Initial Quotes

266 quotes by 249 authors

What I want is to live of that initial and primordial something that was what made some things reach the point of aspiring to be… — Clarice Lispector
In an initial period, Photography, in order to surprise, photographs the notable; but soon, by a familiar reversal, it decrees notable whatever it photographs. The… — Roland Barthes
It's like when someone dies, the initial stages of grief seem to be the worst. But in some ways, it's sadder as time goes by… — Emily Giffin
You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken,… — David Allen
Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time. — Daniel Handler
I'd like to add her initial to my monogram... — Ira Gershwin
As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the… — Vladimir Nabokov
Mentorâ€™s Official and Complete Procedural Handbook on Initial Succubus Intake and Probationary Period (Abridged). â€œAbridged?â€ I spun toward Jerome. â€œTell me youâ€™re getting back at… — Richelle Mead
Every intimacy carries secreted somewhere below its initial lovely surfaces, the ever-coiled makings of complete catastrophe. — Elizabeth Gilbert
I've been a soldier all my life. I've fought from the ranks on up, you know my service. But sir, I must tell you now,… — Michael Shaara
To achieve accurate knowledge of others, if such a thing were possible, we could only ever arrive at it through the slow and unsure recognition… — Marcel Proust
I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time,… — Daniel Handler
Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of… — Jeffrey Eugenides
We are not perfect. What god is Examine yours. According to your mythos he was so disappointed with his initial efforts creating your race that… — Karen Marie Moning
But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is composed of a mosaic of thousands of little ideas, ideas that invariably… — Lauren Willig
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write… — George Orwell
Every second a seeker can start over, For his life's mistakes Are initial drafts And not the final version. — Sri Chinmoy
His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain… — Mervyn Peake
The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place? — Louise Bogan
Try to maintain the perspective that, in time, everything disintegrates and returns to its initial form. — Richard Carlson

Who Wrote These Initial Quotes

249 authors contributed a total of 266 Initial Quotes, led by these top contributors: