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Napoleon: You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe. Laplace: Sire, I had… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
Writers who think THEY are being criticized when only that writing is being criticized are beyond a teacher's reach. Writing can only be learned when… — William Zinsser
The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him. — Alistair Begg
We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script is on it… — Ramana Maharshi
Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have been capable of doing so. — Roald Dahl
There's no better reading experience than going to the place where a text was written. — Kenzaburo Oe
Atticus Lish is a true original and this is a tremendous book, relentless, moving, written in prose of marvelous integrity. Now that America and the… — Sam Lipsyte
I believe that what we want to write wants to be written. I believe that as I have an impulse to create, the something I… — Julia Cameron
David Agus is one of America's great doctors and medical researchers, a man dedicated to improving the health of as many people as he can.… — Al Gore
Every drop of human blood contains a history book written in the language of our genes. — Spencer Wells
The last collaborator is your audience ... when the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written. Things that seem to work… — Stephen Sondheim
A goal that is not in writing is like cigarette smoke: It drifts away and disappears. It is vague and insubstantial. It has no force,… — Brian Tracy
Instead of noting down things I’m unlikely to forget, I will write a poem. Even if I have never written one before and even if… — Paulo Coelho
My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open… — Ignatius of Antioch
Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN! — Lee Child
The Catechism was not written to please you. It will not make life easy for you, because it demands of you a new life. — Pope Benedict XVI
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. — Stephen Sondheim
Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing. — Robert Frost
While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7). As man, the… — Gregory Palamas
I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation… — Anselm of Canterbury
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it. — Charles Colson
You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up… — Elle Macpherson
Our Lord Christ Himself strikes down our enemies through us, or in company with us. For he who eats Christ's flesh and drinks His blood… — Lorenzo Scupoli
True spiritual knowledge has sometimes flourished most grandly in some who were without eloquence and almost illiterate. And this is very clearly shown by the… — John Cassian
Mary properly bore the name of Virgin, and possessed to the full all the attributes of purity. She was a virgin in both body and… — Gregory Palamas

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