Copies Quotes

586 Copies quotes by 494 unique authors

When we lost something precious, and we'd looked and looked and still couldn't find it, then we didn't have to be completely heartbroken. We still… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that… — Pablo Picasso
I grabbed another. Aerosmith. Nope, can’t throw classic Aerosmith. I snatched a copy of the Thompson Twins’ greatest hits and chucked it at him. — Rachel Vincent
It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing… — Irvin D. Yalom
Dreams are rough copies of the waking soul Yet uncorrected of the higher will, So that men sometimes in their dreams confess An unsuspected, or… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca
I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be no return, that… — Kate Morton
In the classics section, she had picked up a copy of The Magic Mountain and recalled the summer between her junior and senior years of… — Elizabeth Berg
Ah walk doon Hammersmith Broadway, London seeming strange and alien, after only a three-month absence, as familiar places do when you’ve been away. It’s as… — Irvine Welsh
Study's overrated. Just find someone smart to copy off. -Adrian to Lissa — Richelle Mead
Ranger plays by his own set of rules, and I don't have a complete copy. — Janet Evanovich
Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton. — Gordon Korman
Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it… — Cassandra Clare
If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will… — Mortimer Adler
A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their mates home and… — Robert Muchamore
Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her. — Jacob Bronowski
Why was man created before woman? Because you always need a rough draft before the final copy.” – Chloe Traeger — Jill Shalvis
Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas. — Walter Isaacson
The boy spends most of his time reading. And writing, of course. He copies out sections of books, writes out words and symbols he does… — Erin Morgenstern
Poets are excellent students of blizzards and salt and broken statuary, but they are always elsewhere for the test. Any intention in the writing of… — Dean Young
Okay, let me get a pen." There were rustling noises. "I can't find one." More noises. "Okay,shoot." "You found a pen?" "No, but I have… — Linda Howard
Sometimes, looking at the many books I have at home, I feel I shall die before I come to the end of them, yet I… — Jorge Luis Borges
Hey!" I exclaimed, seeing the total. "They're charging me retail. Glenn!" I complained. "They can't do that." I shook it at him. "I shouldn't have… — Kim Harrison
You existed. You existed now as a fractal. Definition: A fractal is generally a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be broken into parts,… — David Levithan
Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends… — Charles Stross
Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something. Hazel Grace, tell me I have not reached the end of this book.… — John Green

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