Authorship Quote by William Cowper

Manner is all in all whatever is writ, the substitute for genius sense and wit

— William Cowper

“Faith is the best substitute for genius; in fact, it is closely allied to genius.”

— Orison Swett Marden

Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn,…

— William Cowper

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban…

— John Yoo

As long as 'Pearl Harbor' stays in the past, it's perfect; when it wretchedly changes gears in the late going, it becomes the wrong…

— Stephen Hunter

The Bible for me is holy writ. It's a very straightforward thing, although I am not a literalist.

— Marilynne Robinson

“Whenever she came across lines she liked, she'd mark them in pencil and commit them to memory as if they were Holy Writ.”

— Haruki Murakami

“All law is writ in a seed.”

— Cormac McCarthy

Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the…

— Karen Armstrong

“we rescue our tears from the sea secure them by writ”

— M. Nourbese Philip

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

— John Keats

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line,…

— Douglas E. Richards