He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

Quote by John McPhee

Topics: Action Quotes

Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are...

Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are...

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there...

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there...

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves...

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves...

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you...

When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Justice is truth in action.

Justice is truth in action.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

Not the existence of man, but the action of man sets the wheel of history...

Not the existence of man, but the action of man sets the wheel of history...

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than...

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting...

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting...

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.

Beings are owners of their action, heirs of their action.