David D. Burns Quotes
I had the fear of heights when I was young, along with many other fears and phobias, including the fear of dogs, bees, horses, and blood.
Quotes to Explore
-
The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
-
That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
-
If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
-
I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
-
I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
-
If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
-
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
-
The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
-
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
-
This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
-
When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
-
The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
-
What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
-
I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
-
God only made one thing in this world that's perfect - and that's my boxing record.
-
I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.
-
I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
-
Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all the really bad ideas. They produce middle-ground mush.
-
By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.
-
There is a lot of talk in publishing these days that we need to become more like the Internet: We need to make books for short attention spans with bells and whistles - books, in short, that are as much like 'Angry Birds' as possible. But I think that's a terrible idea.
-
People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever.
-
Fear is not a part of my vocabulary, actually, and I think that it's really made me a much smarter, braver for sure, person.
-
I had the fear of heights when I was young, along with many other fears and phobias, including the fear of dogs, bees, horses, and blood.
