Daniel Cormier Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
-
Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
-
I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
-
The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
-
There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
-
I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
-
The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
-
If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
-
Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
-
We all have fears, especially when we're younger. I was afraid of clowns.
-
I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.
-
I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation.
-
The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
-
Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
-
Leeks are normally given the job of flavouring other things, such as stocks and soups, but I find their creaminess and sweet, oniony flavour very satisfying.
-
I don't like sitting at a table that's too large, where everyone is too far apart. That's a party killer.
-
I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
-
To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
-
I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.
-
The general opinion appears to be that it is very funny to make yourself out as fast or as foolish as possible; though even worse than this is the painful orthodoxy of those individuals who claim Shakespeare for their favourite poet, Beethoven for their favourite composer, and Raphael for their favourite painter.
-
Every year it's one more step closer, and then at the end you get to the top and you fall back down. It's crazy.
-
The traditional media [in China] is still heavily controlled by the government; social media offers an opening to let the steam out a little bit. But because you don't have many other openings, the heat coming out of this opening is sometimes very strong, active and even violent.
-
My little girl's in Heaven. She's my angel, and I can draw from that.
