Related Quotes
All quotes about:
american-author good graceful pleased writers-and-writing
The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway. Jack Vance
american-author films services sort stick
Typically in horror films the character just services the plot, and you really are just going from 'point a' to 'point b,' just so that you can end up at 'point c.' They are just sort of stick characters. That's just not interesting to me. Kevin Williamson
american-author certainly changed exterior growing safe
The exterior circumstances have certainly changed for many children. The world is not the safe place it was when I was growing up. Beverly Cleary
american-author empowered men women
Men are motivated and empowered when they feel needed. Women are motivated and empowered when they feel cherished. John Gray
american-author creating ethanol five four gasoline might percent within
Within four or five years the US might be getting 10 percent of its gasoline from ethanol - that would be like creating a new Indonesia. Daniel Yergin
american-author fine house planet tolerable
What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? Henry David Thoreau
american-author best life love man woman
Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. Zane Grey
american-author follow sentences stick words
So I try to stick with the structure, make the sentences work, and not to follow one sentence of 114 words with another of the same length. Robert Sheckley
american-author devoted family knowledge members odd women
So I didn't think it was odd for women to have technological knowledge and yet be mothers, and very devoted family members and have friends. Elizabeth Moon
best far meet track
As far as track meets, it's by far the best meet in the state. Kris Alexander
best carry company listen product union vehicle wants
As engineers, we have a different perspective. If a company really wants to get its product to be the best in all areas, then it must listen to all sides. A union is the best vehicle to carry the engineers' perspective.
best bids considered detail ensure explained factors given greatest importance needed process steps taking various
As best as I can determine, the process is going to be fair, ... explained in some detail the various steps that they were taking to ensure that the bids were appropriately considered and the factors that needed to be given the greatest importance were in fact going to be given the greatest importance. Jeff Bingaman
best choice continues customers delta service song standard
As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta, ... Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental travel, making Delta the first choice for customers on these routes.
best dealing job olympics poor special taught
As a father, I did a poor job at dealing with my son. The Special Olympics taught me how to deal with my son, and now he is my best friend. We do everything together.
best witness
A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.
best creates happy living problem problems solved
A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems than you have to. Russell Baker
best knew lost score year
That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did. I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.
best knew lost score year
That's where we lost it, but we really, really grinded to get the score we did, ... I knew we would need our best day of the year to advance.
folly man publish wit
Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr; should have folly enough to publish it. Benjamin Franklin
folly gold home nbc worse
You had the gold, gold, gold all but in your hand. By your folly you have disappointed everyone at home and, worse yet, NBC and its advertisers. You were showboating, weren¹t you? Bob Costas
folly fools realize true
Those who realize their folly are not true fools
folly smack
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.] George Herbert
folly next punish
It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus
folly wisdom
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. Charles Simmons
wisdom understanding intuition
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition. Baruch Spinoza
wisdom blessed power
Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred. Arthur Koestler
wisdom power men
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
wisdom men lips
Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak. Carl Sandburg
wisdom giving forever
Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it. C. S. Lewis
wisdom grief yawning
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.
wisdom science discovery
Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need. Charles Kettering
wisdom forever waiting
Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot. Baltasar Gracian
wisdom perseverance gone
There's nothing like going on with a thing. Anthony Trollope
worst
The worst is yet to come, ... You're going to see more shutdowns.
worst prepared
I'm always prepared for the worst. Augusten Burroughs
worst-enemy choices mind
Your mind . . . can be your best friend or your worst enemy, but it's your choice to make. Demi Lovato
worst happens
the worst happens when you least expect it Dean Koontz
worst-person debt world
We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations. David Platt
worst
Since they came in with the selfie, it's the worst thing. You hardly ever get asked for autographs any more. It's always selfies. Usain Bolt
worst
True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills Sophocles
worst misfortunes
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. Soren Kierkegaard
worst five
Worst high five ever." - Diego Stephenie Meyer