Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating. — John M. Ford
There is no theory of a God, of an author of Nature, of an origin of the Universe, which is not utterly repugnant to my… — Harriet Martineau
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would… — Anthony de Jasay
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well,… — Patricia Reilly Giff
There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read. — James Goodnight
Fundamentally a good author has his or her own sense of style. There is a natural, deep voice, and that voice is present from the… — Kenzaburo Oe
Gradually it has become clear to me what every great philosophy so far has been: namely, the personal confession of its author and a kind… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient. — Guy Kawasaki
God uses millions of no-name influencers every day in the simplest selfless acts of service.Â They are the teachers whose names will never be in… — Mel Lawrenz
I donâ€™t mind citing a bad author if the line is good. — Seneca the Younger
I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly said, I hold that Nature… — Georg Cantor
Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith. — Timothy Keller
I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I… — Joseph Addison
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. -Author Unknown As long as a woman… — Oscar Wilde
An author departs; he does not die. — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
If at times I have thought myself unfortunate, it is because of a confusion, an error. I have mistaken myself for someone else... Who am… — Arthur Schopenhauer
An author is often obscure to the reader because they proceed from the thought to expression than like the reader from the expression to the… — Nicolas Chamfort
Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every production must resemble its author. — Miguel de Cervantes
The same common sense which makes an author write good things, makes him dread they are not good enough to deserve reading. — Jean de la Bruyere

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