William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863

Topics

New ThingsNewTwoThingsMakeMost

We live in a world defined by the rapid pace of technological change.

Jerome Powell

ChangeLiveWorldTechnologicalPace

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

John Ruskin

ThoughtYouNothingGiveUnless

What you find when you live in the United States, you live in the West, is that when somebody fails, it's never their fault. They always like to blame somebody other than themselves for a failure.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

FailureLiveBlameYouFindNever

Obama may be brilliant, but he's not a leader.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LeaderBrilliantMayHeObama

Writing for adults often means just increasing the swearing - but find an alternative to swearing and you've probably got a better line.

Steven Moffat

WritingBetterYouFindLineJust

People fight in New Orleans about what's the best po'boy, and Domilise's always comes up. It's the best one I've ever had.

Robert Ben Garant

BestFightPeopleNewNew Orleans

In the 1940s, the petroleum business was an American game, and it was enormously to our advantage that the world ran on oil.

Robert Zubrin

BusinessWorldGameAmericanOil

When you grow up with parents that are known worldwide and having so much attention from media and all of the tabloid magazines, it's really tough.

Rumer Willis

ParentsToughGrowMediaAttention

When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.

Joseph Stiglitz

GovernmentImpactDoingYouBigMay

I'm just trying to live in the moment and do the best I can for myself and for my teammates, and that's all I can really focus on.

Christian Pulisic

LiveMyselfMomentBestFocusI Can

It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'

Antje Traue

MePresentFamousEnoughYouSaid

If you want people to follow you for a long time, you have to keep them coming back and wanting more.

Poppy

TimePeopleLongYouBackLong Time

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