Whether Quotes
8975 Whether quotes by 5291 unique authors
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Whether or not you write well, write bravely.
— Bill Stout
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This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it. Some days you don't want…
— Natalie Goldberg
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At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself,…
— William Faulkner
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The important question has nothing to do with whether the talk in your story is sacred or profane; the only question is how it rings…
— Stephen King
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Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else. (Notice this means that if you are interested…
— C.S. Lewis
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I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question,…
— Lawrence Clark Powell
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Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you…
— Arnold J. Toynbee
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Right now-whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing diapers-figure out how…
— Janet Burroway
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I am profoundly uncertain how to write. I know what I love and what I like, because it's a direct passionate response. But when I…
— Susan Sontag
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When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play…
— Eric Partridge
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Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep the fire out of the one, and the frost out of the…
— Joseph Addison
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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
— Bear Grylls
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Unfortunate events though potentially a source of anger and despair have equal potential to be a source of spiritual growth. Whether or not this is…
— Dalai Lama
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If you know Christ, you don't need to beg for the Holy Spirit to come into your life; He is already there- whether you "feel"…
— Billy Graham
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It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what we are waiting…
— Richard L. Evans
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For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art.
— M.C. Escher
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When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as…
— Jose Raul Capablanca
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The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.
— Emanuel Lasker
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Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography...schools are a bunch of crap. You just need practice and application…
— Elliott Erwitt
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The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a…
— Berenice Abbott
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And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or…
— Sam Abell
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The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished…
— Edward Weston
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In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that…
— Pete Gill
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I don't know whether we think in moving images or whether we think in still images. I have a suspicion that on our hard drive,…
— Jon Snow
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For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of…
— Ruth Bernhard
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