Top 25 Written Quotes of 317 - Page 2

My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!

My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!

Johannes Brahms

Written, Practicality

None of this was written to hurt anybody's feelings.

Ric Flair

Hurt, Feelings, Written

History is written by those who hang heroes.

Robert the Bruce

Hero, Written

As for love . . . no, having once written that word I can write nothing more.

Osamu Dazai

Writing, Written, I Can

Osamu Dazai (1968). “The Setting Sun”, p.28, New Directions Publishing

My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.

Yves Saint Laurent

Names, Letters, Written

"The saint: Yves Saint Laurent". Interview with Susannah Frankel, www.dazeddigital.com. March 2000.

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

George V

Publish, Written, Ifs

Some of the best stuff can be written out of dire times

Izzy Stradlin

Stuff, Written

Fate is written in the face.

Federico Fellini

Fate, Faces, Written

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

Margaret Laurence

Children, My Children, Written

Margaret Laurence (1989). “Dance on the earth: a memoir”, McClelland and Stewart

Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.

Sallie Krawcheck

Business Success, Networking, Unwritten Rules

"Women: How to Thrive in Financial Services" by Skiddy von Stade, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.

It doesn't need to be imagined, it needs to be written down.

Philip Glass

Needs, Written

Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

Lee Child

Written

The great duties of life are written with a sunbeam.

John Jortin

Sunbeams, Duty, Written

Sermon, 1751.

The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.

Florence Littauer

Writing, Heart, Written Word

Florence Littauer (1989). “Silver Boxes: The Encouragement Gift”, p.46, Thomas Nelson Inc

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

S. J. Perelman

Evening, Feels, Written

History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.

Jeffrey Sachs

Rich, Poor, Written

If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.

Eudora Welty

Havens, Written, Ifs

Our identity is fictional, written by parents, relatives, education, society.

Genesis P-Orridge

Parent, Identity, Written

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Lines, Refuse, Written

Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.157

I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

Sandra Bullock

Letters, Notes, Written Word

"Sandra Bullock Talks The Lake House". "MovieWeb" Interview, movieweb.com. June 13, 2006.

The thought, when written down, becomes less oppressive, but some thoughts are like a cancerous tumor: you express is, you excise it, and it grows back worse than before.

Vladimir Nabokov

Writing, Grows, Written

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1960). “Invitation to a beheading: a novel”, Putnam Adult

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

Richard L. Evans

Should, Written, Commandments

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

Malala Yousafzai

Weapons, Source, Written Word

"'I'm a Brummie now', says Malala, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, as she opens huge new library in her adopted home city" by Alex Ward, www.dailymail.co.uk. January 3, 2013.