David Quotes

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)

Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.

Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)

I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.

People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.

You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

I'm a wicked ping-pong player.

I'm ever curious about the world.

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.

See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner

The American Cancer Society has done the American public a really great disservice.

Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically.

Only majorities can expand political rights in America's constitutional society.

The 1947 Court (Everson v. Board of Education) for the first time had used only Jefferson's metaphor - completely divorced from its context and intent.

It is interesting to note that during the last ten years Washington's 'Farewell Address' has begun to reappear in college textbooks - minus the four religious warnings.

Slavery takes so many forms, as it is interwoven within legal industries and is embedded into the supply chain.

Together we can make a difference and empower communities to be self sufficient.

I get my fuel and inspiration from children, they are our future.

I went to Thailand and built a village for 27 rescued children and this is where my passion to help prevent modern day slavery came from.

Technology is very important; it enables connection to one another, which is essential.

I am an entrepreneur and my goal is to create invention to the solution of human trafficking and extreme poverty.

I like to think that Not For Sale is the Juniper Networks of the social section, a disruptive innovator.

I want us to continue to scale and grow over the coming years in education, professional development and employment to bring about change in people's lives.

I shall continue to invent new anti-slavery programmes around the world.

To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call one's basic self-worth into question.

Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-pervasive companion to your desire to make art

Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us a clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.

Lesson for the day: vision is always ahead of execution - and it should be.

Tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.

The hardest part of art-making is living your life in such a way that your work gets done-over and over-and that means, among other things, finding a host of practices that are just plain useful.

We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.

Faith is a vulnerable thing, not a battle.

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

Like any parent, I just want the best for my kids, whatever they decide to do. They will choose what path they want to follow, and we will always be there to encourage them.