Famous quotes by Writers

"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity"

Julio Cortazar, Writer

"The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more"

Sherman Alexie, Writer

"The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does"

Herbert Prochnow, Writer

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage"

Mark Russell, Writer

"The two parties are still more polarized than ever before, and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it"

John Avlon, Writer

"There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead"

Thomas R. Dewar, Writer

"Pictures can and do make a difference. Strong images of historical events do have an impact on society. They can help with change"

Charles Moore, Writer

"The historian of science may be tempted to exclaim that when paradigms change, the world itself changes with them"

Thomas Kuhn, Writer

"Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel"

Karel Capek, Writer

"When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home"

S. E. Hinton, Writer

"Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine"

Isabella Bird, Writer

"Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart, and mountains will move out of your way"

Kate Seredy, Writer

"There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation"

James Nathan Miller, Writer

"When we are afraid, we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger"

Mark Rutherford, Writer

"In Japan, mothers insist on achievement and accomplishment as a sign of love and respect. Thus, to fail places children in a highly shamed situation"

Michael Lewis, Writer

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong"

Joseph Chilton Pearce, Writer

"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason"

Voltaire, Writer

"The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days"

Voltaire, Writer

"Clever tyrants are never punished"

Voltaire, Writer

"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination"

Voltaire, Writer

"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year"

Voltaire, Writer

"The multitude of books is making us ignorant"

Voltaire, Writer

"The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great"

Voltaire, Writer

"Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare the truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare"

Voltaire, Writer

"Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity"

Voltaire, Writer

"Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"

Voltaire, Writer

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce"

Voltaire, Writer

"Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

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