Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools and scoundrels. It… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
That was excellently observedâ€™, say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I… — Jonathan Swift
Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All… — Abraham Lincoln
If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to… — Gordon B. Hinckley
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance… — Carl Sagan
We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author. — John Keats
Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist. — Nhat Hanh
Being an author, is being a dictator. (in a good way) — Pseudonymous Bosch
life is a story and god is author.life is absurd.I think so. — Albert Camus
Stealing from one author is plagiarism; from many authors, research. — Walter Moers
A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
No Man has a more perfect reliance on the all-wise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks his aid more… — George Washington
Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me some books, those… — Leon Uris
Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself. — Mark Twain
The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless. — Blaise Pascal
BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar. — Ellen Hopkins
A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college. — Elwyn Brooks White

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