrow.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Mom #Giving #Advice

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Writing #Firsts #Want

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Advice #Trying #Would Be

I think if everyone would write down the funny stories from their own childhoods, the world would be a better place.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Writing #Thinking #Childhood

I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain kids is to make them laugh.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Kids #Successful #Thinking

The only reason I get out of bed at all on weekends is because eventually I can't stand the taste of my own breath any more.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Weekend #Bed #Taste

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Summer #Morning #School

He got the crib, so for the first few months of my life I had to sleep in the top dresser drawer, which I'm pretty sure isn't even legal.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Sleep #Months #Firsts

Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Dark #Swimming #Naps

I don't know what a guy needs to do to impress a girl these days.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Girl #Guy #Needs

Chirag: Rowley, do you think I exist? Rowley: Nope! I can't even hear you or see you!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Thinking

I don't know if this makes me a bad person or whatever, but it's hard for me to get interested in other people's vacations.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Vacation #People #Persons

See, when you're a little kid, nobody ever warns you that you've got an expiration date. One day you're hot stuff and the next day you're a dirt sandwich.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Kids #One Day #Dirt

The best person I know is Myself.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Persons

You and your group of nerds fall into a pit and it's full of dynamite and you blow up. The End.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Fall #Blow #Nerd

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in here with these future criminals.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Criminals #Rooms #Firsts

Because it's our choices that makes us who we are...
-- Jeff Kinney

#Choices #Who We Are

Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Mom #Smart #Kids

So if you want to find somebody to blame for the way i am, I guess you'd have to start with the public education system.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Want #Way #Blame

hot pink looks cute on only janet which is MEEEEEEE!!!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Cute #Hot #Looks

I think Diary of a Wimpy kidis sooooo good!!!!!!!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Thinking #Diaries

that if you don't read nobody does
-- Jeff Kinney

#Doe

If there's one thing I learned from Rodrick, it's to set people's expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Real #People #Expectations

First of all, let me get this straight: This is a JOURNAL, not a diary. I know what it says on the cover, but when Mom went out to buy this thing I SPECIFICALLY told her to get one that didn't say 'diary' on it.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Mom #Diaries #Firsts

I'll be famous one day, but for now I'm stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons." - Greg Heffley,
-- Jeff Kinney

#School #One Day #Bunch

Then one day, this kid named Darren Walsh touched the Cheese with his finger, and that's what started this thing called the Cheese Touch. It's basically like the Cooties. If you get the Cheese Touch, you're stuck with it until you pass it on to someone else. The only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is to cross your fingers.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Kids #One Day #Way

Monkeys can't talk, stupid!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Stupid #Monkeys

For the record, I think it should be illegal for a boy to have to fold his mother's underwear.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Mother #Thinking #Boys

But the thing I’m finding out is some people don’t really appreciate it when you’r trying to be helpful.
-- Jeff Kinney

#People #Appreciate #Trying

I think goodreads is the best place to look for books
-- Jeff Kinney

#Book #Thinking #Looks

I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Book #Thinking #Animal

hey guys i would like you to try this book you will love it!
-- Jeff Kinney

#Book #Guy #Trying

Greg starts a middle school and asks: Why is "bullies" such a big PROBLEM? And says people need to shave twice a day.
-- Jeff Kinney

#School #People #Bully

Holly is the fourth-prettiest girl in the class, but the top 3 all have boyfriends. So a lot of guys like me are doing everything they can to get in good with her.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Girl #Class #Guy

Well, the problem is, it's not easy for me to think of ways to improve myself, because I'm pretty much one of the best people I know.
-- Jeff Kinney

#Thinking #People #Way

Dear Aunt Loretta, Thank you so much for the awesome pants! How did you know I wanted that for Christmas? I love the way the pants look on my legs! All my friends will be so jealous that I have my very own pants. Thank you for making this the best Christmas ever! Sincerely, Greg
-- Jeff Kinney

#Jealous #Aunt #Way

hay he's a great writer and i like him a lot
-- Jeff Kinney

#Hay #Great Writers #I Like Him

I'm probably something like 95% chicken nugget
-- Jeff Kinney

#Nuggets #Chickens #Chicken Nuggets