Famous quotes by Writers

"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?"

Jane Austen, Writer

Jane Austen

"The belief in some being who can be the judge of all human matters is a very comfortable one - all wrongs will be righted and all rights will be rewarded"

Eli Khamarov, Writer

Eli Khamarov

"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

Charles Caleb Colton

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

Charles Caleb Colton

"The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

Charles Caleb Colton

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route"

Charles Caleb Colton, Writer

Charles Caleb Colton

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success"

Dale Carnegie, Writer

Dale Carnegie

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way"

Dale Carnegie, Writer

Dale Carnegie

"True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself"

Henry Miller, Writer

Henry Miller

"In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance"

Henry Miller, Writer

Henry Miller

"One's destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things"

Henry Miller, Writer

Henry Miller

"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale"

Arthur C. Clarke, Writer

Arthur C. Clarke

"Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along"

Arthur C. Clarke, Writer

Arthur C. Clarke

"The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life"

Henry James, Writer

Henry James

"Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male"

Simone de Beauvoir, Writer

Simone de Beauvoir

"Happiness is an inside job"

William Arthur Ward, Writer

William Arthur Ward

"Only the man who does not need it is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started"

Ayn Rand, Writer

Ayn Rand

"Virtue can only flourish among equals"

Mary Wollstonecraft, Writer

Mary Wollstonecraft

"There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

Orison Swett Marden

"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"If none were to marry, but men of strict vertue and honour, I doubt the world would be but thinly peopled"

Mary Astell, Writer

Mary Astell

"The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator"

Mary Astell, Writer

Mary Astell

"Jesters do often prove prophets"

Joseph Addison, Writer

Joseph Addison

"Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it"

Garrison Keillor, Writer

Garrison Keillor

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together"

Garrison Keillor, Writer

Garrison Keillor

"The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves, they don't give a damn"

Agatha Christie, Writer

Agatha Christie

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house"

Lewis Grizzard, Writer

Lewis Grizzard

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you"

Ray Bradbury, Writer

Ray Bradbury

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

Thornton Wilder

"Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them"

Thornton Wilder, Writer

Thornton Wilder

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