A. C. Dixon Quotes

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag.

Sixteen candles make a lovely light But not as bright as your eyes tonight.

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter.

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

A miler's kick does the trick...A miler's kick does the trick.

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.

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

Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.

Sonny Boy Williamson (II) was a beautiful guy, a straight guy... (but) he was always raising hell one way or another, so you never could tell if he was drunk or sober.

I hadn't been exposed to music except in church. They used to have me singing a solo when I was five years old.

Mose Allison is a beautiful musician.

Prayer is the key to success. Not to pray is to fail. To pray aright is never to fail.

Ann Winder-Boyle's small-scale encaustic pictures always reward a second look - they have an intriguing edge of darkness about them.

If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing.

I think people need to guard themselves in what they watch and what they listen to because I think that does affect who they are and why they do what they do.

Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred.

Our lives are programmed at conception and are endowed with purpose and meaning.

The Six Faces of the future are: Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical.

The paradox of innovation is this: CEO's often complain about lack of innovation, while workers often say leaders are hostile to new ideas.

hen the price of carbon reaches $100 a tonne, then it will become an economically viable business proposition to start taking CO₂ out of the atmosphere and sequestering it underground.

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.

Give us a genuine Christianity that may provoke persecution, but will not provoke contempt.

Always expect the unexpected. The oil and gas industry is terrible at predicting anything. Always have a back-up plan.

We do not have it out there as a distant dream. This could actually be reality.

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility.

I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.

If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.

Jesus had over death and we don't have to worry about death. We don't have to worry about where our loved ones are going if they know Jesus.

No matter what you do, if you're on a stage constantly speaking to people, you need to make sure that you have something to say. You need to make sure you're fed in whatever profession you're doing.

As historians, our training and discipline is based on documentary evidence,.

Fashion goes beyond fabric; it is the attempt to manifest art on a breathing canvas. I am very excited to collaborate with the artistic community as we celebrate this diversity of creative vision.

I play Dr. Karen Boyer in 'Spies Like Us.' She's strong, intelligent and dedicated and just happens to be beautiful.

Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

Strong ethics keep corporations healthy . Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.

I would rather work with five people who really believe in what they are doing rather than five hundred who can't see the point.

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.

If happiness could be bought, we'd probably be unhappy at the price tag. If only the secret of happiness was as simple as getting wealthy and spending more.

Mission is at the heart of what you do as a team. Goals are merely steps to its achievement.

To every trend there is a counter-trend. There are a number of pendulums operating and each creates new business opportunities.

You can have the greatest strategy in the world but what is the point if no one cares?

Give people a convincing reason and they will lay down their very lives.

The future of marketing belongs to honest information, accurate data and clear claims based on truth.

When you have been close to death it makes you think about life.

You cannot have strong leadership without passion.