A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on

Quote by William McFee

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Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.

Fear, born of that stern matron, Responsibility.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.

It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every...

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every...

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, the first...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

Language is memory and metaphor

Language is memory and metaphor

To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember

To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...