(686 quotes found)
“When you give someone a book, you don’t give him just paper, ink, and glue. You give him the possibility of a whole new life.”
Christopher Morley
“When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”
Juan Ramon Jimenez
“Even a sheet of paper has two sides”
Japanese Proverb
“You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.”
Catherine the Great
“When you lend, have the borrower sign a paper before witnesses”
Muhammad
“Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the edge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.”
Marlene Dietrich
“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.”
Benjamin Franklin
“A playwright . . . is . . . the litmus paper of the arts. He's got to be, because if he isn't working on the same wave length as the audience, no one would know what in hell he was talking about. He is a kind of psychic journalist, even when he's gre”
Arthur Miller
“It's time to reappreciate the original software: paper.”
Dale Dauten
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