Famous quotes by Writers

"Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin"

Jose Bergamin, Writer

"Man is a question; woman is an answer. The mistake women make today is to offer themselves as answers before being questioned"

Jose Bergamin, Writer

"Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts"

Jose Bergamin, Writer

"The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"Shared laughter is erotic, too"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket"

Marge Piercy, Writer

"Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times, but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society, and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else, will choose a free society over a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on Earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society"

Natan Sharansky, Writer

"Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"That which is everybody's business is nobody's business"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"No man can lose what he never had"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"In so doing, use him as though you loved him"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing"

Izaak Walton, Writer

"Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue"

Izaak Walton, Writer

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