#statement

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#actions #character #commonplace #convincing #each

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#bank #check #depends #drawn #general

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#come #consider #created #criticism #excitement

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#before #i #opening #questions #refuse

The general statement that the mental faculties are class concepts, belonging to descriptive psychology, relieves us of the necessity of discussing them and their significance at the present stage of our inquiry. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#class #concepts #descriptive #discussing #faculties

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example. ↗

— Lauren Bush

#example #i #job #make #more

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort. ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#behavior #engaged #everyone #human #human behavior

I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#favor #i #i am #make #policy

The most profound statements are often said in silence. ↗

— Lynn Johnston

#often #profound #said #silence #statements

There is no sense in making statements that will not continue to be true after they are made. ↗

— Frank Knight

#be true #continue #made #making #sense