Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there… — Mary Abigail Dodge Copy Share Image
The only person I have regrets about is Miles Davis. He and I had become good friends after we did a photo… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Opinion polls are not worth the paper they are written on, in my view, through the conference season. They don't settle down… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
Paul commands: 'Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the Traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.'… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
A recent study by David Green and Laura Casper, 'Delay, Denial and Dilution,' written for the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, concludes… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The important discovery I made very early is that my novels had to be written without any given plan or outline. I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
Today there survives more than 25,0000 partial and complete, ancient handwritten manuscript copies of the New Testament. These hand written manuscripts have… — Charlie Campbell Copy Share Image
When I look back at what I've written and try to explain it, it doesn't help, but it helps to be in… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring. — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
If you can stand to wait 24 hours before you decide the fate of what you have written - either good or… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I can't go on flying apart just for those who want the benefit of a few verbal kicks. My God, do you… — Theodore Roethke Copy Share Image
Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Power is more than the punch. I get so much power and belief in myself from God, and from God the power… — Naseem Hamed Copy Share Image
Those so-called records in the Bible were written by devout ecclesiasts who wanted to believe, and wanted others to believe, in the… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
You can't imagine the joy I feel when I hear that something I've said or done or written has helped others to… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
We need laws written by people who have confronted life in the real world, not in the sheltered world of trust fund… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Big Fish was the first movie that we worked on together, and I had already written it. We had another director, but… — John August Copy Share Image
I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create,… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
Memory is strange. Scientifically, it is not a mechanical means of repeating something. I can think a thousand times about when I… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The Organization of American States couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Oliver [Goldstick] is a very dynamic and imaginative writer, so the stage directions were visceral and very clearly written. — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
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Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
People get strange about whether you've written your own songs, which seems really stupid considering that, especially in Country Music, it's about… — Neko Case Copy Share Image
Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I just like the process of taking something written on a sheet of paper and giving it life and shape. I like… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if… — Larry David Copy Share Image
But, for the role of Sarah Linden, we saw everybody. Everybody wanted this role. Every female actor in town really wanted to… — Veena Sud Copy Share Image
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
A lot of parts written for people of my size, dwarfs, are either foolish idiots or, like, these sages that are all-knowing,… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
I love a novel that’s funny, and The Taxman Cometh is very funny, delightfully well-written, yet with a serious message about how… — Marvin Kalb Copy Share Image
I'm not avoiding specifics, but I've always written songs from more of a global standpoint. — William Beckett Copy Share Image
Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not. — E. L. James Copy Share Image
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Daniel Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The organized Mind is smart, important, and, as always,… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I've written The Challenge for Africa is to save it. Surely there are so many problems we… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
There are about five or six songs that were written in full or in part while I was in Iraq, and that… — Bryan Hayes Copy Share Image
It is no small comfort that God hath written some Scriptures to you which He hath not to others. Read these, and… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image