English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

William Throsby Bridges Quotes

William Throsby Bridges quote: "We come to beginnings only at the end."

We come to beginnings only at the end.

William Throsby Bridges

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

I wasn't really geeky. In terms of the high school hierarchy, I was very much in the middle ground. You have the really popular guys, you have the nerdy guys, and then you have the people who really don't care - and that was me. I wasn't really picked on or anything like that. Callan McAuliffe
The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory. George Steiner
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. Raymond Chandler
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict..."
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Ann Patchett quote: "I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book..."
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it. Ann Patchett
Philip Guston quote: "Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it..."
Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation. Philip Guston
Bianca Jagger quote: "I feel great identification with the developing world."
I feel great identification with the developing world. Bianca Jagger
Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival. Jacque Fresco
Anthony Burgess quote: "Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes."
Alex like groweth up, Oh Yes. Anthony Burgess
There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos. There's at least some terrible story. I know from experience that there's always something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed, above some little something that Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's a bad sign...It's terrible. Psychologically it's crazy. Most people who are tattooed, it's the sign of some feeling of inferiority, they're trying to establish some macho identification for themselves. Truman Capote
Henry Beston quote: "Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of..."
Do no dishonour to the earth least you dishonour the spirit of man. Henry Beston
E. L. Doctorow quote: "There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by..."
There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking. E. L. Doctorow
I don't think I could live without hair, makeup and styling, let alone be the performer I am. I am a glamour girl through and through. I believe in the glamorous life and I live one. Lady Gaga
I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale. Harrison Ford
Oh, was that liquor of yours a stimulant?" asked Elena. "I wondered why he didn't fall asleep."Couldn't you tell?" chuckled Mayhew."Not really."Miles twisted his head to take in Elena's upside-down worried face, and smile in weak reassurance. Sparkly black and purple whirlpools clouded his vision. Mayhew's laughter faded. "My God," he said hollowly, "you mean he's like that all the time? Lois McMaster Bujold