George MacDonald Quotes

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

George MacDonald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: December 10, 1824 - September 18, 1905

Topics

ManBeastKnowBeingKnowsHe

I blame my grandmother for encouraging me to become an actress.

Joan Collins

MeBlameGrandmotherBecomeActress

Through the international hotel empire, the Hilton name has become synonymous with class and sophistication.

Jerry Oppenheimer

NameHotelClassBecomeEmpire

Whenever I'm in Glasgow I go and stand outside the front of the house I grew up in, which is in Mount Vernon.

John Barrowman

StandHouseGoOutsideUpFront

By purchasing and holding large amounts of Treasury securities and MBS, we put additional downward pressure on term premiums and so on long-term rates.

Jerome Powell

PressurePurchasingLong-TermLarge

I'm grateful for the many Louisianans who have urged me to challenge Senator Landrieu in 2014.

John Fleming

ChallengeGratefulMeWhoMany

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.

Michael Birch

WorkScienceMyselfWantWebsites

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.

Sue Monk Kidd

CharacterExperienceEmpathyHuman

Obama and his staff's sheer disrespect for the presidency is probably causing the Gipper to spin in his grave.

Mike Gallagher

DisrespectPresidencySpinGraveHis

I had been reading magazines a lot, and I love magazines, and so I was always asking myself why is it that these gorgeous articles just don't translate well to the web? Presentation was one aspect of it.

Mike McCue

LoveMyselfReadingWhyWebAsking

Personally criticizing a member of my staff hardly seemed like the way to negotiate a deal.

Mitch McConnell

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When I picked up guitar, it wasn't like, 'OK, I'm going to be Kenny Chesney.' It was like, 'I want to play a chord,' and then it was like, 'I want to play another one, then play a song, then sing while playing the song.'

Luke Combs

SongGuitarPlayWantUpGoing

I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make believe I know all about it, which is what you're supposed to do as an actor.

Lloyd Bridges

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