David Macaulay Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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I was interested in the war part of 'Star Wars,' so I started reading about what it's like to go to war, what that does to you psychically, about the adrenaline and the rush.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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I'm a huge poster collector.
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It's great to be mean, it is, it's fun.
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Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way.
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When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may be inferred from the imperfect state in which the Science is now found after it has been so long and so intensely studied.
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When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
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You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.
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You can't wear only one dress and be so safe. You have to risk; that's how you learn about yourself.
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The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.
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I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.
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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
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Don't blow your load on the first stroke, fellas.
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I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.
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I've never thought about the ages of my readers.
