David Quotes

I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?

That's exactly what made America so different, we don't have that colonial aspect of let's go conquer somebody else and make our nation bigger and that's because of the faith element.

In the case Stone v. Graham, the Supreme Court ruled that - under 'separation of church and state' - it was unconstitutional for a student in school to even see a copy of the Ten Commandments.

Separation of church and state is the big club pulled out to beat back the Christians .

In 1962 (Engel v. Vitale), the Supreme Court explained that the word 'church' would no longer mean a federally established denomination; it would now mean a religious activity in public.

Chromophobia is perhaps only chromophilia without the colour.

Certain materials suggest ideas and ways of working.

The materials I use are absolutely essential to the work I make.

The main challenge Not For Sale is big and it is modern day slavery, which is a $32billion dollar industry second to the illegal trade of drugs and arms.

Wherever I am in the world I want to be creating new projects and innovations, which are exciting and make a difference to communities.

Art is like beginning a sentence before you know its ending.

The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.

Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.

That was in the past - we're in the future now.

One thing will not change - we will be going out to win.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

He was a quiet man, Eric Cantona, but he was a man of few words.

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

I work out with my trainer or do an hour of pilates at 6 or 7AM. I'm done by the time my household is awake.

I've got friends in the different teams I've played for, but family is the most important thing to me. That will always be the case.

As soon as I hit the ball, I know if it's in.

I'm a big fan of old boots.

I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That's one of the reasons I didn't retire - I love playing for my country.

I didn't want to go there [America] at 34 years old and for people to say he's only going for the money. It's not what I'm going out there to do

Being a dad is more important than football.

I haven't retired from international football - I still believe I have a part to play in the future of England.

I'm not silly enough to think I'm going to change the whole culture ... but I do have a belief that soccer can go to a different level.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

It's a great honor... and it's an honor to be with her majesty, obviously... I'm very honored to be given this honor. (upon receiving the OBE)

Finally, I have lived the dream. I am extremely proud to have worn the armband and been captain of England and for that I will always be grateful.

Is the Pope Catholic. No I'm serious. I really need to know.

I'm surprised I still have so much hair after all the things I've done with it.

Up is never where you are now.

We do not recognize the right of the Palestinian Arabs to rule the country, since Palestine is still undeveloped and awaits its builders.

We must assist the British in the war as if there were no White Paper and we must resist the White Paper as if there were no war.

It is only in Hebrew that you feel the full meaning of it -- all the associations which a different word has.

I am under no illusions. My position, no matter how clearly stated, is likely to be misunderstood.

You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her.

the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love.

I was like a well trained pianist who knows which note to hit, but can't make the music his own.

A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter.

Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves.

There's never been a fantasy movie of the epic battle of good versus evil that ended with evil winning.

To shoot a decent fight, you need to cover all the different angles, and it ends up eating a lot of days.

'Breaking Bad.' Because it's the best American narrative fiction of the last ten years.

All doctrine is ultimately the death of joy - even when the doctrine is the elevation of the light above the serious, because joy is too varied and elusive ever to confine itself to one or the other.