Louis MacNeice Quotes

The individualist is an atom thinking about himself (Thank God I am not as other men); the communist, too often, is an atom having ecstasies of self-denial (Thank God I am one in a crowd).

Louis MacNeice

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 12, 1907 - September 3, 1963

Topics

GodMenI AmThank GodThinking

I'm not an economist, but I have spent time around thousands of small-business owners and investors, and I remain skeptical - despite the best intentions of the Fed - that even lower interest rates can make a meaningful dent in our unemployment problem.

John Delaney

TimeBestProblemIntentionsEven

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

Robert Kraft

LeadershipTimePageSameStepping

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda.

John Yoo

WarEffortDeepLegalBlurAgainst

The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations.

Roy H. Williams

StepExpectationsFirst StepCustomer

When the SEC needs to be deterring corporate wrongdoing, the 'penalty pilot' program sends the wrong message.

Mary Schapiro

WrongPilotCorporateMessageNeeds

There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules.

Douglas Wilson

ColorsRulesBreakLikeGranite

People often ask whether I consider myself successful. I don't yet, because there's so much more I want to accomplish. I put more pressure on myself than anyone else can.

David Ulevitch

MyselfPeoplePressureAccomplish

Photography, sculpture, and painting were wielded as cultural weapons over the course of generations to substantiate the idea that black people were inherently subordinate beings; they were used to make slavery acceptable and to make black subjugation more palatable.

Clint Smith

PeoplePaintingSlaveryBlackMore

Everybody says, 'I want to change,' but they're not willing to pay the price of it. That was the metaphor of 'Life's Golden Ticket'... Life is some kind of a ride, and if you want that ride to be exhilarating and amazing, you've got to pay to get in. And the price is a willingness to change above and beyond what most people will do.

Brendon Burchard

LifeChangeRidePeopleAmazingYou

I was a guitar player first off.

Boz Scaggs

GuitarFirstOffPlayer

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.

Winona LaDuke

StrengthPatienceTimeStruggleLong

Not enough countries, not enough armies, not enough armed groups are abiding by the fundamental human values enshrined in the Geneva Conventions.

Peter Maurer

EnoughValuesHumanHuman Values

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