Authors Quotes

523 quotes by 418 authors

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting… — Benjamin Franklin
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. — Andre Gide
Many contemporary authors drink more than they write. — Maxim Gorky
Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not… — Lev Grossman
Northwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me! — Stephen Colbert
God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored. — Edwin Louis Cole
God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires. — Edwin Louis Cole
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our… — Charles Caleb Colton
Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package. — Sloane Crosley
A lot of powerful people in Washington may think it's a crazy-leftist-fringe position to think the intellectual authors of a torture regime should be investigated… — John Cusack
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. — Robertson Davies
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. — Elizabeth I
My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson. — Paloma Faith
I read a lot when I'm away. I love courtroom dramas and I'm always looking for new authors. — Bruce Forsyth
As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. — Joanne Harris
I think there are so many books out there written on relationships and romance that women are the authors of. How can women know exactly… — Steve Harvey
The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living. — Thomas Hobbes
Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked. — Judy Holliday
What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that… — Oliver Wendell Holmes

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