David Mamet Quotes

There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

David Mamet

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• I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.

  

  C. S. Forester
  • Book
  • Like
  • Princess

• But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Funny
  • Win
  • Talent

• It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • True
  • Man
  • Miracle

• Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • People
  • Important
  • May

• When I was a little kid, I loved imagining things. I'd go outside and put on a cape and just imagine I was somebody else.

  

  Haley Joel Osment
  • Imagine
  • Loved
  • Kid

• The business of America is business.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Business
  • America

• Screaming is hard after a while.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Hard
  • While
  • After

• A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Good
  • Mind
  • Book

• Dallas is a positive, get-it done city.

  

  Laura Miller
  • Done
  • City
  • Positive

• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Truth
  • Man
  • Tell

• At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • People
  • Day
  • End

• Honestly, are we ever going to get over 'California Girls' by Katy Perry? I know it's old, but that song - I love that song!

  

  Becky G
  • Song
  • Know
  • Get

• I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • People
  • Hate
  • Respect

• There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.

  

  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
  • Science
  • Political
  • Religious

• I've learned you can always achieve more than you thought you could. There are moments when I've walked off the court, and I'm like, 'I don't know how I won that match.' It was actually impossible, but it happened, and then you realize that you can push yourself much further than you ever thought, and you can make the impossible happen.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Moments
  • Thought
  • Yourself

• Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Nature
  • Law
  • Heaven

• A lot of my female fans discovered me through the passion I have for bettering myself. Not to say the dudes don't, but my female fan-base is based off women who want to do better.

  

  Wale
  • Women
  • Passion
  • Myself

• Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Good
  • Power
  • Strong

• Not knowing what one is looking for is pure agony. Too much analytical thinking, too much logic, too many meanings! Life has no logic, so why does there have to be logic to explain what it means? Also, what is logic? I think I may need to break away from analytical thinking; this is the cause of all my anxieties.

  

  Gao Xingjian
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • Why

• An hour of anxiety cannot change my circumstances, but a minute of prayer can alter everything.

  

  Elbridge Bryant
  • Change
  • Prayer
  • Anxiety

• Sometimes it's a struggle to keep up with my own photos, where the lighting is perfect, the makeup is done, and the images have been retouched. That's not what I see when I look in the mirror!

  

  Doutzen Kroes
  • Up
  • Done
  • Perfect

• It's something to see a satellite being launched from another satellite.

  

  John Glenn

• I want other kids to see the joy in reading and literacy and how, if you read about things, they become so much closer, and if you're willing to put in the effort and time and passion, you can really understand them.

  

  Marley Dias
  • Time
  • Kids
  • Reading

• There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue.

  

  David Mamet