Quotes by Revision Science reserves the highest reward for those of you who disprove our most cherished beliefs. At any moment someone from any walk of life could come forward and be responsible for a complete revision of our view of everything. Ann Druyan revisionviewsscience All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe. Arthur C. Clarke revisionruthlessfate Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision. Barrett Wendell paragraphrevisionwriting Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done. Benjamin Cardozo revisiontasksdone Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. Bernard Malamud revisionpleasurewriting I place a lot of emphasis on process and revision because I believe that all of my students can become better writers through hard work. Cate Marvin revisionhard-workbelieve Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision. Christian Nestell Bovee revisiondemandage Schools of science and physics replacing each other at a faster and faster rate. Just the nature of our world is constant revision, constant...negation of previous beliefs, and so...the whole world is a twist ending. Every week is a twist ending. Chuck Palahniuk revisionour-worldschool I'm perfectly proud of the work I did, looking back at it. I know I've had a bit of a revision since my 'Big Finish' stories came out. Colin Baker revisionproudstories According to one study by the United States Geological survey, 86 percent of oil reserves in the United States are the result not of what is estimated at the time of discovery but of the revisions and additions that come with further development. Daniel Yergin revisionoildiscovery But Blake's voices returned to dictate revisions. Donald Hall blakerevisionvoice I can’t write five words but that I change seven. Dorothy Parker revisionsevenwriting Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision. George Saunders revisiondecisionstories I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions. Ha Jin revisionhard-workbook I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history. Hillary Clinton revisionmanipulationuse Serbia will neither allow a revision of history, nor will it forget who are the main culprits in World War I. Ivica Dacic revisionwarworld The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. J. R. R. Tolkien revisioncatholicreligious Science is a search for basic truths about the Universe, a search which develops statements that appear to describe how the Universe works, but which are subject to correction, revision, adjustment, or even outright rejection, upon the presentation of better or conflicting evidence. James Randi revisionevidencerejection Sometimes I would write while inspired and sometimes I would write through sheer force of will, and in revision the writing that I thought was "dead" very frequently turned out to be better because it was more free of ego. Jesse Michaels revisionegowriting Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes. John Irving small-changesrevisionhalf123»
