Quotes by Writing Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered. Bahya ibn Paquda practicewantwriting A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. Baltasar Gracian synonymusewriting Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil. Baltasar Gracian uglywritingneeds Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter. Baltasar Gracian chanceletterswriting I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art. Balthus writingpeopleart Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that it was going to be the biggest part of my life, the biggest love of my life, the biggest thing in my life. BANKS love-of-my-lifeimportantwriting Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee. Banksy graffitiartistwriting I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it. Banksy nameswritingprofound Poetry is poetry. My process is I try to write the best poem I can, in the best way to communicate whatever it is the poem is trying to communicate, and then I try to figure out the best way to present that poem to a live audience. It's all craft, just different stages of craft. Bao Phi differentwritingtrying Sometimes a poem starts because I feel the urge to write about something from which I carry a great deal of shame, and I try to sketch out in writing how I am complicit in whatever dynamic it is I am illuminating. And sometimes it comes later, when I step back and challenge myself - am I being honest here? Bao Phi challengeswritingtrying Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are. The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions. Barack Obama exercisewritingbelieve Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author. Barack Obama inspirational-lifestorieswriting I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives. Barack Obama responsibilitywritingbelieve We have to make sure America writes the rules of the global economy, and we should do it today while our economy is in the position of global strength, because if we don't write the rules for trade around the world, guess what: China will. Barack Obama strengthwritingamerica America, we weaken our ties when we allow our political dialogue to become so corrosive that people of good character aren't even willing to enter into public service; so coarse with rancor that Americans with whom we disagree are seen not just as misguided but as malevolent. We weaken those ties when we define some of us as more American than others, when we write off the whole system as inevitably corrupt, and when we sit back and blame the leaders we elect without examining our own role in electing them. Barack Obama writingcharacterpeople A brighter future is ours to write. Let’s begin this new chapter — together — and let’s start the work right now. Barack Obama chapterstogetherwriting My top priority in any trade negotiation is expanding opportunity for hardworking Americans. It's no secret that past trade deals haven't always lived up to their promise, and that's why I will only sign my name to an agreement that helps ordinary Americans get ahead, the bill put forward today would help us write those rules in a way that avoids the mistakes from our past, seizes opportunities for our future and stays true to our values. Barack Obama mistakewritingpast Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay. Barack Obama cuttingcollegewriting So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time. Barack Obama destinywritingopportunity Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible Barack Obama readingeducationwriting«122123124125126127128129130131132»
