Great American Author Quotes

#1. Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

J. D. Hayworth

#2. Jefferson, incidentally, was also a great adventurer with foods. Among his many other accomplishments, he was the first person in America to slice potatoes lengthwise and fry them. So as well as being the author of the Declaration of Independence, he was also the father of the American French fry.

Bill Bryson

#3. Each word I write brings me closer to finding the right ones.

Ally Condie

#4. There is no tongue that flatters like a lover's; and yet, in the exaggeration of his feelings, flattery seems to him commonplace. Strange and prodigal exuberance, which soon exhausts itself by flowing!

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#5. Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.

Dolly Parton

#7. Innovation can only occur where you can breathe free.

Joe Biden

#8. I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

Bill Buckner

#9. It's only a question of time before either you die or your motivation dies. Naturally we all hope to go first.

Sophie Schiller

#10. Had she mentioned she liked a guy with big hands?

Kate Meader

#11. All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#12. I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

Julie Taymor

#13. Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles.

Stanley Jordan

#14. Arthur!' I cried, but my voice was lost in the battle roar. The seething waters of the enemy host closed over the place where he had been.

Stephen R. Lawhead

#15. When we acknowledge that human beings have the right to choose, we deprive ourselves of it,

Sergei Lukyanenko