Thing Quotes

36662 Thing quotes by 13492 unique authors

You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that… — Robert Henri
Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to dawn on him .... How… — Eugen Herrigel
You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a… — Ernest Gaines
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats and emphases go.… — Annie Dillard
To make your unknown known - that's the important thing. — Georgia O'Keeffe
Every morning between 9 and 12 I go to my room and sit before a piece of paper. Many times, I just sit for three… — Flannery O'Connor
The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story! — Ford Madox Ford
So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is laid out in… — Steve Tesich
O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should… — Theodore Roethke
The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep. — Pliny the Elder
It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money. — Frank Zappa
The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind of security, but especially no… — Paul Theroux
That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to… — Raymond Chandler
The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way that you would… — Unknown Author
An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds… — H. L. Mencken
Literature doesn't matter! The only thing that matters is money and getting your teeth fixed! — Delmore Schwartz
In a narrow market, when prices are not getting anywhere to speak of but move within a narrow range, there is no sense in trying… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
I did precisely the wrong thing. The cotton showed me a loss and I kept it. The wheat showed me a profit and I sold… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
When you have something good... When you have something good, you don't play with it! You don't take chances with it! You don't take risks… — Eric Thomas
First thing in the morning, we're really tired, and we look at each other and we wonder, 'Are we ever going to get sleep?' And… — Angelina Jolie
My daughter and I are very close, we speak every single day and I call her every day and I say the same thing, "pick… — Joan Rivers
The game ain't always fair and that's the thing though. You can play your heart out, everyone don't get a ring though. — Drake
Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed. — Garry Winogrand
It is really funny how even cool chicks are sort of like, 'Our moms covered that feminism thing and now we're living in a post-that… — Lena Dunham
The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence. — Beyonce Knowles

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