#letter

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose. ↗

— Samuel McChord Crothers

#capital #every #gets #keeps #letter

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season. All great men of letters have therefore been enthusiastic walkers. ↗

— Leslie Stephen

#been #desires #enthusiastic #great #great men

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#better #comes #drawback #feel #get

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#death #god #honesty #letters-to-rulers-of-people #love

They call it golf because all the other four-letter words were taken. ↗

— Ray Floyd

#call #four-letter #golf #other #taken

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#both #classed #express #good #letters

The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#creative #creative act #down #know #letter

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#exhausting #knowing #letter #most #phone

When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students. ↗

— James Lipton

#come #course #i #knew #letter

In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

#distribute #elected #get #letters #lick