Biography Quotes

231 Biography quotes by 182 unique authors

More than a needed biography of Ehrenburg . . . Tangled Loyalties is a contribution of much significance to our understanding of the history of… — Unknown Author
I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography… — Edmund White
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
Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. — Philip Guedalla
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
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
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
The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one's biography, joins in that sound, with any luck, and the body moves like a walking,… — Derek Walcott
Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading. — Thomas Carlyle
I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of… — Thomas McGuane
A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty is a beautifully written portrait of Eudora Welty and her amazing life. Carolyn J. Brown carries the… — Unknown Author

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