Posterity Quote by Irwin Shaw Download Open image “Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.” — Irwin Shaw ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Posterity
I know that people's judgments are fast, and in a split second I will ruin it. — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
Judgments are like a snowball. They stick to you. As time rolls along, the snowball becomes a boulder and then an avalanche — John Kuypers Copy Share Image
The ones you judge today, may be the judgments you endure tomorrow. — Johnny Luckett Copy Share Image
The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Everyone will be judged one day, but it's not up to me to judge somebody. — Dabo Swinney Copy Share Image
“The world," said Pavone, "will swing to the left. The whole world except America. The world will swing, not because people read Karl Marx,… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. Why do kids play football? They can get hurt on any play, can't they? Yet they… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“This time it is not a simple, understandable war, within the same culture. This time it is an assault of the animal world upon… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“The abuse of alcohol,” Mr. Parrish said in a solemn, preacher-like voice, as he reached for his glass, “is the one thing that puts… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do… — Anne Hutchinson Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Society takes what it wants. The artist himself does not count, because there is no actual existence for the work of art. The work… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“Et peut-être la posterité me saura gré de lui avoir fait connaître que les Anciens n’ont pas tout su. ( And perhaps, posterity will… — Pierre De Fermat Copy Share Image
May posterity show mercy when it look back upon the work we do today. We did what we could with what we had. — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Convinced that the republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are many points in the history of an invention which the inventor himself is apt to overlook as trifling, but in which posterity… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
Nearly all literature, in one sense, is made up of guide-books. Old ones tell us the ways our fathers went, through the thoroughfares and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image