Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wole Soyinka

In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.

Walter Cronkite

It is difficult to think of our craft without him.

Sara Zarr

I'm so focused on trying to craft the story that I'm in my own little world with it and that process. The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

Mariska Hargitay

Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.

We know San Jose State is going to come out and play hard. They have some talented players that are crafty and tough to play. For us, we are taking each match with our full focus looking to get back on the winning track. It's always nice to get a win for the Rivalry Series. This year, we are not thinking as much about that as just playing hard and smart to get the victory.

Ryan Reynolds

I worked as a busboy in real life. I have some calluses that are not just from snacking at the actors' craft service table,

E. O. Wilson

When it is done, it looks the most professional of any craft I'd ever done.

One of the damaged craft had to be towed to port. Seven sailors were wounded.

Elizabeth Warren

Because policymakers often rely on think tanks' research when crafting laws and regulations, it's critical to know whether these organizations are truly independent.

Oswald Spengler

I maintain that today many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.

Jason Mitchell

I eat a lot. I'm a big sandwich dude. Turkey, mayonnaise, mustard, cheese, yes. I love craft services.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

I enjoy the challenge of trying to say things beautifully. The message is secondary in that sense. Obviously, I have something that I want to say that's very, very important to me - but the process of actually crafting it is essential.

Maya MacGuineas

To craft a full package of offsets, everything should be on the table.

He's a crafty pitcher who figures out ways to get outs.

Dave Tippett

He's a crafty, keen player. Crafty in the way he goes about it on the ice and keen on the way he picks up things and reads plays.

Kelly Corrigan

It's funny, I'd rather be known as a writer who crafted a really nice piece about women's friendships over time. But that doesn't roll off the tongue like 'YouTube sensation.'

Lupita Nyong'o

I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.

He does a good job drawing fouls. He's crafty like that.

I didn't craft the authorization. I am responding to a lawful order.

David Hockney

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Luke Bracey

I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

You have to talk to the stone, and it has to talk to you.

Geoffrey Chaucer

The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

The FAA is now finding that the statutes as crafted don't fit. So now they have to be very liberal in their interpretations of the law in order to accommodate the emerging technologies.

I've been a radio reporter for ten years, and if I learned anything from my time at 'This American Life,' it's how to craft a narrative so that even if the ending is ambiguous, it is somehow satisfying.

Demetri Martin

Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.

Brooke Shields

I took my work seriously, but not as a craft. More as a life.

Sarah Hall

For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.

Al Jarreau

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.

Tommy Mottola

Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.

Ben Huh

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

Tyler Oakley

Writing is something I want to explore. If I were to do it, I would want it to be not a book made by a YouTuber; I would really want to respect that craft of literature and just be an author.

Writing is not a craft for the timid.