Quotes of Inscribe - somelinesforyou

“ The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. ”

- James M. Barrie

“ Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. ”

- Groucho Marx

“ Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. ”

- Unknown

“ Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity. ”

- Peter McWilliams

“ I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. ”

- Robert Parker

“ Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write. ”

- Karl Kraus

“ Do you think that you will enter paradise without Allah judging those among you who fought hard in his cause, and remained steadfast? ”

- Saddam Hussein

“ He that writes to himself, writes to an eternal public. ”

- Eliza Cook

“ Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll Le Corbusier go write four books about it. ”

- Frank Lloyd Wright

“ If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. ”

- Gustav Mahler

“ I'm just going to write because I cannot help it. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. ”

- Bible

“ For I say to you that if your righteousness does not surpass that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you will by no means enter into the Kingdom of heavens. ”

- Jesus Christ

“ Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. ”

- Gore Vidal

“ I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out. ”

- Michael Ondaatje

“ Everybody writes a book too many. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ I write books to find out about things. ”

- Rebecca West

“ You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church. ”

- Bill Lee

“ When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can. ”

- Thomas Perry

“ Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. ”

- J. B. Priestley

“ All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. ”

- John Cleese

“ No one has put forward a plan to make this country entirely debt free as we enter the next millenium. ”

- Donald Trump

“ I don't enter, I'm entered. It's up to someone else. It's up to them. ”

- Albert Finney

“ I would not want to win the presidency by a few votes cast in error or misinterpreted or miscounted, and I don't think Governor Bush does either. ”

- Al Gore

“ If you wish to be a leader you will be frustrated, for very few people wish to be led. If you aim to be a servant you will never be frustrated. ”

- Frank F. Warren

“ I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else. ”

- Hugh Leonard

“ Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. ”

- Charles Babbage

“ I was so flattered that someone wanted me to write a book, I said I would. It was published in 1969. ”

- Jilly Cooper

“ But, George and Steven asked me to write the Indiana Jones sequels, and I didn't want to. ”

- Lawrence Kasdan
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