Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ben Huh

Journalism is a craft that takes years to learn. It's like golf. You never get it right all the time. It's a game of fewer errors, better facts, and better reporting.

Tyler Oakley

Writing is something I want to explore. If I were to do it, I would want it to be not a book made by a YouTuber; I would really want to respect that craft of literature and just be an author.

Writing is not a craft for the timid.

John Ridley

There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons - the 'below the line' workers - whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled 'below the line' workers. I say get them all on the next thing smoking to Vegas for an all expense paid weekend of whatever.

I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food - that's where we get this idea of being a foodie.

Sarah Hall

For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.

Al Jarreau

I was really learning my craft as a jazz singer and working with some great players and all, really growing and feeling my wings.

Athol Fugard

With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts.

America's legacy has been crafted by generations of hard-working men and women who moved to the United States from all over the globe to pursue their dreams.

Benjamin Percy

It's still incredibly hard. Not just honing my craft but kicking down doors, getting my work published. Early on, I could have wallpapered my house with all the rejection letters sent my way. I put thousands of hours and pages into four novels that never saw the light of day.

Hesiod

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

We think that it is very easy to craft a carbon-trading system that doesn't work and is full of holes. It's very difficult to craft one that works.

Peter Abrahams

We've crafted a product that people are really going to relate to.

Hal Sparks

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.

Hal Sparks

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

David O. Russell

Just work on your craft hard - that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile.

David Ogilvy

I can't stand callow amateurs who aren't sufficiently interested in the craft of advertising to assume the posture of students.

We had 23 of them, ... each a craftsman and a leader, running independent but coordinated crews. The studio was not happy.

Eric Avery

I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn't have crafty pop songs where it sort of didn't matter who played them because they're just really great songs.

Eleanor Catton

I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve.

Shelley Berman

Few, very few, will ever be able to craft a joke as beautifully as Pat. He was able to just make it all happen. I don't think he was great at telling them, but he was sure great at putting them down.

Kathy Baker

But respect for their privacy and their craft keeps those names anonymous.

We know San Jose State is going to come out and play hard. They have some talented players that are crafty and tough to play. For us, we are taking each match with our full focus looking to get back on the winning track. It's always nice to get a win for the Rivalry Series. This year, we are not thinking as much about that as just playing hard and smart to get the victory.

W. S. Gilbert

My philosophy is to take back the word craft rather than get rid of it. I'm interested in design, art.

Czeslaw Milosz

We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.

Donald Barthelme

The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.

Constantin Stanislavski

Who am I? What will I be? Why am I here? Where am I going?

Damian Kulash

Actually, here is something I'm passionate about that, looking around me, seems like the world at large must not care about as much as I do: craft.

Amy Sedaris

I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.

Amy Sedaris

A lot of crafters, they're shut-ins.

Allen Ginsberg

First thought, best thought.

E. O. Wilson

When it is done, it looks the most professional of any craft I'd ever done.

Maya MacGuineas

To craft a full package of offsets, everything should be on the table.