Macneill Quotes & Sayings

In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature. — Sei Shonagon

It's important not to lose who you are in a relationship just because it's nice to cuddle with somebody. — Scarlett Johansson

If you fear the unknown you are certainly not alone. Many of God's children refuse opportunities to step through doors and into gloriously new territories. They are either too comfortable in life, or unwilling (mind you I did not say unable) to trust Him with the stretching of their faith. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews. 11:1 (NKJV) — Cheryl Zelenka

Sustainability is growth based on forms and processes of development that do not undermine the integrity of the environment on which they depend — Jim MacNeill

Uncle Fitzy!" the girl yells. "Gingersnap is being bad!" Eisenhower hates it when she calls him Gingersnap. He complains about it with a statesman's pomp: "Gentlemen, there exists no more odious appellation than"
nose crumpling, black lips curling
"Gingersnap."
From The Barn at the End of Our Term — Karen Russell

As the master builder of your own life, build an open space, with room for your soul to breath, and be free. — Bryant McGill

I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in Beverly Hills, up the street, and I just feel comfortable there. I've shot in Minneapolis, in Detroit, in St. Louis, in Omaha - they would say they're the Plains, not the Midwest - and I love it. — Jason Reitman

The kinds of purchases surveyed in the news generally sit well beyond necessity. In acquiring them, what we are after is rarely solely or even chiefly just material satisfaction; we are also guided by a deeper, often unconscious desire for some form of psychological transformation. We don't only want to own things; we want to be changed through our ownership of them. Once we examine consumer behaviour with sufficient attention and generosity, it becomes clear that we aren't indelibly materialistic at all. What makes our age distinctive is our ambition to try to accomplish a variety of complex psychological goals via the acquisition of material goods. — Alain De Botton

A book for everyone concerned about our common future. — Jim MacNeill

Life is too short to dust every week. — Mary Engelbreit

We shine our brightest when we are plugged into HIM — Evinda Lepins

If love came easy, it wouldn't mean half so much. — Beau North

I had opportunities to play with other people and give my self some sort of security, but for some reason I wanted to play solo and just put it out there. — Bill Orcutt

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had. — Alice Sebold

I've thought of a reason," Kit MacNeill said — Connie Brockway

Do you gamble, Captain MacNeill?"
"Never, sir."
"No?" the marquis looked surprised. "Thought you soldiers were all inveterate gamblers."
"Only with our lives, sir. Never had anything else I could afford to lose. — Connie Brockway

Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?' — Hayao Miyazaki

In prison we are their jailers On trial their judges Persecuted their punishers Dead their conquerors — Eoin MacNeill

When a slave must be executed, the slaves from those plantations nearby are brought to watch; a deterrent, aye? against future ill-considered action." "Indeed," Jamie said politely. "I believe that was the Crown's notion in executing my grandsire on Tower Hill after the Rising. Verra effective, too; all my relations have been quite well behaved since." I had lived long enough among Scots to appreciate the effects of that little jab. Jamie might have come at Campbell's request, but the grandson of the Old Fox did no man's bidding lightly - nor necessarily held English law in high regard. MacNeill had got the message, all right; the back of his neck flushed turkey-red, but Farquard Campbell looked amused. He uttered a short, dry laugh before turning round. — Diana Gabaldon

I must say ... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand. — Oscar Wilde

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult. — Bianca Jagger