Dave Sim Quotes
I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality. 4
Quotes to Explore
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
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We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.
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You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
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For me, a good YA novel is the best kind of comfort food.
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It has been religious people, often within the organized church, who have been the most critical of and even hostile to my relationship with God.
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The thing about Janis is that she just looked so unique, an ugly duckling dressed as a princess, fearlessly so. Seeing her live was like watching a boxing match. Her performance was so in your face and electrifying that it really put you right there in the moment. There you were living your nice little life in the suburbs and suddenly there was this train wreck, and it was Janis.
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I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality. 4
