Barebones Living Quotes & Sayings

What can a sales person say to somebody to get them to buy a product that they already use every day if they don't like it? Nothing. — Larry Ellison

The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world. — John Barth

Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster. — Benjamin Franklin

Our lives are determined by manifold contingencies,' I said, trying to be as succinct as possible, 'and every day we struggle against these shocks and accidents in order to keep our balance. — Paul Auster

According to Mattress Mattie you couldn't make money in bed by yourself, so I had no choice but to get wet and dirty. — Liliana Hart

And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you - bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave behind in them. — Woodrow Wilson

Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing. — Barbara Pym

The good news is, Americans know firsthand the benefits of a free market - more choices, lower prices, higher quality - and there is no reason why we cannot help them see these same benefits in health care. — John Shadegg

Creating the characters is the most creative part of the novel except for the language itself. There I am, sitting in front of my computer in right-brain mode, typing the things that come to mind - which become the seeds of plot. It's scary, though, because I always wonder: Is it going to be there this time? — Elizabeth George

I look at Ben now. And again I wonder how it is that we can feel so many of the same things and be so utterly different. — Gayle Forman

All of us have failed to match our dream of perfection. I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. If I could write all my work again, I'm convinced I could do it better. This is the healthiest condition for an artist. That's why he keeps working, trying again: he believes each time that this time he will do it, bring it off. Of course he won't. — William Faulkner

Life is about learning new things and relearning old things. — LIZ

I imagine as long as people will continue to read novels, people will continue to write them, or vice versa; unless of course the pictorial magazines and comic strips finally atrophy man's capacity to read, and literature really is on its way back to the picture writing in the Neanderthal cave. — William Faulkner

I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things. — David Lagercrantz

I love the idea of birds having human qualities ... I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly. — Aoife O'Donovan