--- title: "Famous Pencil Quotes" description: "Browse 433 Pencil quotes by 345 authors. Discover the best Pencil sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg" --- > [We have defined these characters - people always expect to see me in a pencil skirt. When they see me out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-hendricks/we-have-defined-these-characters-people-always-expect-to-see-me-in-a/) [Christina Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-hendricks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg) > [A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-adorno/a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-thought-than-a-battalion-of/) [Theodor Adorno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodor-adorno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/theodor-adorno-1995_assistants_a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-t_2562330.jpg) > [“pencil the exact middle of the head’s height. Place a horizontal line there; this should be located below the eyebrows' line.  ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-london/pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-height-place-a-horizontal-line/) [Vladimir London](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-london/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/vladimir-london-285964_makeup_pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-he_31126.jpg) > [Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here-s-a-typewriter-here-s-a/) [Ogden Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ogden-nash/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/ogden-nash-1286_appointments_here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here_2984367.png) > [I made a List of Special People in my Life with Pencil. But when I Reached Ur Name, I used a pen……](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-life-with-pencil-but-when-i-2/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/ritu-ghatourey-5_life_i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-li_2895999.jpg) > [“It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zlata-filipovi/it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and-to-do-so-it-has-chosen-the/) [Zlata Filipović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zlata-filipovi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/zlata-filipovi-32687_death_it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and_2169015.png) > [There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-years-of-your-life-studying/) [Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/dorothy-parker-700_eliot_there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-year_1623262.jpg) > [When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-niemeyer/when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i-used-to-draw-in-the-air-with/) [Oscar Niemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-niemeyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/oscar-niemeyer-12939_air_when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i_1017315.png) > [“Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can't sharpen it on the plane,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplanes-pens-leak-but-if-the-pencil/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/margaret-atwood-40_quote_take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplane_1288334.jpg) > [For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-collins/for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-and-my-writing-tools-i-write/) [Jackie Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/jackie-collins-9686_black_for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-a_315529.jpg) > [I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-hewlett/i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch-it-out-quickly-as-a-line/) [Jamie Hewlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-hewlett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/jamie-hewlett-16330_artist_i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch_1040277.png) > [I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a-second-but-it-s-quite-an/) [Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/robert-wyatt-8333_appropriate_i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a_1830138.jpg) > [3 lessons to be learn from a Pencil :-) Everything you do leaves a Mark. Pain always sharpens you. Whats inside you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-everything-you-do-leaves-a-mark/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anonymous-1_education_3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-ever_1923107.jpg) > [What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clyde-tombaugh/what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-board-and-a-pencil-in-hand-at/) [Clyde Tombaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clyde-tombaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/clyde-tombaugh-20377_again_what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-boa_2945046.jpg) > [I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-dion/i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-looking-for-a-top-and-then-i-m/) [Celine Dion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-dion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/celine-dion-3937_afraid_i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-look_1188073.jpg) > [The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-yourself-as-the-pencil-hits-the/) [Stephen Sondheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sondheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/stephen-sondheim-1556_paper_the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-you_1518655.jpg) > [A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-about-programs-not-for/) [Paul Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/paul-graham-7010_about_a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-a_1388664.jpg) > [“Every child likes to take a pencil to make a mark. Everybody makes beautiful things when they are three, four, or five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvaro-siza/every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-make-a-mark-everybody-makes/) [Alvaro Siza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvaro-siza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/alvaro-siza-218220_beauty_every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-ma_203656.jpg) > [The fatter the eyeliner, the easier it is to use. With a pencil, just draw the shape you like and clean up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-mcgrath/the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is-to-use-with-a-pencil-just/) [Pat McGrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-mcgrath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/pat-mcgrath-10556_clean-up_the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is_2504566.png) > [The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you-know-it-used-to-be-the/) [Massimo Vignelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/massimo-vignelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/massimo-vignelli-13401_can-do_the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you_78418.jpg) > [When I first started listening to music intently as a teenager, I was always sitting there with a biro or a pencil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-hitchcock/when-i-first-started-listening-to-music-intently-as-a-teenager-i-was/) [Robyn Hitchcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-hitchcock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/robyn-hitchcock-11103_drawing_when-i-first-started-listening-to-music_3118026.png) > [“What is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are greater than the environment surrounding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-what-is-around-it-the-talents/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/israelmore-ayivor-79_achieve_what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-wh_2334117.jpg) > [What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazing-things-it-can-write/) [Adam Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/adam-braun-9757_amazing-things_what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazi_1169544.png) > [Life is a pencil. Erase those memories that BIND you to sadness, and write new ones that will manifest the wonders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bilal-zahoor/life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-that-bind-you-to-sadness-and/) [Bilal Zahoor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bilal-zahoor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/bilal-zahoor-7205_erase_life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-th_3010367.jpg) > [It's a lot easier to teach someone how to use a computer than it is to teach someone how to be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-navone/it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-to-use-a-computer-than-it-is/) [Victor Navone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-navone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/victor-navone-70805_art_it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-t_2933439.jpg) > [“When pondering who I am, I write the fiction that I want directly over the facts that I hate. However, what I’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fiction-that-i-want-directly-over/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_denial_when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fict_348117.jpg) > [One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dickinson/one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-was-nine-years-old-i-realized/) [Bruce Dickinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dickinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/bruce-dickinson-9511_failure_one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-w_1048353.jpg) > [I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-turn-my-back-on-an-idea-out/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/richard-bach-424_dark_i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-t_1723557.png) > [On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maira-kalman/on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-lime-drying-i-love-the/) [Maira Kalman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maira-kalman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/maira-kalman-14477_also_on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-li_1635562.jpg) > [It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undone-but-when-i-write-my-pencil/) [Julia Alvarez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-alvarez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/julia-alvarez-21215_back-together_it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undon_2577494.png) > [Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-statham/your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-you-can-tap-it-with-a-pencil/) [Jason Statham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-statham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/jason-statham-1997_bangs_your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-yo_837722.jpg) > [“Once you found the math in a thing, you knew everything about it, and you could manipulate it to your heart’s content…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-knew-everything-about-it-and/) [Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neal-stephenson-362_happiness_once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-k_96853.png) > [I can go anywhere. In fact, for 'Three Billboards,' I was just getting on trains around America. I wrote everywhere from New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mcdonagh/i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-billboards-i-was-just-getting-on/) [Martin McDonagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mcdonagh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/martin-mcdonagh-10860_america_i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-bill_2135740.jpg) ## Top authors on Pencil - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/mother-teresa/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-anastasia-soare-5677.jpg) Anastasia Soare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/anastasia-soare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-rees-27880.jpg) David Rees 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/david-rees/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/#itemlist", "name": "Pencil Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have defined these characters - people always expect to see me in a pencil skirt. When they see me out of one - much like when they see Jon Hamm's hair when it isn't slick - they say, 'Wait a minute, you're all 2010!'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christina Hendricks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-hendricks/we-have-defined-these-characters-people-always-expect-to-see-me-in-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have defined these characters - people always expect to see me in a pencil skirt. When they see me out of…” — Christina Hendricks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Theodor Adorno" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodor-adorno/a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-thought-than-a-battalion-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/theodor-adorno-1995_assistants_a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-t_2562330.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/theodor-adorno-1995_assistants_a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-t_2562330.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5e/theodor-adorno-1995_assistants_a-pencil-and-rubber-are-of-more-use-to-t_2562330.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies…” — Theodor Adorno", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“pencil the exact middle of the head’s height. Place a horizontal line there; this should be located below the eyebrows' line.  ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vladimir London" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-london/pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-height-place-a-horizontal-line/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/vladimir-london-285964_makeup_pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-he_31126.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/vladimir-london-285964_makeup_pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-he_31126.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/vladimir-london-285964_makeup_pencil-the-exact-middle-of-the-head-s-he_31126.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“pencil the exact middle of the head’s height. Place a horizontal line there; this should be located below…” — Vladimir London", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ogden Nash" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ogden-nash/here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here-s-a-typewriter-here-s-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/ogden-nash-1286_appointments_here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here_2984367.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/ogden-nash-1286_appointments_here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here_2984367.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/ogden-nash-1286_appointments_here-is-a-pen-and-here-is-a-pencil-here_2984367.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's…” — Ogden Nash", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I made a List of Special People in my Life with Pencil. But when I Reached Ur Name, I used a pen… Bcoz I'm Sure, I'll Never have to Make Any Change..", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ritu Ghatourey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-life-with-pencil-but-when-i-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/ritu-ghatourey-5_life_i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-li_2895999.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/ritu-ghatourey-5_life_i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-li_2895999.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/ritu-ghatourey-5_life_i-made-a-list-of-special-people-in-my-li_2895999.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I made a List of Special People in my Life with Pencil. But when I Reached Ur Name, I used a pen… Bcoz I'm…” — Ritu Ghatourey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil of war, which spells only misery and death.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zlata Filipović" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zlata-filipovi/it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and-to-do-so-it-has-chosen-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/zlata-filipovi-32687_death_it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and_2169015.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/zlata-filipovi-32687_death_it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and_2169015.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/zlata-filipovi-32687_death_it-politician-wants-to-separate-them-and_2169015.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the…” — Zlata Filipović", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dorothy Parker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-years-of-your-life-studying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/dorothy-parker-700_eliot_there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-year_1623262.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/dorothy-parker-700_eliot_there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-year_1623262.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/dorothy-parker-700_eliot_there-s-life-for-you-spend-the-best-year_1623262.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and…” — Dorothy Parker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Niemeyer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-niemeyer/when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i-used-to-draw-in-the-air-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/oscar-niemeyer-12939_air_when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i_1017315.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/oscar-niemeyer-12939_air_when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i_1017315.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/oscar-niemeyer-12939_air_when-i-was-very-little-my-mother-said-i_1017315.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I…” — Oscar Niemeyer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can't sharpen it on the plane, because you can't take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Atwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplanes-pens-leak-but-if-the-pencil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/margaret-atwood-40_quote_take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplane_1288334.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/margaret-atwood-40_quote_take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplane_1288334.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/margaret-atwood-40_quote_take-a-pencil-to-write-with-on-aeroplane_1288334.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can't sharpen it on the…” — Margaret Atwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my eyebrow pencil. I'm very low-maintenance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jackie Collins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-collins/for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-and-my-writing-tools-i-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/jackie-collins-9686_black_for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-a_315529.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/jackie-collins-9686_black_for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-a_315529.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/beb/jackie-collins-9686_black_for-a-perfect-holiday-i-need-my-iphone-a_315529.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens…” — Jackie Collins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out quite right - usually a bit better than my mental picture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jamie Hewlett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-hewlett/i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch-it-out-quickly-as-a-line/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/jamie-hewlett-16330_artist_i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch_1040277.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/jamie-hewlett-16330_artist_i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch_1040277.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/jamie-hewlett-16330_artist_i-start-with-an-idea-in-my-head-i-sketch_1040277.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I start with an idea in my head. I sketch it out quickly as a line drawing, using pencil. It never comes out…” — Jamie Hewlett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Wyatt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a-second-but-it-s-quite-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/robert-wyatt-8333_appropriate_i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a_1830138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/robert-wyatt-8333_appropriate_i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a_1830138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/robert-wyatt-8333_appropriate_i-don-t-know-how-many-thoughts-we-have-a_1830138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the…” — Robert Wyatt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "3 lessons to be learn from a Pencil :-) Everything you do leaves a Mark. Pain always sharpens you. Whats inside you is useful,not whats outside.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-everything-you-do-leaves-a-mark/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anonymous-1_education_3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-ever_1923107.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anonymous-1_education_3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-ever_1923107.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/anonymous-1_education_3-lessons-to-be-learn-from-a-pencil-ever_1923107.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“3 lessons to be learn from a Pencil :-) Everything you do leaves a Mark. Pain always sharpens you. Whats…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you make some markings on the paper and you look in again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Clyde Tombaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clyde-tombaugh/what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-board-and-a-pencil-in-hand-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/clyde-tombaugh-20377_again_what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-boa_2945046.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/clyde-tombaugh-20377_again_what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-boa_2945046.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/clyde-tombaugh-20377_again_what-you-do-is-you-have-your-drawing-boa_2945046.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you make…” — Clyde Tombaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors. When I wear a dress, I know the top matches the bottom. So I can't make a mistake.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Celine Dion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-dion/i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-looking-for-a-top-and-then-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/celine-dion-3937_afraid_i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-look_1188073.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/celine-dion-3937_afraid_i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-look_1188073.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/celine-dion-3937_afraid_i-love-pencil-skirts-but-i-m-always-look_1188073.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try…” — Celine Dion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen Sondheim" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-yourself-as-the-pencil-hits-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/stephen-sondheim-1556_paper_the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-you_1518655.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/stephen-sondheim-1556_paper_the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-you_1518655.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/stephen-sondheim-1556_paper_the-worst-thing-you-can-do-is-censor-you_1518655.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get…” — Stephen Sondheim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Graham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-graham/a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-about-programs-not-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/paul-graham-7010_about_a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-a_1388664.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/paul-graham-7010_about_a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-a_1388664.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/paul-graham-7010_about_a-programming-language-is-for-thinking-a_1388664.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought…” — Paul Graham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Every child likes to take a pencil to make a mark. Everybody makes beautiful things when they are three, four, or five years old. Most people lose that spontaneity; I think that always happens. Some are able to win a second spontaneity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alvaro Siza" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvaro-siza/every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-make-a-mark-everybody-makes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/alvaro-siza-218220_beauty_every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-ma_203656.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/alvaro-siza-218220_beauty_every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-ma_203656.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/alvaro-siza-218220_beauty_every-child-likes-to-take-a-pencil-to-ma_203656.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every child likes to take a pencil to make a mark. Everybody makes beautiful things when they are three…” — Alvaro Siza", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fatter the eyeliner, the easier it is to use. With a pencil, just draw the shape you like and clean up the mistakes with a bit of cleanser.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pat McGrath" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-mcgrath/the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is-to-use-with-a-pencil-just/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/pat-mcgrath-10556_clean-up_the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is_2504566.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/pat-mcgrath-10556_clean-up_the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is_2504566.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/pat-mcgrath-10556_clean-up_the-fatter-the-eyeliner-the-easier-it-is_2504566.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fatter the eyeliner, the easier it is to use. With a pencil, just draw the shape you like and clean up…” — Pat McGrath", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but you have to do it, and the same is with the computer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Massimo Vignelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/massimo-vignelli/the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you-know-it-used-to-be-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/massimo-vignelli-13401_can-do_the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you_78418.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/massimo-vignelli-13401_can-do_the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you_78418.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/massimo-vignelli-13401_can-do_the-computer-is-really-like-a-pencil-you_78418.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The computer is really like a pencil, you know. It used to be. The pencil can do anything you want to, but…” — Massimo Vignelli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first started listening to music intently as a teenager, I was always sitting there with a biro or a pencil, drawing. That's how I absorbed it all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robyn Hitchcock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-hitchcock/when-i-first-started-listening-to-music-intently-as-a-teenager-i-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/robyn-hitchcock-11103_drawing_when-i-first-started-listening-to-music_3118026.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/robyn-hitchcock-11103_drawing_when-i-first-started-listening-to-music_3118026.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/robyn-hitchcock-11103_drawing_when-i-first-started-listening-to-music_3118026.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I first started listening to music intently as a teenager, I was always sitting there with a biro or a…” — Robyn Hitchcock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are greater than the environment surrounding you. Your potentials will change your environment.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Israelmore Ayivor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-what-is-around-it-the-talents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/israelmore-ayivor-79_achieve_what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-wh_2334117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/israelmore-ayivor-79_achieve_what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-wh_2334117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ad/israelmore-ayivor-79_achieve_what-is-in-the-pencil-is-greater-than-wh_2334117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is in the pencil is greater than what is around it. The talents in you are greater than the environment…” — Israelmore Ayivor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam Braun" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-braun/what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazing-things-it-can-write/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/adam-braun-9757_amazing-things_what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazi_1169544.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/adam-braun-9757_amazing-things_what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazi_1169544.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/adam-braun-9757_amazing-things_what-can-a-pencil-do-for-all-of-us-amazi_1169544.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or…” — Adam Braun", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is a pencil. Erase those memories that BIND you to sadness, and write new ones that will manifest the wonders of your existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bilal Zahoor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bilal-zahoor/life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-that-bind-you-to-sadness-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/bilal-zahoor-7205_erase_life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-th_3010367.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/bilal-zahoor-7205_erase_life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-th_3010367.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/bilal-zahoor-7205_erase_life-is-a-pencil-erase-those-memories-th_3010367.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is a pencil. Erase those memories that BIND you to sadness, and write new ones that will manifest the…” — Bilal Zahoor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 25, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a lot easier to teach someone how to use a computer than it is to teach someone how to be an artist, so we figured if they can animate with a pencil, we can teach them how to animate with a computer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Navone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-navone/it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-to-use-a-computer-than-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/victor-navone-70805_art_it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-t_2933439.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/victor-navone-70805_art_it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-t_2933439.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/victor-navone-70805_art_it-s-a-lot-easier-to-teach-someone-how-t_2933439.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a lot easier to teach someone how to use a computer than it is to teach someone how to be an artist, so…” — Victor Navone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 26, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When pondering who I am, I write the fiction that I want directly over the facts that I hate. However, what I’ve discovered is that fiction is written in pencil while facts are in pen.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Craig D. Lounsbrough" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fiction-that-i-want-directly-over/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_denial_when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fict_348117.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_denial_when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fict_348117.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/craig-d-lounsbrough-285_denial_when-pondering-who-i-am-i-write-the-fict_348117.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When pondering who I am, I write the fiction that I want directly over the facts that I hate. However, what…” — Craig D. Lounsbrough", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 27, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at school, so I started Rent-a-Pencil. But I made a fundamental mistake. Everybody stole my pencils.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bruce Dickinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dickinson/one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-was-nine-years-old-i-realized/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/bruce-dickinson-9511_failure_one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-w_1048353.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/bruce-dickinson-9511_failure_one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-w_1048353.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/bruce-dickinson-9511_failure_one-of-my-earliest-ventures-was-when-i-w_1048353.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of my earliest ventures was when I was nine years old. I realized there was a shortage of pencils at…” — Bruce Dickinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Bach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-turn-my-back-on-an-idea-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/richard-bach-424_dark_i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-t_1723557.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/richard-bach-424_dark_i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-t_1723557.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/richard-bach-424_dark_i-do-not-enjoy-writing-at-all-if-i-can-t_1723557.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid…” — Richard Bach", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 29, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maira Kalman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maira-kalman/on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-lime-drying-i-love-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/maira-kalman-14477_also_on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-li_1635562.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/maira-kalman-14477_also_on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-li_1635562.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/maira-kalman-14477_also_on-my-desk-i-always-have-a-lemon-or-a-li_1635562.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush…” — Maira Kalman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 30, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Alvarez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-alvarez/it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undone-but-when-i-write-my-pencil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/julia-alvarez-21215_back-together_it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undon_2577494.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/julia-alvarez-21215_back-together_it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undon_2577494.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/julia-alvarez-21215_back-together_it-s-like-my-whole-world-is-coming-undon_2577494.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm…” — Julia Alvarez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 31, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Statham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-statham/your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-you-can-tap-it-with-a-pencil/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/jason-statham-1997_bangs_your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-yo_837722.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/jason-statham-1997_bangs_your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-yo_837722.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/jason-statham-1997_bangs_your-body-is-like-a-piece-of-dynamite-yo_837722.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it…” — Jason Statham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 32, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once you found the math in a thing, you knew everything about it, and you could manipulate it to your heart’s content with nothing more than a pencil and a napkin.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neal Stephenson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-knew-everything-about-it-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neal-stephenson-362_happiness_once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-k_96853.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neal-stephenson-362_happiness_once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-k_96853.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/neal-stephenson-362_happiness_once-you-found-the-math-in-a-thing-you-k_96853.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once you found the math in a thing, you knew everything about it, and you could manipulate it to your…” — Neal Stephenson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 33, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can go anywhere. In fact, for 'Three Billboards,' I was just getting on trains around America. I wrote everywhere from New York to New Mexico. I always write with pencil and paper.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin McDonagh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mcdonagh/i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-billboards-i-was-just-getting-on/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/martin-mcdonagh-10860_america_i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-bill_2135740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/martin-mcdonagh-10860_america_i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-bill_2135740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a67/martin-mcdonagh-10860_america_i-can-go-anywhere-in-fact-for-three-bill_2135740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can go anywhere. In fact, for 'Three Billboards,' I was just getting on trains around America. I wrote…” — Martin McDonagh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/page/11/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/page/11/", "name": "Pencil Quotes · Page 11", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/christina-hendricks-5321_always_we-have-defined-these-characters-people_483371.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 433 Pencil quotes by 345 authors. Discover the best Pencil sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/page/11/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/page/11/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Pencil Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pencil/page/11/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```