(240 quotes found)
“We write frankly and freely but then we modify before we print”
Mark Twain
“It is a painting that exposes in oils what Chekhov so often did in print: sunlight mocking a dark isolation of the moment. A moment fixed in a brave, failing light.”
Alexandra Johnson
“We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.”
Robert M. Hutchins
“More than print and ink, a newspaper is a collection of fierce individualists who somehow manage to perform the astounding daily miracle of merging their own personalities under the discipline of the deadline and retain the flavor of their own minds in print.”
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
“Martha Stewart showed up at Manhattan FBI Headquarters to have her finger prints taken and pose for a mug shot. Then Martha explained how to get ink off your fingers using seltzer water and lemon juice.”
Conan O'Brien
“Of course, we haven't spoke to anybody at Island Records about this yet -- but you should go ahead and print this, because it'll just make them sweat.”
Pete Wentz
“[So it should come as no surprise that, like a lot of folks who see their name in print and bright lights, the Braves' shortstop doesn't get it.] That's a lot of days, ... It's bad for me. I've never been in jail that long.”
Rafael Furcal
“The three great elements of modern civilization: Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion”
Thomas Carlyle
“Paperbacks blink in and out of print like fireflies. They also, as older collectors have ruefully discovered, fade and fall apart even more rapidly than their owners.”
Paul Gray
“I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparently I'm not alone in this. There are people of very high standing, authors who are having problems. So I have been told.”
Tanith Lee
