William Collins Quotes

When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

William Collins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759

Topics

WorkWrongGoDo-It-YourselfOwn

I used to just sit down and read the dictionary, and I read the Bible and Shakespeare from cover to cover.

Joe R. Lansdale

BibleDownSitUsedDictionaryJust

I always wanted to be a 'Blue Peter' presenter when I grew up!

Sophie Aldred

BlueAlwaysUpWantedPeterGrew

In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities.

Spencer Bachus

CommunityStormDevelopmentHousing

I learned that public service is a privilege that must be based on moral foundations.

Shimon Peres

ServicePublic ServiceMoralMust

Had my dad not been short and fat and balding, there's no doubt his career would have been very different. But he could do lots of stuff and made a very good career out of it. He had an incredible work ethic because he lost his father when he was very young, and the family had to pull together.

Rory Kinnear

WorkFamilyGoodFatherTogether

If you're an Afghan village leader in a small town down around Kandahar somewhere, and you know that the footprint is getting smaller for your security, and the Taliban saying don't forget, I'm going to be back real soon, who is your loyalty going to go through?

Mike Rogers

LeaderLoyaltySmallSayingYou

Most new prison construction has occurred in predominately white, rural communities, and thus a new and bizarre form of segregation has emerged in recent years. Ghetto youth are transferred from their decrepit, underfunded, racially segregated schools to brand-new high-tech prisons located in white rural counties.

Michelle Alexander

YouthConstructionPrisonWhiteNew

Vinyl has gotten to the point where it's exclusively for the collector, I guess.

Josh Homme

VinylPointWhereCollectorGuess

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.

Dorothea Lange

TimeLookingYouKnowAheadOwn

The challenge of writing books for teenagers is walking the fine line between truth and what the publishers, parents, and the more conservative librarians want to hear.

Annette Curtis Klause

TruthChallengeParentsWritingWant

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Alfred North Whitehead

WisdomKnowledgeGrowsShrinks

I'm not one to get bad reviews.

Prince

BadGetReviews

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