Written Quotes · Page 96

The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation…

— Mihai Nadin

Nature's message was always there and for us to see. It was written on the wings of butterflies.

— Kjell Bloch Sandved

Publication is almost certainly a punishment for having written a book.

— Joseph O'Neill

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other…

— Vikram Seth

You must believe: a poem is a holy thing - a good poem, that is. The poem, even a short time after…

— Theodore Roethke

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

— George Bancroft

I've had those people very interested in my writing. Since I think of myself as a composer, I feel really good. I've…

— Ornette Coleman

In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written…

— Alexandra Fuller

My point is I'm kind of an outlier. For whatever reason, the success still blows my mind - that I'm able to…

— Aaron Bruno

You know if something is good because you remember the lines because it is written so well. The rhythm of the speech…

— Rob James-Collier

The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.…

— Swami Vivekananda

I think that as a playwright, if I detail that environment, then I'm taking away something from them [designers]. I'm taking away…

— August Wilson

Motion or change, and identity or rest, are the first and second secrets of nature: Motion and Rest. The whole code of…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I wouldn't think of my characters' moralities at all. And I think I identify fully with every main character I've written about…

— Tao Lin

I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I…

— Peter Carey

I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written

— Todd Barry

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice.…

— Joseph Brodsky

I was getting rewarded for writing well, from about the age of five or six. A teacher would say, "Look what Andrew…

— Andrew Davies

The idea that Taylor Swift would become the giant pop icon of 2015, 2016 - she's really good, but I don't think…

— Cass Sunstein

"God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago.

— Macklemore

The poem you sent me was as fiery and virile as anything you've ever written - or anybody else, for that matter.…

— Robert E. Howard

'Among Friends' was really well written and had strong characters, and while all the elements were there to make it a great…

— Danielle Harris

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously…

— Eddie Vedder

I've also never written anything really in LA.

— Paul Beatty

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

— Rita Mae Brown

I don't believe it's all for nothing. It's not just written in the sand.

— Robbie Robertson

I've done a lot of tough stories over the years. I've done a lot of profiles over the years that have not…

— Mark Leibovich

What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently…

— Theodor Adorno

Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us,…

— Alejandro Zambra

I do have screenplays I've written that never saw the light of day, but I don't usually go back to them. When…

— Joss Whedon

Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are "poor and blank". This may…

— Mao Zedong

People apparently only read mystery stories of any length. With mysteries, the longer the better, and people will read any damn thing.…

— Cormac McCarthy

I am thoroughly convinced that when the last chapter of humanity is written, we will find that the implications of atheism, i.e.,…

— Ravi Zacharias

Monstress is an exhilarating rollercoaster of a book. Deeply funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, philosophical, bawdy, and wise, Lysley Tenorio’s stories, written from the…

— Sabina Murray

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree…

— Henry Adams

The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as…

— Franz von Papen

Ancient history has an air of antiquity. It should be more modern. It is written as if the specator should be thinking…

— Henry David Thoreau

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just…

— Jon Spaihts

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

— Jimmy Carl Black