Scratch Quotes

355 quotes by 321 authors

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. — Dennis Green
We live one day at a time and scratch where it itches. — Darrell Royal
Scratch a lover, and find a foe. — Dorothy Parker
One learns to itch where one can scratch. — Ernest Bramah
Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative, he submits to… — Michael Ghiselin
Revision, once well done, becomes a sort of automatic itch which you scratch in the next work without thinking about it. — Romulus Linney
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge… — Ben Jonson
The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal. — David Geffen
No matter how long your've been at it, you always start from scratch. — Jeffrey Eugenides
I blame myself for not often enough seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Somewhere in his journals, Dostoyevky remarks that a writer can begin anywhere,… — Saul Bellow
Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does… — Kurt Vonnegut
Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege. — William Beveridge
Something is not yet right and ripe in our human society at the beginning of the 21st century and third millennium: missing is an unprecedented… — Robert Muller
Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter… — Edward Hoagland
Don't market yourself. Editors and readers don't know what they want until they see it. Scratch what itches. Write what you need to write, feed… — Donald Murray
Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would… — Carly Simon
My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday. — Molly Sims
I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from… — Jenna Fischer
My headshot is a scratch and sniff, it smells like failure and onions. — Zach Galifianakis
Each time I do a trilogy it's ten years out of my life. I'll finish Episode III and I'll be 60. And the next 20… — George Lucas

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