David Simon Quotes

While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.

David Simon

• Life
• Meaningful

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • People
  • Success
  • Humble

• I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Time
  • Important
  • Hope

• I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • College
  • King
  • Students

• One rose says more than the dozen.

  

  Wendy Craig
  • More
  • Rose
  • Than

• The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Past
  • Like
  • Sea

• Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

  

  Jackie Evancho
  • Inspiration
  • Major
  • Celine Dion

• I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

  

  Pablo Picasso
  • Think
  • Imagination
  • Paint

• I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.

  

  Nathalie Sarraute
  • Know
  • Week
  • France

• I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Life
  • Poverty
  • My Life

• I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Support

• I have never liked the 'Been there done that' thing... You hear that all the time from people, and I think it's just based on pure insecurity... Each person is going to have their own unique take on something.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • People
  • Time
  • Done

• When I was growing up, in L.A., I went to these schools, Fairfax High School, Bancroft Junior High School, and they had great music departments. I always played in the orchestra, the jazz band, the marching band.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Up
  • Great
  • Music

• Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • People
  • Just
  • Everyone

• I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

  

  Walter Kohn
  • World
  • Population
  • Stabilization

• Little boys have amazing minds.

  

  Ferdinand Marcos
  • Amazing
  • Minds
  • Little

• I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Pretty
  • You
  • Write

• I don't think in terms of legacy or that kind of stuff. I've always thought that'll take care of itself if I did everything right on a day-to-day basis.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Care
  • Thought
  • Legacy

• I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Life
  • Children

• When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

  

  Elisabeth Elliot
  • God
  • I Love
  • Obedience

• Think of Shakespeare and Melville and you think of thunder, lightning, wind. They all knew the joy of creating in large or small forms, on unlimited or restricted canvases. These are the children of the gods.

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Children
  • Joy
  • Form

• I moved to L.A. at 17, and for the fist time, I had to realize that if I run out of money, I'm moving back to Ohio - and I didn't want to do that at all.

  

  Jake Paul
  • Time
  • Money
  • Moving

• We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.

  

  Donna Brazile
  • Angry

• I don't think of work between albums. Of course, I go through regular life and I live and I experience different things, good and bad, and it does help me, but I don't think about writing or what I'm gonna do with whatever's going on while I'm going through it.

  

  Jazmine Sullivan
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.

  

  David Simon
  • Life
  • Meaningful