David Quotes

When it comes to branding and the ever-changing social media phenomenon, you’re not a mushroom. In other words, you shouldn’t be kept in the dark and fed a pile of...well, you get the idea.

Why do some brands grow explosively when others (that could be thriving) die a lonely and forgettable death?

A great sports car that goes from 0-60 in 3.9 seconds is just a fact. To the wrong audience, it’s irrelevant. But to the right audience, it’s a passion.

The biggest mistake brands make are trying to “sell their stuff” rather than clarifying what people are actually buying.

It becomes a question of 'How do we convey our differentiation instantaneously?' and drive a wedge between any apparent (or assumed) sameness in the marketplace.

There are three points I used to help a gourmet chocolatier increase sales 300% in a single month as well as a Midwest city to increase tourism guests 500% in 12 months.

Having a me-too brand is a death sentence.

Cookie cutters are for baking, not branding.

And while a brand is so much more than a company’s logo, the logo is one of the key ambassadors to any brand.

Branding is the art of differentiation

Life is made up of dots

There are no good or bad people in this world

What's the point of all this magic, if no one really knows how to use it? But I guess the same could be said about life. Which is another form of magic, only less showy.

It would be infinitely more prudent to be a single “David” standing with God, than a million “Goliath’s” standing without Him.

David looked at her and smiled. "I think you have to feel comfortable being alone with yourself before you truly know who you are and can feel comfortable being yourself with others.

The joy is in remembering

The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul.

As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.

What’s the hurry? From my experience, dead bodies don’t get any deader.

I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable.Is it sickness or is it heartbreak?I can't tell.The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.

I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.

Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one.

Seeing’ two-dimensional images is therefore something that we learn to do

No one will protect what they don't care about

There are so many words in our language

David looked at me, then, the regret plain on his face. No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all

It's too late to be studying Hebrew

We are too prone to make technological instruments the scapegoats for the crimes of those who wield them. The products of modern science are not in themselves good or bad

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton

I grow fond of David, who lays a single stone before Goliath and a single book, the Psalms, in the mouth of the world.

I will praise thee

Mistakes are like bad loves

[On David Hume]Although he never admitted to being an atheist as such, he was clearly and unquestionably the most vividly elegant skeptic of them all.

Because he refused to adopt a defeatist attitude, he overcame the obstacles in his path.

No two people see things the same.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing

Though this child came in with nothing but excess baby fat, chemical brain waves, and mother and son bodily toxins on his legs, he had a fate fit for a modern day demigod.

Miss, I'd gladly pay you to remove your clothes.

David Foster Wallace: Because I'd like to be the sort of person who can enjoy things at the time instead of having to go back in my head and enjoy them then.

The Sage's Wish: Like Sun, from the East, may you continue to rise, smile and shine.

God’s promises are like the stars

Head for the moon. If you miss, you will still be among the stars

If one flower has to grow out of all the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It's as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen.

Only love can be shared, and the attempt to 'share' an illusion is literally impossible.

This life is only a test' is a counter-productive mindset

Our mistakes and regrets are not barriers to becoming who we can be

You can all go to hell

She would never know she was still alive because of me.

Fear breeds cowardice, and cowardice compels bravery.