Paper Quotes

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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it… — Pietro Aretino
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack… — Margaret Atwood
It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get… — Paul Auster
My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see… — Kevin Bacon
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. — Lord Acton
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. — Pearl Bailey
Ever since I was a girl, I have written about one to five pages every day - on napkins, on scrap paper, in notebooks and… — Roseanne Barr
The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely thin paper with a bit of matress stuffing in it,… — Brendan Behan
I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred. — Adele
If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library. — Tony Benn
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route. — Theodore Bikel
I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers. — Andrea Bocelli
I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair. — Erma Bombeck
On paper, being good sounds great but a lot depends on the atmosphere of the workplace or community we live in. We tend to become… — Alain de Botton
Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount… — Jo Brand
If people want to criticize me because it sells papers, that's fine. I just don't like it when it's inaccurate. — Eli Broad
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book.… — Pearl S. Buck
I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk… — Julie Burchill
Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret... to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink. — Leo Burnett
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to… — John Burroughs

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