Writings Quotes

188 quotes by 169 authors

New York has a thousand universes in it that don't always connect but we do all walk the same streets, hear the same sirens, ride… — Jay-Z
Authors, she soon decided, were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's imagination as the… — Alan Bennett
[P]eople need to use their intelligence to evaluate what they find to be true and untrue in the Bible. This is how we need to… — Bart D. Ehrman
In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music… — Brandon Mull
We must allow ourselves to think, we must dare to think, even though we fail. It is in the nature of things that we always… — Thomas Bernhard
The only friends I have are the dead who have bequethed their writings to me--I have no others. — Thomas Bernhard
In my lifetime I was to write only one book, this would be the one. Just as the past Lingers in the present, all my… — Elie Wiesel
Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the… — Aristotle
To converse with historians is to keep good company; many of them were excellent men, and those who were not, have taken care to appear… — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
The first law of history is to dread uttering a falsehood; the next is not to fear stating the truth; lastly, the historian's writings should… — Pope Leo XIII
In old age the consolation of hope is reserved for the tenderness of parents, who commence a new life in their children, the faith of… — Edward Gibbon
Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret of being an out-and-out unbeliever. — Sigmund Freud
Great scientific minds, from Claudius Ptolemy of the second century to Isaac Newton of the seventeenth, invested their formidable intellects in attempts to deduce the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
For the critic, the author does not exist; only a certain number of writings exist. — Italo Calvino
The writings and the recommendations of the earliest medical scientists and the new breed of clinicians between the mid-fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries were based… — Sherwin B. Nuland
I have recommended in my writings the study of civic virtues, without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and repeat my words)… — Jose Rizal
Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did… — Henry Martyn
Men wholly bent on wordly treasures were the dupes of their own passions, rather than deceived by the writings or pretenses of those who claimed… — Ethan A. Hitchcock
To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and… — John G. D. Clark
Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was… — Samuel E. Morison

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