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Autobiography Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
- That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more…
- This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and…
More Autobiography Quotes
- Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very… — Kate Atkinson
- Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. — John Berger
- 'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music. — Mary J. Blige
- Fiction is a web of lies that attempts to entangle the truth. And autobiography may well be the reverse: data tricked up… — Nicholas Delbanco
- Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives. — Marilyn Ferguson
- Mom - the person most likely to write an autobiography and never mention herself. — Robert Breault
- I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and… — Philip Roth
- Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price. — Nikola Tesla
- But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction,… — Nikola Tesla
- When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots. — Nikola Tesla
- A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results. — Nikola Tesla