Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Disraeli

"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.

Demi Lovato

Don't say you're sorry, 'cause I'm not even breaking. You're not worth the time that this is taking.

Charles Olson

I'm sorry, but I was born with a towel on my head.

Desmond Tutu

In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."

Chuck Palahniuk

Just let yourself be broken and humiliated. Just your whole life, keep telling people, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry...

Christopher Moore

The bat was looking at Theo and Theo was having trouble following his own thoughts.The bat was wearing tiny sunglasses.Ray Bans,Theo could see by the trademark in the corner of one lens."I'm sorry, Mr.,uh- Case, could you take the bat off your head.It's very distracting." Him." Pardon?" It's a him.Roberto.He no like the light.

Anne Bronte

I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.

Anastacia

I wear glasses, have a big scar, I sing loud, and I am blond. I'm sorry!

Amanda Schull

That being said, I am not one to feel sorry for myself. I believe it is healthy to honor one's feelings and do the best we can to learn and grow from them moving forward.

Brandon Sanderson

I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.

Barbara Mertz

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

Brian Aldiss

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

Brenda Ueland

the only way to become a better writer is to become a better person.

Jane Hirshfield

The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me are acts of small or large desperation. They grapple with surfaces too steep to walk in any other way, yet which have to be traveled.

Jami Attenberg

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

Jami Attenberg

I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go back and research it at the end.

Austin Mahone

I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.

Delta Goodrem

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.

James Franco

As far as... what they've given me so far, in the last two movies -- I feel like I have the most kind of tortured character in the movies and so it's always great to play as an actor,

Jason Shirey

It was a long day. There was a lot of character to come back. To lose 3-2 and not lay down ù these kids have done stuff like this in summer league.

Brandon Sanderson

The number 1 thing that I don't want to see in a story is when characters exist simply to be proven wrong.

Azim Premji

The Indian community in Canada has integrated much better than the Indian community in United States. They've become really Canadian at the same time as keeping all their Indian characters and customs and social groups.

Brad Falchuk

Any great character is the combination of a brilliant actor and the right writing.

Calvin Coolidge

We do not need more knowledge, we need more character!

Elizabeth Strout

I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use my own experiences and responses to the world.

Brady Corbet

I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.

Booker T. Washington

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.