Famous Quotes & Sayings

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)?

Delta Goodrem

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

Denis Johnson

Write the unpublishable.. .and then publish it.

Bobby Farrelly

Writing is very difficult. You have 120 pages of blank paper and it's like, "Go fill that up with some funny stuff," and that's challenging.

E. B. White

The best writing is rewriting.

E. B. White

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

E. B. White

Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays

E. B. White

Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound.

E. B. White

The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.

Baruch Spinoza

Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity.

Augustus Hare

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Ayn Rand

And man will go on. Man, not men.

Calvin Coolidge

That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, most of it bad.

Richard G. Scott

The seminary programs will help you as a young man or woman to lay a foundation for happiness and success in life.

Sydney Smith

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

Pete Johnson

We've got 10 men working on the Discovery, but we could use six more.

John le Carre

Writers are two-home men - they want a place outside and a place within.

Henry David Thoreau

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it than by the woods and swamps that surround it

Babe Ruth

After all, there's only one aswer to be made to the young fellow who is asking constantly for advice as to how to hit. The answer is: "Pick out a good one and sock it!

Travis Fisher

I think I made the wrong decision, taking some advice from the trainers. It just happens sometimes in football.

Frank Robinson

I think he needs a little bit more time. I appreciate him saying that. I appreciate the effort that he's put in to try to get himself back. But I think he's pushing it a little quickly. My advice to him is to take it easy, not rush it.

Jeff Bolling

I think high school is a time of a lot of insecurity. My advice is find out who you are before you try and go figure out others.

Rhoda Alexander

Jump now is my advice. Get 'em while they're hot.

Jacob Snow

We just advise you to wear this when you're walking underneath.

Zhang Yimou

We in urgent need of sound advice from foreigners.

John Whiting

Wherever there are ski resorts there will be daily updates. These will mostly relay information that is relevant to skiers - imminent snowfall, the likelihood of avalanches and so on - but it will also offer advice on any storm fronts that are expected. For anybody planning a trek, this is crucial information.

Ross Perot, Jr.

While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.