David Chang Quotes

I was terrible at desk jobs.

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• The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • History
  • Man
  • Reality

• I've been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It's very important to give back as a youth. It's as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Up
  • Important
  • Giving

• I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Happy

• In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Feel
  • Easy
  • Tennis

• If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a prince, and he says, 'To be or not to be.'"

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • You
  • Say
  • Prince

• Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

  

  Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  • Politics
  • Greatness
  • Needed

• There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Something
  • Very
  • Point

• People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • People
  • Read
  • News

• The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.

  

  Caio Fonseca
  • World
  • Art
  • Painting

• The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Heart
  • Education
  • Youth

• I'm happy to report that the first Chromebook designed from the ground up to run Android apps out of the box has arrived, albeit a little past the end of 2016.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Past

• I've never been comfortable working live, and I'm still not. I was always more music-oriented and less star-oriented, which is why I've never been comfortable on big stages in big halls.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Music
  • Live
  • Why

• Surely there is no language more majestic than that of Shakespeare, Milton, and the King James Bible, and if I am to have one language that I know as only a native can know it, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate that it is English.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • English
  • King
  • Bible

• Being impotent because they have never dared to assert themselves, they continually play the blame game. They are innocent and powerless and, therefore, others are always to blame when things go wrong. … They have yet to bite the apple of consciousness.

  

  Sam Keen
  • Game
  • Innocent

• It is increasingly necessary to impress the fact that there are two distinct lines in the improvement of any race: the environment which brings individuals up to their best possibilities; the other, ten thousand times more important and effective, selection of the best individuals through a series of generations.

  

  Luther Burbank
  • Up
  • Important
  • Environment

• Spend all your time waitingFor that second chance,For a break that would make it OK.There's always some reasonTo feel not good enough;And it's hard at the end of the day.I need some distraction,Oh, beautiful release.Memory seeps through my veins.Let me be empty,Oh weightless and maybeI'll find some peace tonight.

  

  Sarah McLachlan
  • Time
  • Good
  • Beautiful

• Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

  

  Logic
  • Taken
  • Logic
  • Whiskey

• 'I am the one who stood beside you and smiled,Thinking your face so strangely young . . . 'I am the one who loved you but did not dare.'

  

  Conrad Aiken
  • Thinking

• I wish continued success to the Foundation. You're doing an important job to help what is called 'the beautiful game'. You're helping it to expand at every level. I will always remember this very special night in Washington, D.C.

  

  Lamar Hunt
  • Night
  • Special
  • Washington

• Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

  

  Walker Evans
  • Long
  • Die
  • Listen

• I want to say thank you to the great state of Indiana and all the fans.... Pacers Nation, Blue and Gold, thank you guys so much.

  

  Reggie Miller
  • Great
  • Want
  • Gold

• There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • People
  • Work
  • Important

• Any guy, even imaginary, would just feel like second best. Second best to what? I don't even have an image of the perfect boyfriend. I just know he must exist. Because I have all these feelings-love, longing, wanting to be touched, dreaming of being kissed-yet no one to focus them on.

  

  Tabitha Suzuma
  • Guy
  • Perfect
  • Focus

• I was terrible at desk jobs.

  

  David Chang