C. Douglas Dillon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...
Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them
Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values
In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.
I've bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p. Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.
I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.
What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?
When language is treated beautifully and interestingly, it can feel good for the body: It's nourishing; it's rejuvenating.

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