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Pen Quotes

"If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said."

"If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said."

Kevin Nealon, American Comedian

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"My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane."

"My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

12

"Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil."

"Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil."

Grace Darling, English Celebrity

11

"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."

"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."

Marty Feldman, English Comedian

9

"I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen and put them in my pocket, just in case we crashed and I needed to write a letter from wherever we landed."

"I was coming back from Tel Aviv recently, and we had forty minutes of bumps. I got so scared I grabbed a paper and pen and put them in my pocket, just in case we crashed and I needed to write a letter from wherever we landed."

Daniela Pestova, Czechoslovakian Model

9

"I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium."

"I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium."

Mackenzie Crook, English Actor

8

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

7

"It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain."

"It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain."

Dale Dauten, American Columnist

7

"I wear my Pen as others do their Sword."

"I wear my Pen as others do their Sword."

John Oldham, American Celebrity

7

"I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom."

"I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom."

Jay Dratler, American Screenwriter

7

"With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed."

"With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

5

"You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen."

"You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Pen, Quiet, Want, Writer

4

"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine."

"To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

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