Readers share favorite quotes 34 Articles

by Roschelle Nelson

Wish I could take credit for these absolutely hilarious "questions". I stumbled across these jewels while engaging in my favorite past-time, surfing and googling (sounds like the mating ritual of two sea lions) We've a...read more

by Aster C. Lilly

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." - Thoreau This quote is so incredibly inspiring. I'll never forget the day my High School English teacher gave his lesson about Henry David Thoreau. His name was Mr. Ban...read more

by InspiredWritingResea rch

"Tell me not that the moon shines; show me the glint of light on broken glass." Anton Chekhov This Anton Chekhov quote encapsulates in a nutshell a whole world of rules for Fiction Writing. A plethora of advice regardin...read more

by Dawn Taylor

Quotes inspire us and light a fire in us to be more patriotic, peaceful, spiritual, loving, and even "carpe diem"(size the day). Some quotes inspire me to write or to go out in the world with my camera and capture life in ...read more

by Ivan-ac

Baseball great Yogi Berra gave the world some real gems. He was so easily quoted that I don't even know where to start, so I just will.... "You can observe a lot, just by watching." "The towels there were so thick, I...read more

by Lynmarie

Quotes About Writing by Writers "In writing think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Write what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery." - Julia Cameron "When I write,...read more

by Susan Corbett

The Best Quotes on Stupidity Everyone is stupid sometimes. Some people raise it to an art form. We can learn a lot from stupidity, either our own or that of others. Here are some of the best quotes on stupidity... On...read more

by Norm Schneider

WHO SAID IT? WELL, MAYBE NOT Who said, "Go West, Young Man" Was it a) Horace Greeley, b) Brittney Spears, or c) Mae West? Actually, it was none of the above and the quote is an example of a number of legends that ha...read more

by John Devera

The greatest first line of any book or story ever comes from the magnificent writer Franz Kafka. "One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a mons...read more

by Angela Tircuit

"I will keep faith, Walter," she said steadily. "I will work and teach and learn and laugh, yes, I will even laugh through all my years, because of you and because of what you gave when you followed the call." This quot...read more

by Jessica Vaughn

"Go Placidly Amid The Noise And Haste, And Remember What Peace There May Be In Silence" If that quote sounds familiar to you, you might be a hippie. It is the opening line from the classic Poem "Desiderata" by Max Eh...read more

by Ashley Benlove

I am a big fan of quotes. I love using them. I make sure to have a quote a day on my blog. Some of my favorite quotes of all time in literature are the following: 1. "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, som...read more

by Kelly A. Mello

I have 3 favorite quotes from "The Meditations", by Marcus Aurelius: "There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew were to be divided: 1. That dear old soul; 2. That old woman; 3. That...read more

by Riem D

When I was 10, my fifth grade teacher told me the first quote I ever head, or at least the first quote I could remember. "Believe you can and you're almost there." I found out later that it was a quote from Theodore...read more

by Victor Case

A few weeks ago I bought a collection of interviews with American writer Richard Ford. On the back, the cover of the book quotes this marvellous writer in what I have found to be most inspirational words: 'If lonelines...read more

by Jean Cool

"Love all. Trust a few. Do wrong to none." -William Shakespeare "Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it." -Helen Keller "L...read more

by Shelli Mayfield

Here are a few of my favorite quotes: "The greatest single cause of aitheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door and deny Him with their lifestyle. That is what a...read more

by Sharon Daws

One of my very favorite quotes - I'm not even sure who wrote it or originated it - but I first saw it in a forgettable movie starring Jenny McCarthy called Dirty Love. It's humorous, but a little predictable and a little...read more

by Vash

"In the end, everything we do is just everything we've done". That, right now, is my favorite quote. It is said by Corey Taylor on the track "Omega" from the self-titled album by Stone Sour. I like it for the fact tha...read more

by Suzanne Wesley - Babies Steward

These are a few of my favorite quotes attributed to Mark Twain (Plus, my comments): Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. (Amen, Twain! Keep dreaming e...read more