Author Quotes

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Adrienne Mayor's inquiry into the myth--and surprising reality--of Amazon women begins with the fierce Greek huntress Atalanta, but takes us deep into the past and… — Steven Saylor
That name was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it 'that goddamn particle' because… — Peter Higgs
Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the… — Epictetus
When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general,… — Donald Knuth
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't… — Hayley Mills
The flames of freedom which were lighted across this great land of ours in Thomas Jefferson's day have continued to burn with an intense and… — J. Edgar Hoover
This whole creation is essentially subjective, and the dream is the theater where the dreamer is at once: scene, actor, prompter, stage manager, author, audience,… — Carl Jung
Surely it was time someone invented a new plot, or that the author came out from the bushes. — Virginia Woolf
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it. — Charles de Saint-Evremond
GOOSE, n. A bird that supplies quills for writing. These [quills] when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person called an "author," there… — Ambrose Bierce
An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Note that I hold the single-author record for total CERT advisories, proving that in my copious youth I knew how to sling code but not… — Paul Vixie
I am the author of my life. Unfortunately, I am writing in pen and canâ€™t erase my mistakes. — Bill Kaulitz
There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed and brand; so… — B. H. Roberts
The author tells a story wherein a missionary friend of his was invited by unbelievers on a train ride to play cards. The friend declined,… — Watchman Nee
I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections… — Joseph Addison
When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. — Seneca the Younger
Those who are seeking the true religion will never find it outside the Catholic Church alone, because, in every other religion, if they trace it… — Alphonsus Liguori
As to the origin of civil Societies or Governments; the Author of our Being, has given Man a Nature to be fitted for, and disposed… — Abraham J. Williams
Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain,… — J D Hayworth

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