Dave Sim Quotes
Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
Quotes to Explore
-
I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
-
Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
-
To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
-
Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
-
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
-
One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
-
I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
-
Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
-
If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
-
Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
-
There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
-
Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion.
-
Everything I do now is a first.
-
I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
-
To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
-
I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
-
There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
-
As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
-
How often are you really realigning yourselves on strategy? And does it need to be faster, based on how quickly your market actually changes? The answer is usually yes.
-
I enjoyed listening to it, but I didn't think I could do it.
-
It wasn't that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. I had nothing against questions. I just didn't like listening to them, because some questions take forever to make sense. Sometimes waiting for a question to finish is like watching someone draw an elephant starting with the tail first. As soon as you see the tail your mind wanders all over the place and you think of a million other animals that also have tails until you don't care about the elephant because it's only one thing when you've been thinking about a million others.
-
The Son of God took our nature, and in it took upon himself to teach us by both word and example even to the point of death, thus binding us to himself through love.
-
God is a peaceful ground of being. He is the energy of nonviolence. To ask Him to help is to ask Him to turn us into profoundly peaceful people.
-
Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
