Who is the author of this quote: "An illusion is an illusion, but the existence of an illusion is a fact?" I remember it being from John Dewey, but I can't find it or the context.
Are you sure the quote wasn't: "Illusions are illusions, but the occurrence of illusions is not an illusion, but a genuine reality" ?One place you can find this is here: The Moral Writings of John Dewey (page 14-15)
Who is the author of this quote?
"Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope." The author is Hal Lindsey, as attributed on: http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/hal_lindsey_quotes.html His Wikipedia page can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Lindsey However, a lot of sites claim that the author is unknown, so the validity of this claim can't be certified.
Who is the author of this quote?
The quote is from an unknown author as it appears in lots of places with many variations. There are several versions: (1)""Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO what a ride!"" Author: Maxine cartoon http://scrapbook.com/quotes.php?mode=doc... (2) Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid in broadside, throughly used up, worn out and defiantly shouting 'GERONIMO' " !!! - anonymous (3) "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW-- What a Ride!" Attributed to Bill McKenna, Anonymous and in a Nissan ad. (4) "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, shouting GERONIMO!" Hunter S. Thompson from Hell's Angels http://forum.quoteland.com/1/OpenTopic?a... (5) “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming….. WOO HOO…. What a RIDE!” Indian Larry The Ryan Clan http://www.theryanclan.com/il.htm
Who is the author of this quote?
"Every Love Story Is Beautiful, But Ours Is My Favorite." Does anyone know if someone wrote this quote or if it just kind of... exists? Like, did someone write it or is it just random? I don't really know how to ask this... Um, is there an author or not? That's better.
What has to happen to enable an author to quote a song from a musical in their book? (For example, a contemporary author having a character sing a paraphrased line from a song in “South Pacific”)
Under fair use doctrine, it should be sufficient if the author somehow acknowledges the source. This might be in a footnote, or there might be a credit to the songwriter in the front plates of the book (it’s been a while since I last read a Stephen King book, but I want to say this was his approach - to credit lines or excerpts from songs or other artistic works on an “Acknowledgements” page at the front of the book), or even just work the reference into the text itself: “She found herself singing her favorite song from that old Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, South Pacific…”It’s probably still defensible under fair use to quote it without sourcing it if there’s a reasonable expectation that the quote is easily recognizable as having originated elsewhere. For instance, if someone quoted or paraphrased Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, or Neil Armstrong’s “One small step for man,” it’s hard to imagine that many people would be confused into thinking the author was trying to pass those things off as their own original creations.And that’s what it largely boils down to - the author’s intent. Did the author intend to mislead people into believing he or she is who created the quoted work, or, in the absence of some means of explicitly crediting the original author, is there a reasonable expectation that the audience would recognize the quoted material? If I was writing a novel, and found some other obscure novelist’s book that contained a particularly good passage, and I lifted that for my own book expecting that no one is ever going to read both of our books and recognize the act of plagiarism, that’s wrong. If I’m writing the same novel and happen to have one of the characters sing the “Happy Birthday” song without an explicit credit to Patty and Mildred Hill (who wrote that popular song in 1893), it’s hardly cause for anyone to raise an accusation that I’m misappropriating someone else’s work.
Who is the author of this quote "An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when..."?
"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that its going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming." Who is the author of this quote?
Who is the author for this quote,” never take life seriously. nobody gets out alive anyway” ?
The quote is listed as Anonymous. So the authotr may not have been found.
What is your interpretation of this quote from the author George Orwell "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."?
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”This quote is the famous opening line of George Orwell’s 1984. First lines are important.Let’s break it up piece by piece. (spoiler alert)“…bright cold day in April…”It is bright, but also cold. Brightness suggests hope and happiness, while the cold suggests stillness and stagnancy. April is in the spring, which suggests rebirth and new hope. But again, the cold foreshadows here. (Winston attempts rebellion- new hope/brightness- but his rebellion is, despite his knowledge, stillborn-cold.)“…the clocks were striking thirteen.”It is not a single clock striking, but all. This suggests a unified city, many trying to be one. Not just that, but the number thirteen suggests military time- it is 1 pm (Oceania is a military state). Thirteen is also a very unlucky number. It is the number of the last supper, which suggests that, like Jesus, someone will be betrayed and killed (Winston).That’s just the tip of the iceberg.When analyzing literature I like to draw it to other pieces.The Wasteland by T. S. Eliot was published in 1922. The first four lines read:April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.The fact that the novel begins in April is significant. These four lines all allude to the fact that April is around the time that life begins to emerge from the cold, winter ground. The specific words “mixing memory and desire” are very similar to the premise of 1984.Thirteenth stroke of the clockThis phrase (and all its variants) is a very significant one. It puts forth the idea that everything before this moment must be called into question. Very fitting.Thanks for the A2A, Bonita Wright .