Quote by John D. MacDonald Download Open image ““It is a practical world, Mr. Owen, and we have to do practical things.”” — John D. MacDonald ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“We cannot always do what is best, but we can do what is practical at the time.” — William McKinley Copy Share Image
“Do things that give you access to the world so that you can at least rule your world.” — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
“At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature!” — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“The world is what it is. But the world is also what you bring to it, and who you share it with.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of ourselves and the world are all-powerful.” — Michael Lister Copy Share Image
“As someone once said, we’re in the world but not of the world, so we can be for the world.” — C. Christopher Smith Copy Share Image
“Please not yet. Those are the three eternal words. Please not yet.” — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly what some other damn… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Victims, he thought, were birds and animals and people who arrived at the wrong place at the wrong time, usually in too big a… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
The dividing line [between friends and acquaintances] is communication, I think. A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset. — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image