Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anton Chekhov

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.

Michael Connelly

What I do now is I write fiction. I ground my fiction in the reality of a place called Los Angeles.

Ray Bradbury

There's a lot of crap out there. Most of the science fiction films alone are abominations, you know. They're mindless. So you can't learn from those kinds of films.

Siri Hustvedt

I've often thought that one of us is what we imagine, that each of us normalizes the terrible strangeness of inner life with a variety of convenient fictions.

Paul Auster

The fiction is not autobiographical. Maybe to some extent it is, of course.

Katherine Paterson

The work reveals the creator - and as our universe in its vastness, its orderliness, its exquisite detail, tells us something of the One who made it, so a work of fiction, for better or worse, will reveal the writer.

Julian Barnes

But that’s one advantage of fiction, you can speed up time.

Mark Twain

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.

Martin Landau

I've always been interested in science fiction

Jane Austen

Have you any other objection than your belief of my indifference?" - Elizabeth Bennet

Mark Bruener

My belief and desire to play has changed dramatically since I got here. Football is fun again.

Iain Jones

I expect these to be tough games but I have every belief that these girls can compete with these teams.

J. Horton

I have a very strong belief in what Gerard is trying to do here.

Tony Graffanino

I was moved beyond belief. I could have cried.

Tim Buckley

I think he cleared his mind and played. I think he's got the confidence and belief back.

Sting

I think I've always had a sort of fantasy or dream that I would like to make a living playing music. It seemed to be the most noble thing I could imagine. I had no idea how it was done but I always had this belief that music, no matter who you were playing to, was always going to be nourishing to me.

Hans Eysenck

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

Steve Squyres

I don't have a belief regarding that question.

Dennis Prager

Happiness is a moral obligation

Elbert Hubbard

Morality is the thing upon which your friends smile, and immorality is the thing upon which they frown

Katie Gearlds

There's no moral victory here; we wanted to win and that's why it hurts.

Anatole France

Custom alone regulates morals.

Al Gore

Make this a moral moment, ... This is your moment.

Henry David Thoreau

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Profit and morality are a hard combination to beat.

Jesse Jackson

If (Clinton) passed the moral test he had with Kosovo, he can pass this one as well.

Tucker Carlson

We have the - the longest, friendliest border, you know, for the - for the longest time in the history - in recorded history, really, with Canada. And they get to sit on their moral perch, you know, take the moral high ground, say, oh, United States, shame on you about Iraq. They make us look bad internationally. And it's really not fair.