Scribner's Quotes

#1. They'd even met, he recommended him to his own editor at Scribner, Max Perkins, suggesting Max sign up this promising young

Olivia Laing

#2. Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.

Charles Scribner Jr.

#3. Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.

Edmund Burke

#4. The USDA is tasked with managing and promoting agriculture - including the well-funded animal agriculture industry - so it's pulled into a tug-of-war every time the dietary guidelines are re-evaluated.

Michael Greger

#5. Why don't - " He stopped abruptly and took a breath. "Normally I'm good at being polite, but with you, I have to try very hard."

"Were you trying very hard the two times you've compared me to a prostitute today?

Kelly Zekas

#6. We've all made mistakes, they are not toxic and evil.

Lance Armstrong

#7. He'd walked into my store and told me he'd give me anything. To name it and it was done. And the only thing I wanted? I wanted him to stay.

A.L. Jackson

#8. Murph took his shot and dropped the bastard right out of the tree. then he stood. "I'm an American soldier, you son of a bitch.

Dana Marton

#9. Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

Charles Scribner Jr.

#10. Your life at this exact moment is a direct result of choices you made once upon a time. Thirty minutes or 30 year ago.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#11. Q: Why do you like chocolate so much?
A: The answer, clearly, is because I've tasted chocolate.

Pseudonymous Bosch

#12. I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.

Morley Callaghan

#13. Once form has been smashed, it has been smashed for good, and once a forbidden subject has been released, it has been released for good.

Louise Bogan

#14. There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Joe Strummer

#15. I stared at Jean-Claude still cuddled on the corner of the bed. He looked adorable, and if I'd had a gun, I'd have shot him on the spot.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#16. I see stereotypes as fundamental and inescapable and not as something that is ... The kind of common view is "Oh, we shouldn't think in stereotypes," and I think the reality is we can't help but think in stereotypes.

W. J. T. Mitchell

#17. I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.

Jamie Wyeth

#18. It seemed like such a pointless, flaky thing to say. Even if it was his favorite line from The Lord of the Rings. CHAPTER 48 From: Jennifer Scribner-Snyder To: Beth Fremont Sent: Mon, 12/06/1999 9:28 AM Subject: I'll bet you're the kind of girl who's already picked out baby names.

Rainbow Rowell

#19. Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so.

William Carleton

#20. The brush of your lips will last my lifetime.

Don Scribner

#21. Seeing women on television was very important to me. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of women's sports. It showed me what I could do and who I could be.

Jennie Finch