David James Duncan Quotes
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
Quotes to Explore
-
In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
-
I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
-
Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
-
I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
-
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
-
Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
-
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
-
I don't weigh into politics.
-
Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
-
Early on, even before he was the front-runner, TV news was giving Trump far more attention than other candidates and far more than he deserved.
-
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic hack, and I can personally testify to how frustrated they are. Pol Pot left a very edgy photo collection behind. And Osama seems quite interested in video.
-
By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
-
High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
-
As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
-
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
-
I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
-
If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
-
I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.
-
Those who follow orders to commit such crimes will be found and they will be punished. War crimes will be prosecuted. And it will be no excuse to say, 'I was just following orders.' Any official involved in such crimes will forfeit hope of amnesty or leniency with respect to past action.
-
I'm always playing along that line: adding something more, yet keeping it sort of chaos.
-
Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.
-
Whoever controls work and wages, controls morals.
-
One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.
-
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
