She said she thought it [ letter "C"] meant alphabetical order. But nobody bothered to ask did she ever see an "A,"… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead… — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
In America one of the first things done in a new State is to make the post go there; in the forests… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The dot was introduced as a symbol for multiplication by Leibniz. On July 29, 1698, he wrote in a letter to Johann… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
I'm not a collector. I don't keep letters, or books, or souvenirs. But I do keep one copy of each translation of… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
“I know that you’re just in a hole in the ground. I know that you’re long gone. I don’t even know why… — Cait Doolittle Copy Share Image
I don't see social media as lending my voice as much as I see it speaking my truth. If you look at… — India.Arie Copy Share Image
What I'm thinking about are the millions of people, many of whom write me very personal letters :"Dear Mr. President: I did… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Cliche refers to words, commonplace to ideas. Cliche describes the form or the letter, commonplace the substance or spirit. To confuse them… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
Our phone bills were astronomical, and when I found the letters Frank wrote me the other day, the total could fill a… — Ava Gardner Copy Share Image
I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Those who marry God can become domesticated too - it's just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word Love… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
The letters TSS that I once read in the fine print buried on the bottom of tampon boxes soon came to define… — Lauren Wasser Copy Share Image
“You know, we used to be stuck writing letters to each other and waiting weeks or even months to hear back. The… — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“For a week or a fortnight I can write prodigiously in a retired place (as at Broadstairs), and a day in London… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Only in hindsight can we see that out fears and worries were unwarranted, that insecurities and doubts were just illussions, or that… — Ellyn Spragins Copy Share Image
Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
“I don’t know when I’ll get to send you another balloon. I know it probably won’t get to you. You’ve never answered… — Cait Doolittle Copy Share Image
The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My scripts, they're pretty serious. I basically just describe stuff. I don't put too many notes and letters to the editors. But… — Tom King Copy Share Image
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places,… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
There's always a great deal of business to be transacted in one's office. There are always visitors it seems to me, an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although an impressive amount of business and social interaction takes place over the telephone and fax, by e-mail, or in person today,… — Rosalie Maggio Copy Share Image
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. ... Obscenity is too valuable… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I know that when a door closes, it can feel like all doors are closing. A rejection letter can feel like everyone… — Tama J. Kieves Copy Share Image
Do not address your readers as though they were gathered together in a stadium. When people read your copy, they are alone.… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for the average reader. You can really see… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
“God, but he was sick of missives. Letters were what people resorted to when they didn't want to lie to your face.… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
Of all our sunny world I wish only for a garden sofa where a cat is sunning itself. There I should sit… — Edith Södergran Copy Share Image
When I tell people I was in the St. Justin Martyr parish, if they are native Chicagoans they know exactly where I… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies. ( Nobody can give you wiser advice than… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The forward step must be made in silence. We detach ourselves from word forms - this can be accomplished by substituting for… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
![“She said she thought it [ letter "C"] meant alphabetical order. But nobody bothered to ask did she ever see an "A," a "B," a "D," or an "E." If I were cross-examining her I darn well would have asked her that question.” quote by Rudy Giuliani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ba/rudy-giuliani-958_alphabetical-order_she-said-she-thought-it-letter-c-meant-a_256988.jpg)
![“George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other half. Between us we'd make one marvelous man. He asks nothing better than to be in my company or that of my wicked, divine friends, and I'm vastly tickled by the…” quote by John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d52/john-le-carre-651_bills_george-smiley-quoting-an-old-letter-from_1812849.jpg)
![“The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want to be taught any lessons. [...] I get more letters for Twelve Chairs and Life Stinks than I get from any other movies, because people actually agree with the philosophy…” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg)
