“Setting is the soul of your story...Improve upon it, and it will take your writing to the next level.” — Richard Ridley Copy Share Image
“Rainwater diluted redness, created a pink death, his matter mixing through mud and grass.” — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
This sport is all about winning the fight, setting records, and defending titles. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk Copy Share Image
The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone. — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop. — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
We cannot let Obamacare expand geographically by setting up state exchanges, nor can we extend Obamacare's unlawful subsidies. — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
In its Roman-era setting, for example, Christianity was so different that critics of the time referred to it as a "superstition" (meaning… — Larry Hurtado Copy Share Image
Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges. — William Falconer Copy Share Image
I think this takes a lot of courage and integrity to find your own voice and way to express not only your… — Danae Elon Copy Share Image
Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
As professional actors, it's our job to entertain our audiences while setting benchmarks for ourselves as well, creatively and intellectually. — Hrithik Roshan Copy Share Image
Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although… — Lauren Myracle Copy Share Image
In 1972 through '74, right before we hit it big, we were hauling our own equipment into the club and setting up… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
Labor is today the most vital and potential power this planet has ever known, and its historic mission of emancipating the workers… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Honestly, I'd love to think I was in a position where I had that decision. But last year I worked on a… — Sean Mahon Copy Share Image
Setting can be something that is a major player in a scene, something that makes the mood leap from the page. But… — Kim Smith Copy Share Image
Men are suppressing woman politically, philosophically, socially, through denying them education, equal rights, equal employment, and just by setting up a description… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Place yourself among those who carry on their lives with passion, and true learning will take place, no matter how humble or… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
In brief, worldbuilding is different than setting in my opinion. Setting is a room. A backdrop. It's scenery. But without good worldbuilding,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
The effective executive knows that it is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
If man had written the Gospels - say Shakespeare or Eugene O'Neill - the story of the gospel would have been drastically… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future. From my early days with… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
Your mission in life is to have a "why" to live for, to use your best qualities in the service of the… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility… — Mary GrandPre Copy Share Image
“Cambridge by moonlight was light blue and brownish black. There was no mist here and a great vault of clear stars hung… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
You are setting the tone all the time. No matter what, you have to remember that. — Juan Soto Copy Share Image
I don't think it's so much of a disadvantage setting up from scratch. — David Leslie Copy Share Image
Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting. — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
Philosophers are in the habit of setting themselves before life and experience. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Aim for the top. There is plenty of room there. There are so few at the top it is almost lonely there. — Samuel Insull Copy Share Image
Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus. — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Too many people are setting up ways to raise money that are questionable. — Joe Vitale Copy Share Image
