“I’m going to destroy you, little man!" Sourcefield yelled after me. "I’ll rip you apart like a piece of tissue paper in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The correct method for tracking the stock market is to use semilogarithmic chart paper, since the market's history is sensibly related only… — Robert Prechter Copy Share Image
Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle...… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[Bernard Leach] was an incredible draftsman, and at the end of breakfast time, for instance, he would push his plate back, and… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the… — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
But maybe the Charm Bracelets understood more about life than I did. From an early age they knew what little value the… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I love the book. I love the feel of a book in my hands, the compactness of it, the shape, the size.… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention.The professional writer… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Any kid that feels like they don't have any kind of future, whether they're on a street corner in Harlem or in… — James Brolin Copy Share Image
I have been a journalist, off and on, since I was 17. I was a copy boy for the 'New York Times,'… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Paper money is like dram-drinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Our whole system of banks is a violation of every honest principle of banks. There is no honest bank but a bank… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Several of my critics have said, 'Bowerman just tacks up a piece of paper in the locker room and turns his runners… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[Senator]Torricelli [D-NJ] will leave public office with just the clothes on his back, a Rolex watch and other assorted jewelry, a TV… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I'm imagining that paper books will evolve to become something akin to candles we have them in our homes and cherish their… — Steve Leveen Copy Share Image
We, the People of this country, have no unalienable rights... all our rights are subject to modification... the Constitution of the United… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Indeed, an engineer designing a structure is not unlike an artist painting one. Both start with nothing but talent, experience, and inspiration.… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Understand that relationships are more important than contracts. Business deals are relationships between people. The signed piece of paper is important, but… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
My first job, 9 years old, part-time, was selling Christmas cards door-to-door. Ten years old, my brother and I had paper routes.… — John Paul DeJoria Copy Share Image
I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in… — Carolyn Parkhurst Copy Share Image
The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under… — Steve Donoghue Copy Share Image
Well, I do expect a lot of myself. I'm a harsh critic because I know what I'm capable of. I have hit… — Dave Stevens Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of fellow who does the same thing all the time. I began using a lot of science fiction… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
People have really different methods of working. Some people prepare tons and tons of material, literally on paper, and they will use… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
[A 2005 response to doping allegations] Unfortunately, the witch hunt continues and tomorrow's article is nothing short of tabloid journalism. The paper… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
If [Bernard Leach] didn't like the drawing, he'd X it out and do another one and change the form a little bit.… — Warren MacKenzie Copy Share Image
I also remember the second band I was in ever. We were called Hybrid. We got a show at this local street… — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
Most people think spies are afraid of guns, or KGB guards, or barbed wire, but in point of fact the most dangerous… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We had a completely deniable exchange of papers - in the winter before the 1997 election - with [Tony] Blair, setting out… — David Trimble Copy Share Image
What is the end of Fame? 'tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper: Some liken it to climbing up… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
To those advocates of independent paper moneys who also champion the free market, I would address this simple question: "Why don't you… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this… — Art Buchwald Copy Share Image
It happened in New York, April 10th, nineteen years ago. Even my hand balks at the date. I had to push to… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
This is a crucial time in the fight for corporate civil rights. Just look at the hateful signs at Occupy Wallstreet: 'Corporations… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Dialogue saves me. I love writing the conversations between my paper people. For some reason, that is the easiest thing for me.… — Kim Smith Copy Share Image
“Here is a paper crease, folded severely by a determined hand. It is the crossroad that I’ve been told to keep an… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum- a band- all around the galleryseeing this… — Nancy Spero Copy Share Image
I can remember the day when all that a professor was supposed to do was to mark "C minus" on students' examination… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image