David Brin Quotes
Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
Quotes to Explore
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one family into another.
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I love working with older actors because number one, I can learn so much from them because they have so much experience. And it's fun to hear their stories from their era, some of the jokes.
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I had really good relationship with my students; it definitely took me a few months before I had my students' respect.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Some journal writers choose to password-protect their site, which is either an incredibly responsible act or a paranoid one.
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I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.
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Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
