Epics Quotes
17 quotes by 15 authors
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Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world.
— C.S. Lewis
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I am associated with techno epics.
— Trevor Horn
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Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use.
— Reed Hastings
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's…
— Baz Luhrmann
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I suppose every one must have reflected how primeval and how poetical are the things that one carries in one's pocket; the pocket-knife, for instance,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim; it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.
— Patricia A. McKillip
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Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be…
— David Sedaris
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Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?"  "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?"…
— Carrie Vaughn
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New platforms are emerging: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox. And film actors are gravitating towards television, because there are basically better roles there. Television is…
— David S. Goyer
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics…
— F. Sionil Jose
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In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy.
— Amish Tripathi
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What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics.
— Edward M. Lerner
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Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote past…
— Edward M. Lerner
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My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics.
— Gig Young
Who Wrote These Epics Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 17 Epics Quotes as follows: