Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elmore Leonard

I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you think that perhaps could become your sound, too. I did that with Hemingway, and I thought I was writing just like Hemingway. Then all of a sudden it occurred to me - he didn't have a sense of humor. I don't know anything he's written that's funny.

David Ogilvy

It follows that unless your headline sells your product, you have wasted 90 percent of your money...

Claes Oldenburg

My rule was not to paint things as they were. I wasn't copying; I was remaking them as my own.

It confirms what the Societe has said all along, which is that the Societe is the owner of the copyright and that any reproduction or even possession of plasters, molds and bronzes is a copyright violation,

Patrick Fitzgerald

This was not someone illegally downloading a song. These were copyright violations on a massive scale.

There is no copyright in ideas. It's just about how words are expressed.

We took a lot of criticism for drafting Hakeem when we already had Ralph. But we were excited about the Twin Towers concept. We were pretty sure it could work, and once it did, everybody around the league tried to copy it.

We told them we wouldn't pass those numbers around, but they were public documents. We'd like to see a copy of these supposed agreements.

We've gone out of our way lots of times to get to a Hampton Inn. Lots of hotels copy Hampton, but no one does it as well.

If we're talking about someone creating something new, those rights are fairly well defined (in the United States, at least) under existing copyright law. But then there's often discussion about the rights of people who produce works under work-for-hire arrangements, which can be far more subtle and nuanced.

If they let France (protect its industries) then other countries could just copy and paste, and if you multiply that by the 25 countries of the E.U. it doesn't look very pretty.

Robert Moore

The paper was sold out before the first copy was printed.

Patricia Schroeder

This really stands the law on its head. Nobody has a right to copy everything you have without permission.

Patricia Schroeder

This really stands copyright law on its head. There are hundreds of years of tradition that go the other way.

Peter Lerangis

Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm.

We've only recently received a copy of the document that was released and have not read it in its entirety.

Shai Agassi

We all talk about how great Linux is, ... But if you look at the most innovative desktop today, Microsoft's Vista is not copying Linux, it is copying Apple.

Some of the policy matters around managed copy are still being worked out.

John Treacy

Some people are using this not to copy the picture, but as a starting point when talking to a graphic designer.

Don Williams

My manager was working on a project with public television in New York and gave them a copy of mine at the same time. They reacted pretty strong, so here we are.

Oscar Wilde

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.

Oscar Wilde

Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose.

It fixes the hole in the DNA by copying similar information,

It didn't think of popping around the corner and popping a copy through the door.

Jojo Moyes

I write in all sorts of places; it's a legacy of my time as a journalist, where I could turn out copy in a hotel corridor. But I have a little office that I rent in my local town, and that's my ideal place.

David Foster

Just keep a paper copy of what you filed.

Kimberly Stewart

I'm sick and tired of you copying me. I don't want a clone.

Gwen Stefani

I'm stupidly crazy for old movies. I (record) them so that when I'm doing my makeup in the morning, I have them on. I can be like: 'Look at Jane Russell in that shiny leopard dress - I'm copying that.'

I think this year, she's going to have a hard time copying the offense she had last year. If she can match her numbers from last year, that would be great, but I think pitching-wise, she's going to improve some things and be more consistent.

It is not a formal investigation. Someone is sending us a copy of the study. When we receive it, we will review it and then respond to folks that inquired.

Rob Enderle

Typically Microsoft issues the Office copy for the Mac after they offer it for the PC. It always lags by about a year.

Most internships are geared towards reporters writing stories. This was the first time I had seen an internship that focused on what I wanted to get into - copy editing." ()

We have not received a copy of the order but it is understood that the high court has called for a report on various lapses that might be there in the case. Information is being gathered and we are examining reports of investigation.