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A moral coward, you see, is simply someone who has read the fine print on the back of his Birth Certificate and seen the little clause which says "You can't win."
kyril bonfiglioli— Something Nasty in the Woodshed (1976), ch. 16.
If the United States haven't grown poets, on any scale of grandeur, it is certain that they import, print, and read more poetry than any equal number of people elsewhere -- probably more than the rest of the world combined. Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations -- many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
walt whitman— Walt Whitman (1892). "III. Notes Left Over 3. Ventures, on an Old Theme". Complete Prose Works. Philadelphia: David McKay. p. 324.
These days it seems like any idiot with a laptop computer can churn out a business book and make a few bucks. That's certainly what I'm hoping. It would be a real letdown if the trend changed before this masterpiece goes to print.
scott adams— The Dilbert Principle (1995)
Here in the UK, we've now got an evangelical television channel - it's the kind of thing that will be very familiar to everyone in the United States, especially if you've ever turned on your TV set on a Sunday morning, and seen one holy man after another, urging you to send money so that Jesus can buy a new cadillac. Apparently, Jesus can't save the world until he's been properly kitted out with a million-dollar mansion, and a private jet - some small print in the Gospels that we must have missed.
pat condell— YouTube video (April 25, 2007; from YouTube)
Whenever possible print a woman's age.
Arthur Christiansen— 1957 Quoted in Francis Williams Dangerous Estate.
And people in life hardly seem definite enough to appear in print. Theyare not good or bad enough, or clever or stupid enough, or comic or pitiful enough.
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett— 1945 Orion, no.1,'A Conversation'.
It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition.
Daniel Defoe— 1719 Robinson Crusoe.
Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so."Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."
john bunyan— "Apology for his Book".
One day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.
Daniel Defoe— Ch. 11, Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand.
It is one of the paradoxes of journalism: The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.
andrew ferguson— "Scotty: All the news that's fit to schmooze," The Weekly Standard (2003-02-24)
Though an angel should write, still 't is devils must print.
thomas moore— The Fudges in England, Letter iii.
I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print.
john mortimer— Clinging to the Wreckage : A Part of Life (1982), p. 183
I have come to believe that large print, thick and heavy paper, and wide margins and oversize leading is indicative of the expected intelligence of the reader. … Compare children's books and books on Web Duhsign or other X-in-21-days books. If the reading level of a specification is below college level, chances are the people behind it are morons and the result morose.
erik naggum— Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (Usenet article)
In 1925 it was estimated that one out of every five American homes had a Parrish print on its wall. He was, and still remains the most reproduced artist in the history of art.
maxfield parrish— Alma Gilbert in Maxfield Parrish, 1870-1966
In some places, the darkness was so great, that persons could not see to read common print in the open air, for several hours together: but I believe this was not generally the case. The extent of this darkness was very remarkable.
— Samuel Williams, in "An Account of a Very Uncommon Darkness in the States of New England, May 19, 1780" in Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: to the End of the Year 1783 Vol. 1 (1785), p. 234
Yes, in the sense that the negative is like the composer’s score. Then, using that musical analogy, the print is the performance. (Paraphrased as " Film is the score and the print is the performance.")
ansel adams— Sheff, David (1 May 1983), Playboy Interview: Ansel Adams, p. 226
'Tis pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
lord byron— Line 51 (English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809))
I think the main thing is that I very rarely recognise the actual interview in print. To me, it's like being painted by an artist. And then you see the picture, and they've painted someone else.
morrissey— From Oor magazine (Feb. 1987)
TF: At which point did you stop being celibate, why and who with? M: I don't see how anyone would benefit from seeing that kind of information in print. Least of all me.
morrissey— From "The Face Q&A", The Face (November 1999).
If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution but because they are frightened of public opinion. In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face, and that fact does not seem to me to have had the discussion it deserves.
george orwell— Original (unused) preface to Animal Farm (1945); as published in George Orwell : Some Materials for a Bibliography (1953) by Ian R. Willison
Your lips have splashed my dull house with print of flowers My hands are crooked where they spilled over your dear curving
— "As We Are So Wonderfully Done With Each Other"
The Uyghurs knew how to print books centuries before Guetenberg invented his press.
— Lazlo Rasonyi, Turkic in History, Ankara, 1971, pp. 105, 107
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
Benjamin Franklin— Benjamin Franklin "Apology for Printers" (1730); later in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiographical Writings (1945) edited by Carl Van Doren
Whether the darken'd room to muse invite, Or whiten'd wall provoke the skew'r to write; In durance, exile, Bedlam, or the Mint, Like Lee or Budgel I will rhyme and print.
Alexander Pope— Alexander Pope, Second Book of Horace, Satire I, line 97.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in't.
lord byron— Lord Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), line 51.
Some said, John, print it, others said, Not so; Some said, It might do good, others said, No.
john bunyan— John Bunyan, Apology for his Book, line 39.
The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
— Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1968), Article 1, Section 7
That henceforth sacred Scripture . . . be printed in the most correct manner possible; and that it shall not be lawful for any one to print, or cause to be printed, any books whatever on sacred matters without the name of the author; or in future to sell them, or even to possess them, unless they shall have been first examined and approved of by the [local bishop].
— Awake! magazine December 2011, page 8. They Tried to Keep God’s Word From the Masses.
The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.
— Brian Kernighan, "Unix for Beginners" (1979)
