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Quote Left Everything around us is made up of energy. To attract positive things in your life, start by giving off positive energy. Quote Right
Quote Left As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker, so an unsuccessful author turns critic Quote Right
Quote Left Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns critic. Quote Right
Quote Left To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honorable to which a man can be called? Quote Right
Quote Left The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. Quote Right
Quote Left The point is obvious. There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be it Baptist/Unitarian, Irish/Italian/Octogenarian/Zen Buddhist, Zionist/Seventhday Adventist, Women's Lib/Republican, Mattachine/Four Square Gospel feels it has the will, the right, the duty to douse the kerosene, light the fuse. Every dimwit editor whosees himself as the source of all dreary blanc-mange plain porridge unleavened literature, licks his guillotine and eyes the neck of any author who dares to speak above a whisper or write above a nursery rhyme. Quote Right
Quote Left A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. Quote Right
Quote Left If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine. Quote Right
Quote Left As for the author, he is profoundly unaware of what the classical or romantic genre might consist of.... In literature, as in all things, ther... Quote Right
Quote Left It is my belief that the writer, the free-lance author, should be and must be a critic of the society in which he lives. It is easy enough, and always profitable, to rail away at national enemies beyond the sea, at foreign powers beyond our borders who question the prevailing order. But the moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home; to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own culture. If the writer is unwilling to fill this part, then the writer should abandon pretense and find another line of work: become a shoe repairman, a brain surgeon, a janitor, a cowboy, a nuclear physicist, a bus driver. Quote Right
Quote Left Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. Quote Right
Quote Left The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below him appear the Negro and the Indian. These two unfortunate races have neither birth, nor face, nor language, nor mores in common; only their misfortunes look alike. Both occupy an equally inferior position in the country that they inhabit; both experience the effects of tyranny; and if their miseries are different, they can accuse the same author for them. Quote Right
Quote Left The written word can be erased - not so with the spoken word. Quote Right
Quote Left True law is right reason in agreement with nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrong-doing by its prohibitions. And it does not lay its commands or prohibitions upon good men in vain, though neither have any effect on the wicked. It is a sin to try to to sic alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely. We cannot be freed from its obligations by senate or people, and we need not look outside ourselves for an expounder or interpreter of it. And there will not be different laws at Rome and at Athens, or different laws now and in the future, but one eternal and unchangeable law will be valid for all nations and all times, and there will be one master and ruler, that is, God, over us all, for he is the author of this law, its promulgator, and its enforcing judge. Whoever is disobedient is fleeing from himself and denying his human nature, and by reason of this very fact he will suffer the worst penalties, even if he escapes what is commonly considered punishment. Quote Right
Quote Left All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated...As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. Quote Right
Quote Left The reality is, just like with adult books, a big name makes for an easier booking. Any time you're booking an author for a four-and-a-half to five-minute segment, if you're dealing with someone who's done television or comes with a track record, they are a known quantity. They know they have to have a funny or a touching story. Quote Right
Quote Left Real art is without irony. Irony distances the author from his material. Irony is a product of something. It's not the reason for doing something. Irony is a cheap shot. Quote Right
Quote Left I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Quote Right
Quote Left Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Quote Right
Quote Left It is almost impossible to smile on the outside without feeling better on the inside. Quote Right
Quote Left A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security. Quote Right
Quote Left Before a diamond shows its brilliancy and prismatic colors it has to stand a good deal of cutting and smoothing. Quote Right
Quote Left In Life: You spill your cereal at breakfast, you get fired from your job, your dog dies, and your house burns down. Computer Equivalent: Virus Detected. In Life: You've finished a 900 page novel. Your life's work. You will be a famous author world-wide; but then, it falls into the lit fireplace. Computer Equivalent: Quitting without saving. In Life: A solution to all problems is found. World peace is achieved, all conflicts end, and everyone is happy. Computer Equivalent: Ctrl+Alt+Del Quote Right
Quote Left Successful leaders have the courage to take action where others hesitate. Quote Right
Quote Left Religion is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions. Quote Right
Quote Left Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast. Quote Right
Quote Left The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its author. If the poem can be improved by it's author's explanations it never should have been published, and if the poem cannot be improved by its author's explanations the explanations are scarcely worth reading. Quote Right
Quote Left Education is not received. It is achieved. Quote Right
Quote Left The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs. Quote Right
Quote Left A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work. Quote Right
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Quote Left Those who grant themselves positions of authority rob themselves of the validity bestowed by experience. Quote Right
Quote Left "Steampunk is a brass-geared rebellion of imagination, where steam-powered dreams conquer the impossible. It's not just cogs and clockwork, but a conscious map exploring the tensions between progress and ethics, individuality and authority, humanity and nature—all through the lens of a reimagined past." -Daniel Henry Rodgers Quote Right
Quote Left Robert Sherriff 'Australian' Author-Poet-Actor-Model-Singer/songwriter (There is a rainbow down every street, and then the sun comes out) By R.L. Sherriff Quote Right
Quote Left Robert Sherriff 'Australian' Author-Poet-Actor-Model-Singer/songwriter (There is a rainbow down every street, and then the sun comes out) By R.L. Sherriff Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF 08/07/1954 - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER ROBERT SHERRIFF: my fingers “There is no such thing as writer's block. When my brain shuts down, I let my fingers do the walking, and my brain does the editing. Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Kellie Marie Sherriff "In the echoes of laughter, there lies a map to joy, guiding us through the labyrinth of life with its cheerful resonance." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER - DEDICATED TO Hayley June Brooks "Wisdom is a river, flowing through the landscape of our thoughts, carving valleys of understanding and mountains of insight." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Robert Lloyd Sherriff 3rd "Time is a sculptor, carving moments into memories, each second a chiseled stroke shaping the essence of our lives." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Blake Sherriff "The melody of the wind through trees is nature's symphony, a timeless composition of rustling leaves and whispering breezes." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Robert Lloyd Sherriff 3rd "A book is a portal, each page a step, transporting readers from the mundane to realms of infinite possibility." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF 08/07/1954 - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER true worth “Only a great leader will show their true worth. It is what they have between their ears. Not between their legs. Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF 08/07/1954 - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER my fingers “There is no such thing as writer's block. When my brain shuts down, I let my fingers do the walking, and my brain does the editing. Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER-ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Jayde Sherriff Red Roses "In the quiet of dawn, ideas bloom like red roses, unseen but fragrant, whispering secrets to the early morning light." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Blake Sherriff "The melody of the wind through trees is nature's symphony, a timeless composition of rustling leaves and whispering breezes." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Charlie Sherriff "Mountains stand as silent poets, their verses etched in stone, telling ancient stories to those who climb high enough to listen." CLICK LINK https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=climb%20every%20mountain%20song&mid=20014DA57C8D1712F9EC20014DA57C8D1712F9EC&ajaxhist=0 Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO E.J Brooks Rain "In every drop of rain, a story is written, a tale of travel from cloud to earth, a cycle of rebirth." Quote Right
Quote Left ROBERT SHERRIFF - AUSTRALIAN - POET -AUTHOR - SINGER - ACTOR - AMERICAN HISTORIAN – PHOTOGRAPHER- DEDICATED TO Addison Brooks Dreams "Stars are the dreams of the universe, scattered across a canvas, waiting to be deciphered by curious minds." Quote Right
Quote Left I'm not an authority on writing...just an author. Quote Right
Quote Left Some things are best left to professionals~ like God! He is my sole/soul Authority and Source when it comes to spiritual matters. Quote Right
Quote Left It is an impossibility to expect revival with a new revised standard or New word translation Bible, Real Revival have always been by the authorized version of the Bible Quote Right
Quote Left Governments must nurture freedom as a garden, tending to it vigilantly to prevent its withering under the shadow of authority.~ Aloo Denish Obiero Quote Right
Quote Left If you are clever, use it effectively. If you want to bring in change, sweep gently. For the influencers too struggle to grab authority. Some times win is in defeat and the rise is in the fall. Quote Right
Quote Left Find me on Poetizer! https://poetizer.com/author/258590 Quote Right
Quote Left The only easy day was yesterday Author unknown Quote Right
Quote Left When you know your authority in Christ, you live in the relaxed zone. Quote Right
Quote Left Any Authoritative decision Based on Data Algorithms Sans a Human Experience Is A Crime Quote Right
Quote Left Nothing enables authority like silence.—Leonardo da Vinci on the role of silence in a bullying culture, translation by Michael R. Burch Quote Right
Quote Left "Non pressured creative writing assignments maybe for extra credit should spring board healthy discussion during class," said Austin Macauley UK author Marc O'Brien, "not only will this be a relaxed easy good grade time but allowing the students to release emotion will only build trust between their peers." Quote Right
Quote Left Authority changed its name to politician and has flourished to this day. Quote Right
Quote Left Our life runs like episodes of a novel, we are all characters whose fate has been decided by the author Quote Right
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