Going Quotes

31598 Going quotes by 12355 unique authors

Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It's a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you… — Marian Wright Edelman
We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else… — Dorothy Height
I think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going to be committed to. One of them… — Nicole Kidman
You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real difference - to be of genuine consequence in the… — Werner Erhard
If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference. — Robin Williams
I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where… — Karen Duffy
We were impelled to remain loyal for a while to the memory of Penny. It was a form of the old fashioned custom of going… — Derek Tangye
If you don't act now while it's fresh in your mind, it will probably join the list of things you were always going to do… — Paul Clitheroe
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which… — Alberto Moravia
Men, I am not a religious man and I don't know your feelings in this matter, but I am going to ask you to pray… — Robert Lee Wolverton
You write that first draft really to see how it's going to come out. — James A. Michener
When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored… — Daniel Quinn
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a… — Brian Stableford
I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;… — P.G. Wodehouse
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal… — George R. R. Martin
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction… — George R. R. Martin
Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is… — Kurt Vonnegut
There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to… — Alanis Morissette
When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on… — Candace Bushnell
[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left… — Jimmy Buffett
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police… — Stephen King
If you're going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the… — Louis L'Amour
I believe that good questions are more important than answers, and the best children's books ask questions, and make the readers ask questions. And every… — Madeleine L'Engle
You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning, then once you've written that… — Neil Gaiman
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write. — Sinclair Lewis

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