Pen Quotes

753 Pen quotes by 581 unique authors

Noise pollution is a relative thing. In a city, it's a jet plane taking off. In a monastery, it's a pen that scratches. — Robert Orben
Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when - — Arthur Guiterman
There is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his… — Murray Kempton
There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that… — Natalie Goldberg
But most men regard their life as a poem that women threaten. They may not have two spondees to rub together but they still want… — Alan Bennett
The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on the other hand,… — Walter Murch
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say. — Oscar Niemeyer
The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile… — Steve Rubel
I love writing in longhand. Writing in longhand, I think, is a marvelous thing to do for a writer these days. If you have a… — Neil Gaiman
I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote… — Jake Owen
I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen… — Daniela Pestova
I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and had… — Helen Reddy
For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I… — James Rollins
Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question. — Todd Solondz
Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt;… — Criss Jami
Perhaps the final hour is come I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero in an age without… — Bei Dao
Take time to be quiet. This is something that we don't do enough in this busy world of ours. We rush, rush, rush, and we… — Jim Rohn
In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National… — George Soros
Whatever action we are doing, we should be sure to keep the thought of God alive within. Whenever we sit or get up, we should… — Mata Amritanandamayi
I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment… — Gilbert N. Lewis
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is no… — Terry Eagleton
The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement. If you write a letter of resignation or something with an agenda,… — Billy Collins
Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen… — Glen Hansard
What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs. — Glen Hansard
I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you… — Glen Hansard

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