Excellence Quote by Fred Barnes Download Open image “The most important quality any piece of writing can have is doneness.” — Fred Barnes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Excellence Important Pieces Quality Writing
I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and… — Ken Macrorie Copy Share Image
Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader's mind---vividly, forcefully... — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
Quality is the one absolutely necessary ingredient of all the most successful companies in the world. — Frank Perdue Copy Share Image
“Good writing is clear. Talented writing is energetic. Good writing avoids errors. Talented writing makes things happen in the reader’s mind — vividly, forcefully… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort,intelligent direction and skillful execution;it represents the wise choice of… — William A Foster Copy Share Image
Writing is the greatest thing that can happen to a human being. It's the best. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama sounded like Al Gore on global warming. The more the case for man-made warming falls apart, the more hysterical Gore gets about an… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
President Obama insists he's a free-market guy. But you have to wonder whether he understands how a free economy really works. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The American people are not as casualty-sensitive as the weenies in the American press are. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Overreaction is one of the things that congress specializes in. I can't think of anything congress does better than overreact. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The coverage of Central America in recent months points up one of the ugly truths about the American press: the better the news, the… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton,… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Conservatives won't want to hear this, but the Republican who maneuvered his way into the most impressive victory of the election was California Gov.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary.… — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.… — Alan Kulwicki Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Our civilization, bequeathed to us by fierce adventurers, eaters of meat and hunters, is so full of hurry and combat, so busy about many… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“In your goals to go the extra mile, prepare to pay an extra cost. Excellence is to be exceptional, surpassing, more competent and a… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
We want to promote the great quality of athletics - and maintain it's integrity - all over the world. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
“Anytime I see a rainbow, what comes into my mind is how skillful and talented someone was to create an ark that didn't leak… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
