David Shields Quotes
What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.
Quotes to Explore
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I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.
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Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.
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I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
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The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.
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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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There's almost no author alive who isn't weathering the tumultuous changes in the publishing industry.
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I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe that I'm Olympic Champion.
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When I'm depressed, I definitely comfort eat, but I also eat when I'm happy. The only time I don't eat is if I am terribly nervous.
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Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
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If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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With all this dolling up and featuring of the news, it's getter harder and harder just to get the facts of the story.
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Americans are so egocentric.
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Everything I have today was because of the love of a woman.
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It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
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The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.
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What I'm definitely against is the plodding, paint-by-numbers 19th-century-style novel that's still being written today. I just don't understand why you'd read or write that in 2011.
