David Brin Quotes
How far do we owe loyalty to our creators’ dream? When have we earned the right to dream for ourselves?
Quotes to Explore
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Surreal fiction is a sophisticated art form. Events happen divorced from conventional logic, as events in a dream may happen. But unlike dreams, everything in the story contributes to an overall coherent point, impression or emotion.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The mothers push the daughters to get out of the harem, to get the education, to achieve what they could not even dream of.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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There comes a point when a dream becomes reality and reality becomes a dream.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the President of the United States!
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The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.
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The best monsters are our anxieties given form. They make sense on the level of a dream - or a nightmare.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking.
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I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'
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The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.
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I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty.
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In Denver, I was a homebody, and that's a life I'd chosen with great happiness. I wanted that break from the arc lights and focus on building a lovely home, have some fun, look after my kids and do things that I had missed out on while pursuing my dream.
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Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks.
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Only in America can someone start with nothing and achieve the American Dream. That's the greatness of this country.
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My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.
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Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we'd grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.
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That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.
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I never swan in and preach from on high. It always starts with an ample amount of practical information.
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How far do we owe loyalty to our creators’ dream? When have we earned the right to dream for ourselves?
