Famous quotes by Writers

"Like all young men, I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened"

Lawrence Durrell, Writer

"The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate"

O. Henry, Writer

"What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt"

Jose Saramago, Writer

"Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after"

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Writer

"Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid"

Thomas Kempis, Writer

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs"

Vance Havner, Writer

"Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing"

Gail Sheehy, Writer

"People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does"

Mitch Albom, Writer

"Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say"

Richard Whately, Writer

"The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain"

Peggy Noonan, Writer

"Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are"

Peggy Noonan, Writer

"If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer"

Anne Frank, Writer

"I do not know any way to explain why God's grace touches a man who seems unworthy of it"

Whittaker Chambers, Writer

"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything"

Ernest Gaines, Writer

"Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature"

Harold Coffin, Writer

"To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever"

Henry Drummond, Writer

"Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home"

Henry Drummond, Writer

"Don't ever slam a door, you might want to go back"

Don Herold, Writer

"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"I think that that multiplatform development is what's on the mind of most high-end PC developers now... this is really the first time in the industry's history that we've had console machines that can handle all that PC developers can deliver"

Mike Wilson, Writer

"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots"

Isak Dinesen, Writer

"The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers"

Carroll Quigley, Writer

"Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate"

Arthur Bloch, Writer

"His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed"

Willie Morris, Writer

"Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom"

Bernard De Voto, Writer

"Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality"

Clifton Paul Fadiman, Writer

"Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little"

Marguerite Gardiner, Writer

"Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other"

Carrie P. Snow, Writer

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