Ivy Compton-Burnett Quotes

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 5, 1884 - August 27, 1969

Topics

PowerPeopleMindsRespondOwnWho

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.

Mel Brooks

LoveWritingSongwriterSongsI Love

Artists always try to make something that is going to be relevant and up-to-the-minute.

Robert Lepage

TryAlwaysSomethingGoingArtists

It is understandable that the Fed injects cash to avoid the collapse of the stock market, but basically it is bad policy for monetary authorities to intervene to save speculators from bankruptcy. This is not their role.

Maurice Allais

Stock MarketBadPolicyRoleMarket

An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.

Ameen Rihani

TimePeopleSmallHeritageTrue

With my resignation, I... left unfulfilled commitments I made to many comrades in the fight, commitments I hold sacred. My service did not end as I would have wished.

Stanley A. McChrystal

ServiceFightEndResignationHold

I became a Catholic against my will.

Shusaku Endo

WillAgainstCatholicBecame

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

Robin S. Sharma

LifeLearningGoalsYourselfWriting

My wardrobe staple is simple shirt dresses. They never date, and you can put them with a heel or a flat sandal.

Louise Nurding

SimpleYouDressesNeverShirtDate

Limitations are something that I latch onto - like working in genre, or if you're writing TV, there are act breaks, there's a length of time it's supposed to be. The restrictions of budget and sets can be really useful. When you can have everything, it's very hard to make things feel real and lived in.

Joss Whedon

TimeWritingFeelBudgetYouHard

Financial support is one thing, but I always think what becomes really sacrificial is your time.

Cliff Richard

TimeFinanceSupportThinkFinancial

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no matter what age, are not permitted to see, even though it can be seen by other people all over the world. I suppose you could call it a political statement.

Todd Solondz

AgePeopleWorldAmericanPolitical

When you lead a normal life, you aren't aware of how you affect people.

Richard Karn

LifePeopleYouLeadNormalAffect

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