Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harold Bloom

I think that's not reading because there's nothing there to be read,

Robert Creeley

Suddenly the whole imagination of writing and editorial and newspaper and all these presumptions about who am I reading this, and who else other people may be, and all that, it's so grimly brutal!

Robert Creeley

The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it.

Richard Dawkins

We are digital archives of the African Pliocene, even of Devonian seas; walking repositories of wisdom out of the old days. You could spend a lifetime reading in this ancient library and die unsated by the wonder of it.

Richard Whately

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

Richard Avedon

My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues. But whenever I become absorbed in the beauty of a face, in the excellence of a single feature, I feel I've lost what's really there been seduced by someone else's standard of beauty or by the sitter's own idea of the best in him. That's not usually the best. So each sitting becomes a contest.

Regis Philbin

What can I say? Librarians rule.

Willie McCovey

Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.

William Zinsser

Make a habit of reading what is being written today and what has been written before. Writing is learned by imitation.

David Skorton

I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to walk in here with approximately 90 seconds of experience and start telling the people who have made their careers here what the important issues are.

Alan Townsend

Whatever code of conduct they choose, the importance of ensuring an office romance doesn't cause conflict or have a negative impact on their employees' careers is paramount.

Darnell Jenkins

We made sure we sent our seniors off with a win. It was real important to win it for them. Some of them might pursue their careers in the NFL. Some of them might not. We just wanted to get them a memory before they left the Orange Bowl.

Ryan Kwanten

I have very high standards for myself and my career.

Rose Byrne

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

Ronaldo

I like playing in Italy. It was a challenge I wanted since very early in my career.

Romola Garai

I would like to know that I was still going to be employed as a woman well into my 60s. In acting terms, a career that spans a lifetime is a very hard thing to achieve, particularly as a woman.

Travis Hafner

I've been streaky throughout my career, but I've been trying to become a more consistent hitter.

Vincent D'Onofrio

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

John Cleese

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

Norman Vincent Peale

Expect great things, and great things will come.

Alan Bean

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

Aidan Quinn

I don't get any parts I don't get offered. There are lots of great things out there I would like to do that I don't get offered.

Donald Trump

If Vladimir Putin says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him.

T. D. Jakes

I would tell your generation, wherever you are on the totem poll - whether you're halfway there or at the bottom, don't despise small beginnings; small beginnings get you ready for great things.

Marianne Williamson

We are living at an extraordinary time in human history. And for many of us things are great. Things are great for me.

Grenville Kleiser

If you are willing, great things are possible to you.

Jerry Greenfield

One of the great things about Ben & Jerry's for me is that not only is it delicious, but I get it for free.