His Work Quotes

549 His Work quotes by 422 unique authors

In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that… — Jorge Luis Borges
There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- "Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is… — Margaret Atwood
And so take away his work, which was his life [. . .] and all his glory and his great deeds? Make a child and… — C.S. Lewis
The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country,… — Edward Abbey
In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work,… — Madeleine L'Engle
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it. — Robert Henri
To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his… — Robertson Davies
Was his life nothing? Had he nothing to show, no work? He did not count his work, anyone could have done it. What had he… — D. H. Lawrence
This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had wanted to be… — Ayn Rand
I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his… — George MacDonald
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines… — Ayn Rand
For the pride of trace and trail was his, and sick unto death, he could not bear that another dog should do his work. — Jack London
He was resentful against all those in authority over him, and this, combined with a lazy indifference toward his work, exasperated every master in school.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
This church does not belong to its President. Its head is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose name each of us has taken upon ourselves. We… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Indeed, ask every man separately whether he thinks it laudable and worthy of a man of this age to hold a position from which he… — Leo Tolstoy
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his… — James A. Michener
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. — John Newton
A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere. — Ursula K. Le Guin
A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he didn't notice us. He was about five feet tall,… — Rick Riordan
Think of the beginning of the story of the beginning of everything: Adam (without Eve and without divine guidance) names the animals. Continuing his work,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
You love your work. God help you, you love it! And thats the curse. That's the brand on your forehead for all of them to… — Ayn Rand
To please God… to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness… to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an… — C.S. Lewis
In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets… — Booker T. Washington
Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few months: the man, his work and his life. And that is probably the… — Etty Hillesum

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