Pencil Quotes

366 Pencil quotes by 301 unique authors

The best design tool is a long eraser with a pencil at one end. — Marty Neumeier
College athletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil. — Ruby Wax
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine. — Alan Turing
You ought to be able to explain why you’re taking the job you’re taking, why you’re making the investment you’re making, or whatever it may… — Warren Buffett
Graffiti is linear and it's done with a pencil, and it's like writing on walls. But in my paintings it's more lyrical. — Cy Twombly
The anthropologist must relinquish his comfortable position in the long chair on the veranda of the missionary compound, Government station, or planter's bungalow, where, armed… — Bronislaw Malinowski
An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them. — Norman Foster
A formal manipulator in mathematics often experiences the discomforting feeling that his pencil surpasses him in intelligence. — Howard Whitley Eves
Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red… — Jon Postel
I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting. — Nelson DeMille
I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as… — Roger Martin
Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: Â learn to write better. — Seth Godin
Write your future in pencil…Be prepared. Plan for the future. But also be ready to pivot if a new opportunity comes your way, or if… — Michele Norris
A pencil in my hand, its secret life / is charcoal, the wood already burnt, / a sacrifice. — Marianne Boruch
A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does. — Marilyn vos Savant
I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky. — William Merritt Chase
You're not going to be on top of mountain all by yourself with a #2 pencil What we need to learn is how to learn. — Joichi Ito
When the last dime is gone, I'll sit on the curb outside with a pencil and a ten cent notebook and start the whole thing… — Preston Sturges
The discovery in 1846 of the planet Neptune was a dramatic and spectacular achievement of mathematical astronomy. The very existence of this new member of… — James R Newman
The Advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or erased with a… — Norbert Wiener
I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
I may not be the strongest guy or the most well armed, but you can put me in a room with a pencil and a… — John Milius
God... has a pencil with an eraser on it and he has promised us that he will use it if we will repent and change… — Sterling W Sill
Writing well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape on the page, then the… — Dani Shapiro

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