Their Authors Quotes

24 quotes by 24 authors

Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their authors. That rare… — Richard Bach
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… — Albert Camus
Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author is an alcoholic, then the… — Stephen Vizinczey
All varieties of interference with the market phenomena not only fail to achieve the ends aimed at by their authors and supporters, but bring about… — Ludwig von Mises
[Confiscating a book and punishing its author] is a sign that one does not have a good case, or at least doesn't trust it enough… — Laszlo Radvanyi
It is possible to be a meta-physician without believing in a transcendent reality; for we shall see that many metaphysical utterances are due to the… — A.J. Ayer
Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at… — Gavyn Davies
If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the… — Etienne Gilson
As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for… — Miguel Serrano
It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors. — Alice Steinbach
There were speeches made in Congress in the very last session before the outbreak of the Rebellion, so ferocious as to show that their authors… — Edward Everett
Plays, gentlemen, are to their authors what children are to women: they cost more pain than they give pleasure. — Pierre Beaumarchais
Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them;… — William Styron
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book. — Witold Rybczynski
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong;… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not… — Lev Grossman
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. — Salman Rushdie
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work… — Dodie Smith
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and… — Henry David Thoreau
Great novels are always a little more intelligent than their authors. — Milan Kundera

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