David Almond Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
-
A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
-
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
-
I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
-
Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
-
Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
-
Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
-
When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
-
A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
-
One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
-
Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
-
I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
-
When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
-
For me, it's very offensive when I notice that it's all about my appearance, how I look, that a man doesn't care who I am.
-
We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
-
I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
-
Otherwise I don't read much adult poetry at all, because I'm not smart enough and mostly I don't get it.
-
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
-
I am always plagued with 'I'm not skinny enough, I'm not in shape.' I am not naturally this super-svelte kind of girl. I'm okay with that in my personal life. But it is kind of hard at times. I feel inadequate, I suppose?
-
I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image.
-
I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand irony.
-
It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to renounce the most fundamental American values, which, after all, are also universal values.
-
We're focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important.
-
The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.
