David Means Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
-
When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work.
-
Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
-
Bullying is a national epidemic.
-
The line between anime and regular animation is very difficult to cross, even for people who have been doing anime successfully for years.
-
My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.
-
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
-
As the years passed in my village, I witnessed poorly educated young men leaving to seek the greater comforts and liberations of big cities. I would see them on my visits to Delhi.
-
I want a brood, you know. I'd like to have a little soccer team and a minivan and all that stuff.
-
Here's all I know about Dubai: It's one of those somewhere-over-there places where they make sand.
-
If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
-
When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
-
My generation of Americans was the first to really care about racism and sexism, not to mention the I Ching, plus, of course, the Earth.
-
Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
-
You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them.
-
New York is a special place; it's a city that I love.
-
Teaching was the most pleasant thing I did.
-
I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.
-
The U.S. military has done a phenomenal job of creating these facilities almost over-night and dealing with these sworn enemies of America with more respect and dignity than they ever would have considered according our officers had they captured any.
-
I'm not too worried about that. I am a big believer in modeling.
-
I’ve had periods in my life where I wasn’t healthy, for most of my life I’ve been vegetarian and vegan, but vegetarians can still be unhealthy ha ha! For me, health is really important and it’s not an image thing, it’s a necessity for me just to feel content. And when I say that, I mean my body can do what it needs to do and I’ve got energy. With Napalm Death it’s so ultra-energetic you have to maintain a certain level of fitness or you’re going to die on your arse.
-
I am going to tell you what nature behaves like. If you will simply admit that maybe she does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possibly avoid it, 'But how can it be like that?' ...Nobody knows how it can be like that.
-
Folk songs, whatever else they might be, are mainly craft.
