David Hockney Quotes

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

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• There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.

  

  Ed Sheeran
  • Couple
  • New York
  • Pizza

• SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Time
  • Practice
  • Moment

• With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • God
  • Remember
  • Victory

• If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • People
  • Up
  • You

• The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Way
  • Tongue
  • Heat

• My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

  

  J. C. Watts
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.

  

  Samuel P. Huntington
  • World
  • Relationship
  • Unique

• I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Different
  • Day
  • Survival

• We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Think
  • Earth
  • Gold

• A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

  

  Barry Levinson
  • Time
  • Interesting
  • Mistakes

• I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Bad

• I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Write
  • Writer
  • Fiction

• During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Practice
  • Key
  • Swing

• I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.

  

  Vanilla Ice
  • Experience
  • House
  • Man

• I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Up
  • Think
  • Best

• Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Book
  • Read
  • Necessary

• Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Hope
  • Want
  • Me

• I'm not possessive, I'm caring... Once you realize a person doesn't want that much care, you automatically back off.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Want
  • Care
  • Caring

• My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and R&B had a huge strong arm in the foundation of my career.

  

  Jesse McCartney
  • Up
  • Music
  • Together

• Skynyrd is a big family. We have argued, fussed, and fought.

  

  Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Family
  • Fought
  • Skynyrd

• I don't let other people tell me what to do. Well, unless it's my mum.

  

  Dakota Blue Richards
  • People
  • Me
  • Tell

• I can have fun anywhere, as long as I'm with good people. But in the offseason, I like to go somewhere warm, a nice spot in the Caribbean.

  

  Derek Jeter
  • People
  • Good
  • Long

• No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

  

  Bong Joon-ho
  • Work
  • Control

• I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

  

  David Hockney
  • Family
  • Pretty
  • Independent