Dave Eggers Quotes
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
Quotes to Explore
-
Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.
-
The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
-
I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.
-
Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
-
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
-
Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.
-
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
-
You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
-
When you're taking chances, you know it's not going to please everybody.
-
When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
-
For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
-
I'm intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time they're done. You have a movie testing 200 times, making adjustments according to various people's opinions. It's difficult to have an undistilled vision.
-
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
-
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.
-
Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.
-
If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.
-
I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
-
I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
-
I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
-
I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
-
I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.
-
A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
-
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.
-
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.
