William McFee: Man

William McFee was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on man.

William McFee: 38 quotes2 likes

“A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.”

Harbours of Memory (1921), p. 236
Paraphrased variant: A man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

“Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!”

William McFee

Book II: The City, Ch. IV
Casuals of the Sea (1916)

“Steam is the friend of man. Steam engines are very human. Their very weaknesses are understandable. Steam engines do not flash back and blow your face in. They do not short-circuit and rive your heart with imponderable electric force. They have arms and legs and warm hearts and veins full of warm vapour. Give us steam every time. You know where you are with steam.”

William McFee

"A Six-hour Shift : The Log of a Transport Engineer" in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. CXIX, No. 4 (April 1917), p. 449

“One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff. There is a period, well on toward middle life, when a man can say such things to himself and feel comforted.”

William McFee

Harbours of Memory (1921), p. 114