Dorothy Dunnett Quotes

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

Dorothy Dunnett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: August 25, 1923 - November 9, 2001

Topics

LifeGameDesignYouKnowChess

My summer jobs for three years were going to work in my dad's factory and earn a bit of pocket money. I absolutely loved it, and I think I learnt more there than I did at Cambridge, actually, in terms of how hard work is and how tough it is finding a job, keeping a job, managing a job and family and commitments outside of work.

Jo Cox

WorkFamilyHard WorkMoneyJob

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

Anna Howard Shaw

WorkWomenMenMeDoingSaw

Productivity is grounded in the PC. Where does the computing power come from? How would you run 'USA Today' without PCs? Run a hospital without PCs? People don't want products, they want solutions.

Michael Dell

TodayPowerPeopleYouWantRun

In Australia, a deaf person attending an interview must take their own interpreter at their own expense, or ask the employer to provide one. Believe me, nothing says 'I'm the best person for this job' quite like asking an employer to pay to interview you.

Stella Young

BestJobMeBelieveYouPerson

You don't have to be serious all the time to do a good job.

Simone Biles

GoodTimeJobYouSeriousGood Job

I'm a researcher, so I'm realistic that there's nothing I'm doing that's going to prevent me from getting cancer in the future. But I can slow it down.

Tom Rath

FutureMeSlowDoingDownI Can

I think you always hope you can play forever, but you always realize that time will come... I was fortunate I was able to make a decision, move on and do it comfortably.

Ron Francis

HopeTimeDecisionThinkYouPlay

For me, football is not about money - I want to win prizes.

Romelu Lukaku

MoneyFootballMeWinWantPrizes

There is a saying in Arabic meaning that every situation must be considered based on the realities on the ground. I can talk in some places freely, but not in others.

Rula Ghani

SayingMeaningSituationI CanTalk

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don't want it to happen. I'm much more interested in peace than in war but it's important to understand why we fight.

Michael Morpurgo

PeaceFightWarPeopleUnderstand

We've got over 1 million merchants who have claimed their businesses on Foursquare, running specials and doing other things. What we want to do is take these tools used by the 50-100 national retailers and make them accessible to our 1 million merchants. Then you've got something really powerful.

Dennis Crowley

ToolsDoingYouPowerfulWantOver

My major task was to keep us solvent.

Cheryl Crawford

TaskKeepUsMajorSolvent

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