Title Quotes

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Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title. — Len Wein
That title, is one of the things I fought for. A lot of people said 'But it's stupid, and it's the title of a comedy… — Joss Whedon
A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and… — George Edward Woodberry
Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read… — Virginia Woolf
There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little… — Michael Eric Dyson
The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. — Christopher Hitchens
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor… — William Shakespeare
The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table… — Robert Musil
Alister McGrath has now written two books with my name in the title. The poet W. B. Yeats, when asked to say something about bad… — Richard Dawkins
The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion… — Baruch Spinoza
Let'sss just kill him," said the shorter Ra'zac. "He has caused us much grief." The taller one ran his finger down his sword. "A good… — Christopher Paolini
A whole population of strangers inhabited and shaped that little body, lived in that mind and controlled its wishes, dictated its thoughts...The name was an… — Aldous Huxley
Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
A good title is the title of a successful book. — Raymond Chandler
Put yourself out on a limb, sucka, like me! - young Cassius Clay to heavily favored thug Sonny Liston during the weigh in before Cassius… — Muhammad Ali
All the boys were grown up and done for by this time; so it is scarcely worth while saying anything more about them. You may… — James M. Barrie
Personally, I believe â€œYoung Adultâ€ to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character whoâ€™s not quite… — Shannon Hale
More than honor, more than life, I love thee." What do you say when a man whose entire existence had been his honor offers to… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title… — Rob Sheffield
A home without a cat â€” and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat â€” may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it… — Mark Twain

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