Daymond John Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
-
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
-
To be is to do.
-
I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
-
Sometimes I'm not even aware of some of the issues going on with me in my life until I sit down and start kind of looking for inspiration, trying to find something that inspires that creativity.
-
I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
-
In 1775, no fewer than nine colonies had established churches, ranging from Congregational establishments in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts to Episcopal churches in the southern states from Maryland on down.
-
To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
-
I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
-
I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
-
I did always think of Heinlein as a strict rationalist, although a dispassionate examination of his works doesn't support that.
-
I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side.
-
High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.
-
I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.
-
When I went to college, I discovered the Sega console, and 'Sonic the Hedgehog' became very dear to me.
-
As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
-
Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.
-
I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
-
I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.
-
Support women directors. When a play opens, and it's by a woman, put your money down.
-
In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
-
Where taxes are concerned, there are two clear-cut points of view. There are those who think they're too high and those who think they should be even higher because, after all, politicians spend our money far more wisely than we do. The obvious solution I'd propose is that the people in the first group would pay less and those in the second group would pay more. Lots more.
-
The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.
-
A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.
