David Quotes

I think that the world is really in very dark ages. In America this could have never been showed, we are even more lost over there than in Europe. We are very lost!

I am not God. But I can only do my role here on this planet. The role I feel I was given since I was a kid was to be making art and I only wanted to give and I never let money be my God.

The cruelty, war and violence, this is evil, wrong and dark and that's what we should hide from the children, not a human body!

I love fashion and beauty and all those things, I still do but I think that it has changed the shift, that the greed is ruling the planet right now.

In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.

I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word.

I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert.

I never wanted to be famous. I always wanted to take famous photographs.

I like the consistency of having people in my life for a long time.

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.

I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.

The tools I learned photographing celebrities, now I want to use them to sell ideas.

Just as Renaissance artists provided narratives for the era they lived in, so do I. I'm always looking beyond the surface. I've done that ever since I first picked up a camera.

Andy Gullahorn is my favorite new musical discovery of the past five years. He's a brilliant writer, a fine musician and a generous spirit.

I don't claim to have an answer to every question, but I promise you I have a question for every answer.

Educated, eyes-open optimism pays; pessimism can only offer the empty consolation of being right.

It is the process of evolution which identifies innovative benefits from any source and selects them on merit without prejudice

One minute I was a clapped-out, two-guinea, legal-aid lawyer and the next minute I was in parliament.

I think more than anything, that's when I decided politics was on.

As a kid, I would look at my dad and ask him why he was wearing jeans with his tux. Today I love to do it. It's just fun to be a little more unique.

Hugh Grant does a great job with his style. Somehow understated yet timeless and seems to get it. He does it on and off camera.

My parents are famously not part of the gestalt of the fashion industry.

Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.

I learnt to drive at around eleven years old. In an old jeep on a field in Colorado. There were lots of ditches. I could barely see over the steering wheel.

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

That's the best way to audition for anything: When your back-up plan is your dream, you know?

Hey, don't stick that tongue out, unless you're gonna use it.

I had heard about Cheers, of course, but I never watched it. So I watched two episodes, and I was like, "Oh my God. This is really good."

Audience participation should extend from on-stage to backstage to under the stage

If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.

A tip for generalists who try to read economic research papers: If you get to a section that's incomprehensible, don't give up. Just skip to the next section.

If you paid your mortgage off, it means you probably did not manage your funds efficiently over the years.

The steady improvement in [home] sales will support price appreciation...[despite] all the wild projections by academics, Wall Street analysts, and others in the media.

Real estate is still a great investment opportunity for households. Price appreciation will continue. It may not be at 20%. It may ... even go down to 5%.

The continuing shortages of housing inventory are driving the price gains. There is no evidence of bubbles popping.

...housing activity will remain healthy for some time to come.

With sales stabilizing, we should go back to positive price growth early next year.

I believe that in years to come, historians will see the beginning of the 21st century as the ‘golden age’ of real estate.

Life experience is the best teacher.

Everyday is a compromise.

Weak coffee is the greatest sin against humanity.

Do good things for other people.

You know what I love best about baseball? The pine tar, the resin, the grass, the dirt - and that's just in the hot-dogs.

Love: You can't start it like a car, you can't stop it with a gun.

Say what you will about Leona Helmsley, when it comes to standing trial, she's twice the man Jim Bakker is.

You have Kim Jong Il, and you have his brother, Menta Lee Il.

I haven't reached nirvana yet, but I've been to Detroit.

It turns out that President Obama has acid reflux. He had a sore throat, went to the hospital, and they diagnosed it as acid reflux. Talk about irony -- it's not covered by Obamacare.

It's autumn in New York. The colors are changing — yellow, the browns, the greens, the oranges. And that's just the tap water.

Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here's a little tip Howard - cut back on the Red Bull.