David Brin Quotes

You don’t have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

David Brin

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• My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Judgment
  • Errors
  • Failures

• Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Woman
  • First
  • Own

• I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • History
  • Career
  • Over

• But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.

  

  Pat Summerall
  • People
  • Start
  • Situation

• I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Live
  • Family
  • Switzerland

• Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Work
  • She
  • Woman

• I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Kids
  • Arts
  • Income

• Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.

  

  Carlos Santana Santana
  • Life
  • Eyes
  • Feet

• I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.

  

  Karl Rove
  • People
  • Hate
  • Sound

• A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Bad
  • Girl
  • Start

• I just want to do great work: work that inspires people... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• I bounce my knees, but I do not have restless leg syndrome. I did an interview, I don't even know who it was with, and they said I told them I have restless leg syndrome and it distracts me from my work. I do not have any syndrome.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Work
  • Interview
  • Restless

• We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Up
  • World
  • Country

• I never count calories. Counting calories is stressful and intimidating, so I avoid it! I know that if I'm eating something that's a treat, I don't need to count it because I mostly eat healthy and am conscious of what I'm putting in my body.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Body
  • Healthy
  • Treat

• The Prohibition era is so vividly depicted in 'Lawless.' John Hillcoat does a remarkable job of rooting his film in such a tangible reality.

  

  Dane DeHaan
  • Job
  • Reality
  • Prohibition

• I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • School
  • City
  • Teacher

• Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Power
  • End
  • Globalization

• When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work.

  

  Dakota Johnson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Body

• Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!"

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • World
  • She

• Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

  

  Willie Stargell
  • World
  • Home
  • Realizing

• If you are, as an actor, are just worried about looking pretty and being well liked, then I personally feel you are doing a disservice to your audience, the craft, the creative process, writers, and directors. Your job is to tell a story and to tell the truth, and we can't always be the most likeable character in every situation.

  

  Kim Hawthorne
  • Character
  • Job
  • Truth

• i met a toadthe other day by the nameof warty bliggenshe was sitting undera toadstoolfeeling contentedhe explained that when the cosmoswas createdthat toadstool was especiallyplanned for his personalshelter from sun and rainthought out and preparedfor him

  

  Don Marquis
  • Sun

• As Commander of the Faithful, it is out of the question that I fight Islam. We need to fight violence and ignorance. It is true, when one strolls out, one sees women with scarves and men with beards. This has always been the case in Morocco. Morocco is built on tolerance.

  

  Mohammed VI of Morocco
  • Question
  • Violence
  • Ignorance

• You don’t have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

  

  David Brin