Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hume

Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every other occupation, that even he who attains but a mediocrity in them, merits the pre-eminence above those that excel the most in the common and vulgar professions.

Audre Lorde

I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

Audre Lorde

The sixties were characterized by a heady belief in instantaneous solutions.

Audre Lorde

We're supposed to see "universal" love as heterosexual. What I insist upon in my work is that there is no such thing as universal love in literature.

Audre Lorde

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?

Charles Clarke

Few nations match our rich resource of literature.

Jane Austen

I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

Jane Austen

Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

Jane Austen

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Duane DeSpain

Last year we had a decent team and won the region. We lost two seniors, but we've replaced them with some good talent. (Evans) has stepped in as our No. 1 singles player, and (Green) has done a good job at the No. 6 spot. We're as good as we were last year, and our record shows that.

Tom Hougaard

...we are holding the flat line, but we are vulnerable to the downside. A lot of people are getting worried about the market...we are long overdue for a decent correction.

Ed Bond

There are a lot of decent folks who have been given a lot of misinformation.

Abby Wambach

I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.

Ben Bernanke

There are various estimates about the third quarter impact. Our CEA (Council of Economic Advisers) numbers are somewhere between a half and one percentage point on growth. That would still probably leave us at a decent rate of growth for the third quarter.

Ben Bernanke

There are various estimates about the third quarter impact, ... Our CEA (Council of Economic Advisers) numbers are somewhere between a half and one percentage point on growth. That would still probably leave us at a decent rate of growth for the third quarter.

Sinorice Moss

No one respects us right now, ... I know we had a decent season, but that's not expected out of a University of Miami team. People expect better. ... We're the underdogs right now, and we understand that.

Johnny Marr

No one has any respect for someone who can play a million notes per minute but can't put together a decent tune that someone can sing to or feel some sort of emotion from.

Julie Bowen

My darling father gave me some decent getaway sticks - my legs are OK.

Nick Earls

I wrote my first novel-length story when I was 14 but had no idea what to do with it. Brisbane was a long way from the publishing industry then. Nowhere's a long way from the publishing industry now.

Daniel Berrigan

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.

Chris Roberson

I started a publishing company just so I could get the phone numbers of everyone that I'd ever admired.

Theodore Pappas

These are the sorts of fundamental publishing vices of the most serious kind.

J. Tillman

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

Andrew Wright

This is not about publishing to the world.

John Mutter

They're worried about publishing and retailing like everyone else in the business, and this may be a way for them to stay on top of this.

Michael Parenti

The [CIA] Agency has owned outright more than 240 Media operations around the world, including newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, radio and television stations, and wire services, and has partially controlled many more.

Russell Perreault

I don't think there's any such thing as a coincidence in publishing anymore.