I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down.
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
I think you're only as good as the work that you do.
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.
It became obvious to me that the generation who changed the world were my parents' generation, and not only in terms of the Second World War, but if you look at all the social legislation of the '60s - abortion, homosexual law reform, equal pay - it wasn't done by my generation; it was done by people who were adults.
I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me.
We have to see that the human person needs the infinite. If God's not there, if the infinite isn't available, the human person creates its own paradises, giving the appearance of 'infinitude' that can only be a lie.
I was an only child and was obviously really bored, so I would entertain my parents by imitating cartoon voices like Scooby Doo, Boo Boo and others.
Some girls say they don't feel comfortable in flats, they only feel comfortable in heels; I am not one of those girls.
It is only those who believe in their ability who shine when it matters.
Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.
The conscious mind can only pay attention to about four things at once. If you've got these nagging voices in your head telling you to remember to pick up the laundry and call so-and-so, they're competing in your brain for neural resources with the stuff you're actually trying to do, like getting your work done.
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.
You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.
As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy.
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
America has only 100 Senators for 309 million people, but Stormont has 108 members for 1.7 million.
Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America.
I mean, Internet radio, which is basically a guy with his iTunes putting it over the computer, is the only way you're going to get true eclectic music programmed.
When you're riding, only the race in which you're riding is important.
The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would run great danger of shipwreck.
I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your soul.
He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played.
Nature is extremely important to me. Which may be just about the only trouble I'll have in New York. I'll miss the trees!
I came out of UCB and, before that, punk rock, and the whole deal was you do it yourself. Get up and rent the space, get up and press your own records, get up and silkscreen your own tees, get it done yourself. That sort of self-reliance will only serve me. Any time I lose sight of that, my career suffers.
Political life is like this - elections go back and forth. Representative democracy can only be successful if one sits down and says, 'That's it. I will connect myself,' - as I did - 'connect my existence to a political project.' Then you automatically have in your party a lot of people who say, 'If that fails, so do I'.
I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of troops with big planes, and then who will pay?
I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.
You can only hold your stomach in for so many years.
The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!
You know the expression, 'You're only as sick as your secrets?' I believe that, and I think I try to have my work live by that to a degree.
The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.
The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
The only thing that matters with my kids are them graduating and playing well, and I try to do my dangedest to get them to play well.
