Unwin Quotes & Sayings

Architecture is a subtle and difficult art. It needs dedication and involves pain. Being able 'to architect' is not a capacity that can be developed to sophisticated levels quickly and easily. — Simon Unwin

Learn to be friendly and learn to welcome all people, but note however in doing so that it is not every hand that is stretched towards you that deserves your handshake! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Much is written of the power of the Press, a power which may last but a day; by comparison little is heard of the power of books, which may endure for generations. — Stanley Unwin

There's nothing like eating hay when you're faint,' he remarked to her, as he munched away.

'I should think throwing cold water over you would be better,' Alice suggested, '- or some sal-volatile.'

'I didn't say there was nothing BETTER,' the King replied. 'I said there was nothing LIKE it. — Lewis Carroll

Stories want to be told. Stories have a power of their own ... you can't write a story until you've felt it. Breathed it in. Walked with your characters. Talked with them. — Angelica Banks

A broad base of knowledge is critically important to our ability to investigate terrorism. — Raymond Kelly

I only read books I know I will like — Vicky Unwin

To write books is easy, it requires only pen and ink and the ever-patient paper. To print books is a little more difficult, because genius so often rejoices in illegible handwriting. To read books is more difficult still, because of a tendency to go to sleep. But the most difficult task of all that
a mortal man can embark on is to sell a book. — Stanley Unwin

Scientific experiments are expensive, and people are entitled to know about them if they want to. I think it is very difficult to convey ideas. — Lisa Randall

To be a convincing story, you've got to know what you're talking about. In EVERY detail.
-Rayner Unwin — Jeff Shanley

Turning his back on the village of Unwin, Chiave lumbered into the forest, barely able to walk under the weight of all he carried. — Amanda Orneck

The first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring, was published in Great Britain by the London firm George Allen & Unwin on 29 July 1954; an American edition followed on 21 October of the same year, published — J.R.R. Tolkien

Gentle reader, we see God through our assholes in the flash bulb of orgasm. — William S. Burroughs

If a publisher declines your manuscript, remember it is merely the decision of one fallible human being, and try another. — Stanley Unwin

Don't attempt to fight the enemy in your own strength. You will experience burnout, and you will fail. Don't even think about it! The key is to engage in spiritual warfare God's way. And that is by resting in him and fighting from victory, not for victory! — Pedro Okoro

Your book may be a masterpiece but do not suggest that to the publisher because many of the most hopeless manuscripts that have come his way have probably been so described by their authors. — Stanley Unwin

That the printer had quietly reset The Fellowship of the Ring, and that copies had been issued without proof having been read by the author, never became known to Tolkien; while his publisher, Rayner Unwin, learned of it only thirty-eight years after the fact. — J.R.R. Tolkien

My Reasons may be hard, but my Objectives are quite simple. — David Arnold

I only read books thatt I know will like — Vicky Unwin

Chihuahuas are the perfect pet if you don't have a person in your life who screams and shits their pants every time there's a noise. — Dana Gould

When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours. — Barack Obama