Paragraph Quotes

173 quotes by 161 authors

For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages of sex. — William H. Gass
I begin by writing paragraphs that donâ€™t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first. — Grace Paley
I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it — Clifford Geertz
The camera can photograph thought. It's better than a paragraph of sweet polemic. — Dirk Bogarde
If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight face… — Susan Jacoby
If you ask me to tell you anything about the nature of what lies beyond the phaneronâ€¦ my answer is â€œHow should I know?â€â€¦ I… — Martin Gardner
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs. — Robert Peel
When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for… — C S Forester
Justin Halpern tosses lightning bolts of laughter out of his pocket like he is shooting dice in a back alley. In one sweep of a… — Laurie Notaro
Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision. — Barrett Wendell
It's difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than… — A. E. van Vogt
I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place,… — Lee Kuan Yew
I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving… — Anne Tyler
There is never finality in the display terminal's screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a… — Alexander Cockburn
Our investments continue to be few in number and simple in concept: The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in a short paragraph.… — Warren Buffett
In certain booksâ€”some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother. — Robert Henri
I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of… — Brendan Gill
When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love… — Trent Reznor
Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters. — Larry McMurtry
In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of… — Michael Dirda

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