Famous quotes by Writers

"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 whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things"

H. C. Andersen, Writer

H. C. Andersen

"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance"

Mason Cooley, Writer

Mason Cooley

"Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language"

Henry James, Writer

Henry James

"Life is a predicament which precedes death"

Henry James, Writer

Henry James

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

Henry James, Writer

Henry James

"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning"

William Arthur Ward, Writer

William Arthur Ward

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier"

Rudyard Kipling, Writer

Rudyard Kipling

"A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card"

Edgar A. Shoaff, Writer

"If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date"

Olin Miller, Writer

Olin Miller

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"A goal is a dream with a deadline"

Napoleon Hill, Writer

Napoleon Hill

"A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others"

Ayn Rand, Writer

Ayn Rand

"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities"

Ayn Rand, Writer

Ayn Rand

"Money is the barometer of a society's virtue"

Ayn Rand, Writer

Ayn Rand

"Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away"

Laurence J. Peter, Writer

Laurence J. Peter

"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human"

William Gibson, Writer

"No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

Orison Swett Marden

"If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?"

Mary Astell, Writer

Mary Astell

"If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain'"

Mary Astell, Writer

Mary Astell

"Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths, which atheism would deny"

Joseph Addison, Writer

Joseph Addison

"You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"Don't judge a book by its thickness either"

Craig Bruce, Writer

Craig Bruce

"A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way"

Marcelene Cox, Writer

Marcelene Cox

"The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes"

Agatha Christie, Writer

Agatha Christie

"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

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