Never Show Quotes

79 quotes by 72 authors

Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get… — Charles Schumer
Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself. — Mark Twain
Be smart, but never show it. — Louis B. Mayer
I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a… — Raymond Chandler
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping… — William James
Perhaps this was what Queens did. Perhaps they held their Kings in the darkness, deep within their castles and allowed them that moment of weakness… — David Gaider
The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother or father. And you know… — Lorrie Moore
Dad was a hypocrite. He could talk about peace and love to the world but he could never show it to his wife and son. — Julian Lennon
The reason that so many times we don't win the battle is that we never show up for the war! — Adrian Rogers
I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it — Irwin Shaw
You must suggest to me reality---you can never show me reality. — George Inness
The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the… — Robert Greene
I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of… — Judi Dench
If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in a fully lived… — BrenÃ© Brown
We soon get through with Nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy. The merest child which has rambled into a copsewood dreams of… — Henry David Thoreau
Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up the wall. You… — James Lee Burke
When you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it. — Jean Pigozzi
It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't… — Patrick Rothfuss
I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up. — Megyn Kelly
I tend to write things seven times before I show them to my editor. I write them seven times, then I take them on tour,… — David Sedaris

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