Biographies Quotes

333 Biographies quotes by 255 unique authors

The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them… — Harold Acton
I feel I have to live a little longer before I write a sequel to my auto biography which covers my experiences up until October… — Holly Johnson
It is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps… — Allan Massie
The Revival of 1859 helped to lay the foundations of the modern international and interdenominational missionary structureEvery revival of religion in the homelands is felt… — J. Edwin Orr
A musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing. — Sri Chinmoy
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires… — Eberhard Weber
The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race. — Lynn Barber
Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be. — Philip Guedalla
Christianity was neither original nor unique, but that the roots of much of the Judeo/ Christian tradition lay in the prevailing Kamite (ancient Egyptian) culture… — Gerald Massey
The creative person should have no other biography than his works. — B. Traven
Women are defined by their biography, and men are sacrosanct from their biography. — Kate Braverman
The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion. — George Steiner
Char Miller's lively, insightful account of the life and world of American forester Gifford Pinchot fills a vitally important gap in environmental and conservation history.… — Carolyn Merchant
A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompsonâ€™s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
Somebody approached me about writing a biography on me, I told them they were too late. — Zach Braff
I didnâ€™t think any biography could do justice to one of the few honest-to-goodness geniuses of our time, a walking paradox who wore a cloak… — Otto Penzler
We love the old saints, missionaries, martyrs, and reformers. Our Luthers, Bunyans, Wesleys and Asburys, etc... We will write their biographies, reverence their memories, frame… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Almost any biography will have its useful suggestions for making life a success, but none better or more unfailing than the biography of Christ. — Robert Baden-Powell
We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to refer to them, we still drag there with us the… — Angela Carter
I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy. — Al Sharpton

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