Writes Quotes

633 quotes by 541 authors

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when… — James M. Barrie
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. — Jean de la Bruyere
Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of… — Colbie Caillat
I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really. — Nick Cave
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes… — Henry Walter Bates
A nation writes its history in the image of its ideal. — Abba Eban
The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates… — Frantz Fanon
An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own — Marilyn vos Savant
An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown rather than the known. This… — Julia Cameron
No innocent man buys a gun, and no happy man writes his memoirs. — Garrison Keillor
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred. — Jules Renard
The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes… — Arthur Miller
God writes spiritual Mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery. — Rumi
No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid. — Irwin Shaw
One might almost fear," writes a thoughtful woman, "seeing how the women of to-day are lightly stirred up to run after some new fashion or… — Samuel Smiles
Montaigne simply turns his mind loose and writes whatever he feels like writing. Mostly, he wants to say that reason is not a special, unique… — Lewis Thomas
She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not need any other… — Rajneesh
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right, writes no guarantee against misfortune. — William McFee

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