#thor

Our failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq thus far has been deeply troubling, and our intelligence-gathering process needs thorough and unbiased investigation. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#deeply #destruction #failure #far #find

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#author #authors #how #many #means

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#been #convincing #especially #nothing #poetry

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#effect #fault #gives #hardly #him

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#concerned #consultation #defense #far #missile

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#apt #as far as #authority #carry #constant

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. ↗

— David Sedaris

#cartoons #cathy #collections #humor #last

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. ↗

— John Selden

#books #may #name #others #own

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#author #bad #citing #good #i

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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