Top 1200 Well-Written Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.

Written reports stifle creativity.

I have never written a note I didn't mean.

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

"Southland" was not written for a black woman.

I had written a lot about my dog dying before. I wrote a newspaper column about it and it turned out to be the most popular column I'd ever written. That and the lame Joni Mitchell column I did. But the dog column, my god! People love dogs. Anybody who writes regularly should know, when in doubt: dogs! If you're a columnist, when in doubt, write a column about the culture of narcissism - like a scolding column about the culture of narcissism - or write something about dogs. That's the homerun in my take.

Tears are words that need to be written.

I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.

Where is it written that the Olympics are only for winners?

History is only written from what remains.

History is not what happened but what is written down

There are artists who are very well known and many of us feel they should be less well known, while there are others who aren't well known and many feel deserve more attention.

I often reread books I have written.

Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.

To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive.

I hate to write, but I love to have written.

I've written a little bit in Germany.

History should be written as philosophy.

I should have written that down. - Dilbert

I've always written short stories.

This is Rilke. I wish I had written it for you.

Nature is written in mathematical language.

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage

In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked fish pond... If we don't give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked... As artists, we must learn to be self nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them - to re-stock the trout pond, so to speak.

Perhaps five or even ten per cent of men can do something rather well. It is a tiny minority who can do anything really well, and the number of men who can do two things well is negligible. If a man has any genuine talent, he should be ready to make almost any sacrifice in order to cultivate it to the full.

What we want to do is call attention to the fact that when workers and business work together, when you create a stakeholder model of corporate governance, where you understand that you can do well by your workers, you can do well by your shareholders and you can do well by your customers, that's how we create a virtuous cycle.

Everything changes as it is written down.

Shouldn't the commandments be re-written? No, they should be re-read!

I have always written from a personal place.

A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.

In a weak moment, I have written a book.

History is, as we know, written by the winners.

We've always written from personal experiences.

I've written not milestones of cinema but millstones.

Who says life is fair, where is that written?

I've written all that I've wanted to write to date.

The lyrics - everything I sing, I've written.

You have to write the book that wants to be written.

History is written by the dreamers, not the doubters.

Written by a woman automatically is better.

I've written pilots. I wrote a movie.

We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.

I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.

I`ve got a black woolen hat and it`s got Pervert written across the front of it. It`s the name of the clothing label. And I was with my wife and my baby at the supermarket and I didn`t think. I just put my hat on Clara`s head, because it was cold. And the looks. I couldn`t figure out why I was getting death looks. And then I realized my 10-month old baby`s wearing a hat with the word Pervert written on it and these people were like, `There`s Satan! There`s Satan out with his kid!` And then I made a point of her wearing it every time we went there.

Even though the play [ The Best Man] was written a long time ago, the characters seem modern and their struggles to make ends meet and to "have a little fun along the way" have a very contemporary feel. The similarity between the The Great Depression and The Great Recession - as well as the gulf between the super-rich and the ordinary Joe - still rings a bell. One of the things this production accentuates is how beautifully Grandpa and his family accept all kinds of people - rich or poor, black or white - and the best thing that can happen to you is to be part of a loving family.

If one has good faith, you can unlock the secrets of scripture, and in unlocking the secrets of scripture, you have access to everything God wants you to have. Ministers of megachurches become examples of the truth of that claim, because they're well paid, living in wonderful homes, driving very nice cars, dressed well. They are doing well, so if you do this, you too can have success.

I have never written a letter in my life.

Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain

History is not written in the interests of morality.

I've never written a book before.

What is written is merely the dregs of experience.

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!

Honest songs aren`t written for money.

I've never had a written script.

What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage Whose world, or mine or theirs or is it of none? First came the seen, then thus the palpable Elysium, though it were in the halls of hell. What thou lovest well is thy true heritage.

Great songs aren't written, they're rewritten

I Freestyle my Destiny, It's not written in Pages.

I sure wish I'd written 'One' by U2.

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.