Lines Quotes · Page 319

It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I have endless drafts, one after another; and I try…

— James Dickey

[On her political writings:] It is, I confess, very possible that these my Labours may only be destined to line Trunks, or…

— Mary Wortley Montagu

In direct navigation, users type exactly what they are looking for in the browser's web address field. This could be the exact…

— Marc Ostrofsky

Later, I would ask Shaya to help me compose a formal response to Katrice's letter, something a long the lines of "I…

— Richelle Mead

My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.

— Chris Hemsworth

The life insurance policies advertised on the radio with the line "You cannot be turned down for this coverage!" are actually saying,…

— Andrew Tobias

The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without…

— Maggie Stiefvater

Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.

— Machado de Assis

My bottom line is this is no time to be gambling with our economy

— John Warren Kindt

Writers can get very angry when an actor says, "I don't know, I don't feel very comfortable with this line." Sometimes though,…

— Helen Mirren

Consider in what way the industrial system developed upon capitalist lines. Why were a few rich men put with such ease into…

— Hilaire Belloc

In all things that live there are certain irregularities, and deficiencies which are not only signs of life, but sources of beauty.…

— John Ruskin

...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written.

— Edith Wharton

There is immunity in reading, immunity in formal society, in office routine, in the company of old friends and in the giving…

— Cyril Connolly

If you ever want to eat a tuna sandwich again, don't go to a tuna factory. I visited one where they had…

— Mark Mobius

The Chinese, on the other hand, were in the position of having an American military spy plane on a Chinese military base…

— Henry A. Kissinger

My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an…

— Nicholas Ray

So the time line of when we consider a fetus 'human' is arbitrary after conception.

— Ron Paul

There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

— Dan Harmon

Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.

— Eric Burdon

The art of British Columbia's native Indians played a big role in inspiring my creativity... the simplicity of the images, the graciousness…

— Joe Average

I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.

— Spike Lee

You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things…

— Ernest Gaines

Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my mind.

— Toni Morrison

I believe in serendipity, but I also believe there are times when you have to be the one who lines up everything…

— Susan Stroman