Quotes about Author
Oh, boys, don't be sentimental; it's bad for the digestion!
— Herman Melville
For a Khan of the plank, and a king of the sea and a great lord of Leviathans was Ahab.
— Herman Melville
hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple-dumpling;
— Herman Melville
Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially by those who do real work, plowing, riding, sailing.
— Hilaire Belloc
An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids.
— Carol Burnett
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
— Ezra Taft Benson
People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone.
— Milan Kundera
The science of loving, yes, that's the only kind of science I want I'd barter away everything I possess to win it.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections.
— Tony Campolo