Alistair MacLeod Quotes

There is a kind of belief among my students that things that are true are interesting. But most things that are true are not interesting. Four pages describing how I got up and brushed my teeth in the morning would kill you.

Alistair MacLeod

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: July 20, 1936

Topics

MorningInterestingYouKindTrue

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

John Buchan

MenTrueSnobWhoRatherThan

In normal times, at the beginning of each month, the federal government makes a cash advance to the Social Security Trust Fund called the 'normalized tax transfer,' in an amount equal to the estimated payroll taxes for the coming month.

Jerome Powell

TrustBeginningGovernmentSecurity

Even though I'm from the Midwest, the majority of my life has been spent on the coasts where being gay wasn't really much of a conversation.

Andrew Rannells

LifeMy LifeConversationGayWhere

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

Jean Rostand

ComputersThinkWhyUs

Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.

Robin Marantz Henig

FearAnxietyYouFocusedRightReal

My parents' marriage was already shaky when I came along. They split up when I was five, and I didn't see Dad all that often after that - four or five times a year.

Robert Webb

MarriageParentsYearSeeUpFour

I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room.

Lizzie Andrew Borden

WishYouKnowSheI WishSee

Going into 'Details' magazine to pitch concepts for a potential photo shoot was one of the most nerve-wracking things I had ever done. I didn't really know what one did in a pitch, how they were structured, etc., and that freaked me out big time.

Brad Goreski

TimeMePotentialDetailsKnowDone

When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.

Annie Dillard

LifeBibleTeachTalkPreachAbout

I was born in Jamaica but was educated by, and now serve, prestigious First World institutions, so I believe that I have a unique, dual perspective. To sidestep any biases I might have, I use the objective lens of the stock market to discover which policies actually delivered prosperity to emerging markets.

Peter Blair Henry

PerspectiveWorldBelieveUniqueNow

When you take a look at how the IRS treats foreign currency, bitcoin doesn't have the same taxation regime. Foreign currency gains and losses generally are taxed as ordinary income.

Perianne Boring

YouLookSameIncomeTakeLosses

Touring can be tough; the crew and I travel everywhere by a big pink bus, and live in petrol stations.

Marina and the Diamonds

LiveTravelToughPinkBusBig

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