The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.

Quote by William MacNeile Dixon

Topics: Facts Quotes, The Present Quotes

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil...

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

If a man had as many ideas during the day as he does when he...

If a man had as many ideas during the day as he does when he...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

When the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of...

When the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas....

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one...

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a...

Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a...

The American people are going to be ready for an era of realism. Theyve seen...

The American people are going to be ready for an era of realism. Theyve seen...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain...