David Blaine Quotes
But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see.
Quotes to Explore
-
Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
-
I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
-
There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
-
My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
-
I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
-
Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
-
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
-
Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
-
I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
-
I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
-
What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
-
I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
-
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
-
The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
-
It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
-
I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
-
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
-
I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.
-
Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
-
I'm just trying to grow. That's one thing I told myself is, 'Don't worry about who people say is the best player.'
-
We thought the hardest thing in the world was to get a record deal, then the hardest was to get a No. 1 record, and then the hardest thing is to stay at the top. It's a lot of work.
-
I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.
-
But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see.
