Quotes & Sayings About Middle School Writing Prompts

Art is longer than life. — Lee Strasberg

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought." — Luis Walter Alvarez

It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock. — Howard Keel

Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world. — Susan Sontag

Week 51:
Believe that everyone has good intentions, and keep yours the same. — Ali Marsman

[Dona Queta] says that her motherly advice is always the same: 'Only whores, thieves, and cops go out at night. Which one are you, asshole?' p. 157 — Daniel Hernandez

Knowledge is essential to conquest; only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment. — Annie Besant

The probability of the people in power being individuals who would dislike the possession and exercise of power is on a level with the probability that an extremely tender-hearted person would get the job of whipping-master in a slave plantation. — Frank Knight

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation. — John Ruskin