David Gemmell Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
-
I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
-
Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
-
Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
-
If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
-
I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
-
Being a conservative in Hollywood is like walking into a shooting range with a bull's-eye attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet.
-
I try to do my best.
-
I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
-
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
-
I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.
-
I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
-
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
-
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
-
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
-
I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
-
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
-
I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
-
The ancient covenant is in pieces; man knows at last that he is alone in the universe's unfeeling immensity, out of which he emerged only by chance. His destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.
-
The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.
-
In trees, I see expression and soul
-
Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
-
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
-
No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
