William Macneile Dixon Quotes

Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.

William Macneile Dixon

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• Being evil is easy.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Evil
  • Easy
  • Being

• When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • People
  • Die
  • Ship

• We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Think
  • Today
  • Spirit

• While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Important
  • First
  • Gun

• I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Just
  • Union
  • Square

• Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Nature
  • Beautiful
  • Me

• The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Nice
  • Woman
  • Child

• It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • World
  • Body
  • Voice

• People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.

  

  Tamer Hassan
  • People
  • Right
  • See

• If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Moving

• I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.

  

  Rae Dawn Chong
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Like

• The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'

  

  Dan Pfeiffer
  • Drama
  • Famous
  • Precept

• Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • People
  • Live
  • Learn

• Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.

  

  Cavour
  • Tax
  • Imbeciles

• No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Soul
  • Christian
  • Egoism

• The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Children
  • Man
  • Model

• I experienced firsthand what it means to be poor, what it means to go hungry, and that, I think, may be the reason, the root cause of why I'm able to work so hard, even these days.

  

  Rain
  • Work
  • Why
  • May

• Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Power
  • Truth
  • Lies

• If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time.

  

  Meg Tilly
  • Time
  • Good
  • Thinking

• You may be an idiot but I don't think you're a fool.

  

  Natsuki Takaya
  • Think
  • Fool
  • Idiot

• I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans back to you, and it's such a new thing. I think in the past there's been usually fan mail and that's really good, but Twitter, it gets an immediate response.

  

  Alison Brie
  • Good
  • Past
  • Cool

• Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Music
  • Family

• Whenever you see some business person quoted complaining about how he or she can't find workers with the necessary skills, ask what wage they're offering. Almost always it turns out what said business person really wants is highly educated workers at a manual-labor wage. No wonder they come up short.

  

  Paul Krugman
  • Business
  • Person
  • Skills

• Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.

  

  William Macneile Dixon
  • Business
  • Thoughts
  • Problems