David Quotes

I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people.

I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance.

Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching air. They suffer from mood disorders, troubled relationships, and stress. They may even achieve less than others.

We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code.

The action comes at us through a buzz of nattering remarks.

If you can’t program it, you haven’t understood it.

Is the human race a universal constructor?

I wasn't tempted to have my private parts decorated.

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

I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.

I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery.

I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.

Everybody gets the tattoo they deserve.

When I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible.

I believe a person regardless of race should get the job.

Sent off, carried off, but never backed off.

We're told we need this trade deal to open up vast markets to American goods, ... But the reality is that most Chinese workers cannot afford to buy the goods that even they make.

In retrospect, I think it's a plus, because now we've been able to go back and spend extra time on each of those episodes and make them better.

We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

Even though the outside world has not changed, your brain dynamically presents different interpretations.

If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them.

Passion is what you need to be good, an unforgiving passion.

Will you never grow up?" "I doubt it, and I certainly hope not.

Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.

Water....I'm thirsty not dirty.

I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed. I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have.

I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.

You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary.

Still looking for that blue jean, baby queen, prettiest girl that I ever seen. See her shake on the movie screen, Jimmy Dean.

Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.

It's not fair, but it's not entirely wrong to presume that the more capable people will come from the better brand.

The true depth of understanding and maturity as a practitioner is how we apply what we've learned to our lives.

I've worked many jobs throughout my life, which has ultimately enhanced my appreciation for the opportunity to teach yoga and share something so positive.

Hollywood is great. I also think it's stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.

Capitalism is a cancer in the biosphere.

We all suffer alone in the real world; true empathy's impossible.

Try to let what is unfair teach you.

Mediocrity is contextual.

Stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.

I'm screaming for help and everybody's acting as if I'm singing Ethel Merman covers.

No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence.

...loneliness is not a function of solitude.

The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.

life's endless war against the self you cannot live without.

The new rebels might be artists willing to risk the yawn, the rolled eyes, the cool smile, the nudged ribs, the parody of gifted ironists, the ‘Oh how banal.’

If you worship power, you will feel weak and afraid, needing ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay.

All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any more than the Manhattan Project invented aggression.