Moving Quotes

8564 quotes by 5247 authors

One writes to teach, to move or to delight. — Rodolphus Agricola
It's a delicious thing to write. To be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. — Gustave Flaubert
It is almost always a greater pleasure to come across a semicolon than a period. The period tells you that that is that; if you… — Lewis Thomas
There's still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly see… — Eudora Welty
I've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready to… — E L Doctorow
Books -lighthouses erected in the great sea of time -books, the precious depositories of the thoughts and creations of genius -books, by whose sorcery times… — Edwin Percy Whipple
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect. — Iris Murdoch
Procrastination isn't the problem. It's the solution. It's the universe's way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast. — Ellen DeGeneres
There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally… — Lawrence Taylor
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have… — Jose Raul Capablanca
I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his… — Alexander Kotov
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness… — Alexander Kotov
The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. — Emanuel Lasker
Very often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or that… — Edward Weston
Well, I do think, particularly the way I work, the better images occur when you're moving to the fringes of your own understanding. That's where… — Jerry Uelsmann
I have sort of a Zen body philosophy, I'm sort of like: we're one weight one day, we're one weight another day, and some day… — Lena Dunham
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me… — Ansel Adams
But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the viewer… — Sam Abell
I don't know whether we think in moving images or whether we think in still images. I have a suspicion that on our hard drive,… — Jon Snow

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