There is nothing an author today has to guard himself more carefully against than the Saga Habit. The least slackening of vigilance and the thing has gripped him.
P.G. Wodehouse
Related No author's writing more influenced my own than that of Robert Louis Stevenson. My first steampu... JAMES BLAYLOCK I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12. MALLORY ORTBERG Nothing has changed today. I talk to him at least two times every day. JOE GLASS It is better to be a has-been than a never-was. C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah, or says: It has been revealed to me; ... QURAN War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and pat... JOHN STUART MILL The only writer who gives me unfeigned pleasure is P.G. Wodehouse. And even him I find a bit heavy. ... MARTIN AMIS Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was. TINY TIM Music written by teams makes the authorship of a piece indistinct. Could it be that when hearing a s... DAVID BYRNE Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own... JOHN STUART MILL In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an ... ERALDO BANOVAC There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on... KATHI APPELT There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his... SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and '... BILL BRYSON One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black... AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI A man who has nothing for which he willing to fight; nothing he cares about more than his own per... ANONYMOUS Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before
you get tired. JULES RENARD Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. JULES RENARD Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. MORTIMER CAPLAN Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. JULES RENARD The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work... JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Lying is second nature to him... More than anyone else I have ever met, Trump has the ability to con... TONY SCHWARTZ I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that le... HERMANN HESSE There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uni... G. K. CHESTERTON There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into w... SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into w... SUZANNE LAFOLLETTE Nothing, however, bemused the Indians more than the European habit of blowing their noses into a fin... BILL BRYSON Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. VICTOR HUGO There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, ... THOM YORKE The Nothing is spreading," groaned the first. "It's growing and growing, there's more of it every da... MICHAEL ENDE Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit. OVID The only thing better than singing is more singing. ELLA FITZGERALD Fujimori has repeatedly claimed that there is no evidence against him and that these charges are not... JOSE MIGUEL VIVANCO I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The on... T.H. WHITE A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety is a miserabl... JOHN STUART MILL The best way a writer can find to keep himself going is to live off his (or her) spouse. The trouble... JOHN GARDNER There is nothing more hostile to a city that a tyrant, under whom
in the first and chiefest place, ... EURIPIDES In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every para... DARIN STRAUSS May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowe... J. REUBEN CLARK There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiabl... SAMUEL JOHNSON There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life... SAMUEL JOHNSON And do these objectors mean to say that, because God has redeemed us from the curse of the law, ther... HORATIUS BONAR An unread author is an author who is a victim of the worst kind of censorship, indifference - a cens... OCTAVIO PAZ With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more eff... BRUCE HOFFMAN . . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn'... EDWARD T. HALL I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothi... JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ “A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happ... CARLOS CASTANEDA The only thing more powerful than words - is the Author who chooses them. K.A. GUNN Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than... E. M. CIORAN Obasanjo has acted sufficiently against the constitution to warrant his impeachment. There is more t... WOLE SOYINKA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Big Love is a unique and remarkable series. The second season will offer more of the terrific storyt... CAROLYN STRAUSS He has an uncanny ability to go in there with the big guys and float shots up. I wouldn't trade him ... DOUG LOWE There is nothing more powerful against negativity, than sustained compassion ODILLE RAULT It's just an intriguing saga this country has been blessed with. LLOYD LARSEN How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one
idea. UNATTRIBUTED AUTHOR She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Before the tribunal of nature, a man has no more right to life than a rattlesnake; he has no more ri... WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has com... VICTOR HUGO There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has com... ISAAC NEWTON How man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't c... EDWARD T. HALL The Obama administration, which has brought more prosecutions against leakers than all prior preside... GLENN GREENWALD May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle wil... PAUL CELLUCCI It's amazing to say, and this is not an exaggeration, that Bob Rubin has more influence today on Cap... CHARLES VALLIERE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has ... CATHERINE MCAULEY I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any m... CONNIE MACK There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection a... POLLY SHULMAN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. PROVERB Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ANONYMOUS Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. GERMAN PROVERB Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. ANDRE MAUROIS Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form. ANDRE MAUROIS Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form ANDRE MAUROIS We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL 'SC has to keep (Young) off-balance and put pressure on him. That's the only thing we can do against... DENNIS EDWARDS There is nothing in the genius of America more precious today than the spirit of religious and polit... PAUL HARRIS No one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicio... CHARLES DICKENS Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances... CRAIG GROESCHEL There is nothing so dangerous for anyone who has something to hide as conversation! A human being, H... AGATHA CHRISTIE The kind of stillness of being nothing, and doing things from that emptiness, make one strong. SHASHI There are only two kinds of Wodehouse readers, those who adore him and those who have never read him... RICHARD USBORNE Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts wit... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long t... BARTON GELLMAN There has been a lot of talk about the appropriate head count for the National Guard. But the actual... LOREN THOMPSON New York has been the subject of thousands of books. Every immigrant group has had its saga as has e... EDMUND WHITE This has been a very difficult process for all of us. Michael has played a huge role in rebuilding t... DONNIE NELSON There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums,... FLOYD DELL There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums,... FLOYD DELL
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