David Lowery Quotes
I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset.
Quotes to Explore
-
There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.
-
My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
-
The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
-
I would like to direct.
-
Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.
-
Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
-
When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
-
Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
-
I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
-
The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
-
The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
-
As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
-
The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
-
Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
-
Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
-
I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
-
When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
-
It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
-
Ice formed on the butler's upper slopes.
-
Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts everywhere else in the budget.
-
Stand-up will always come first. I've been doing it for 22 years, and nothing compares to that connection you have with the audience. It's euphoric.
-
A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness ...
-
When other people first became aware of the cow, they expressed concern and anxiety. They suggested strategies for getting the animal out of Molly's parlor: remedies and doctors and procedures, some mainstream and some New Age. They related anecdotes of friends who had removed their own cows in one way or another. But after a while they had exhausted their suggestions. Then they usually began to pretend that the cow wasn't there, and they preferred for Molly to go along with the pretense.
-
I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset.
