David Gemmell Quotes

A man must know his limitations.

David Gemmell

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• No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Failure
  • Illusion
  • Himself

• No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Values
  • Own
  • Faithful

• I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • People
  • You
  • Support

• We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Car
  • Same
  • Test

• The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Important
  • Change
  • Single

• As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Love
  • Me
  • Inspired

• We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.

  

  Abby Wambach
  • Up
  • Women
  • She

• When you have to work, work with a smile.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Work
  • You
  • Smile

• I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Bad
  • Still
  • Anymore

• New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.

  

  Eddie Huang
  • World
  • America
  • Small

• I like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Kind
  • Myself
  • Give

• Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • Future
  • Freedom
  • Growing

• I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.

  

  Yaya Toure
  • Family
  • Father
  • Football

• Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Success
  • Service
  • Others

• The effect of depleted uranium, used by America in the Gulf War, is never referred to.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • War
  • America
  • Never

• When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible.

  

  Iain De Caestecker
  • Brother
  • Stupid
  • Silly

• As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Curiosity
  • Subjects
  • Surprised

• While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • People
  • Work
  • Today

• I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel.

  

  George A. Romero
  • Music
  • Travel
  • Listening

• The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions...

  

  Brad Stevens
  • Possessions
  • Good defensive team
  • Bad defensive team

• Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Want
  • Fame
  • Compromise

• I spent 10 years working on a math Ph.D., and I finally got kind of good at it.

  

  Jerry McNerney
  • Good
  • Math

• This silly playlet seemed to satisfy them completely as a picture of what they were doing, why they were doing it, and who was against them, and why some people were against them. It was a beautifully simple picture these procession leaders had. It was as though a navigator, in order to free his mind of worries, had erased all the reefs from his maps.

  

  Kurt Vonnegut
  • People
  • Mind
  • Why

• A man must know his limitations.

  

  David Gemmell