Patti Smith

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong.

American Musician

Nestor Carbonell

I remember, working on 'Lost,' I learned very quickly the way that I had to approach the material or even ask the director questions. It was always prefaced with, 'Would it be wrong for me to assume?' Because I didn't know where my character on 'Lost' was going.

American Actor

Richard LaGravenese

The real Liberace - and I'll preface this by saying that I didn't know the real one - was a man who didn't come from much. His father left him and his family for another woman. His father was a musician, which I thought was pretty interesting.

American Writer

James Loeb

I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface.

American Businessman

Sloane Crosley

I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... ' more than once in any conversation, you should stop hanging out with them.

Barbara Kruger

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.

American Artist

John Hodgman

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

American Comedian

James Rollins

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.

American Author

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

German Poet

James Agate

Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces.

British Critic

In modern books, a preface is optional and reflects the author's personal touch.

Not Always Needed

Prefaces often contain historical context, helping readers understand the time period of the book.

Historical Insight

The preface may express the author's journey or motivations in creating the book.

Author's Thoughts

Prefacing a speech sets the tone and expectation for what follows.

Set the Tone

Use preface verbally to clarify your intentions or the direction of your conversation.

Clarify Purpose

Prefacing can create suspense or interest about the main point you will address.

Build Anticipation

 who prefaced his essay on laughter by saying he wouldn't define "the comic" because it's a living thing. He argued laughter has a social function to destroy mechanical inelasticity in people's attitudes and behavior. Someone doing the same thing over and over, or building up a false image of themself and the world,

What's the definition of...

 on that's great um what can young people do to help um protect our oceans great question i love that question and i'm just hearing a bunch of new solutions and ideas every day and i want to preface this by saying that

Coral Reef Ocean...

 But what I do want to talk about is a personal challenge to reality that I take personally, and I want to preface it by saying that I absolutely love science.