David Foreman Quotes
There is no more honorable thing any of us can do with our lives than to work to put part of the world off-limits to the activities of human beings.
Quotes to Explore
-
Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
-
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
-
I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
-
To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
-
Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
-
If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
-
A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
-
I buy when other people are selling.
-
Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
-
My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.
-
I like to read novels where the author seems knowledgeable, like someone you know you could walk calmly next to through a complicated situation, and he or she would be alive to its meaning and ironies. And you wouldn't even have to mention them out loud to each other.
-
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
-
We are anxious and open to all forms of doing business in China.
-
While actors are great and awesome, writers literally create new worlds from scratch. What is sexier than that? Personally, I don't know why every last person out there isn't dating a writer.
-
No cricket should be played for at least a month anywhere in the world after a World Cup.
-
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
-
It's a complicated process being so bilingual. Sometimes it's a mere word or sentence that comes to me, if I'm writing the book in English, in French. It's not always easy to deal with. Sometimes even during an interview somebody can ask me a question in English that I want to answer in French and vice versa – that's the story of my life!
-
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
-
Look at these ISIS people. These people are ruthless. They don't operate by any sort of normal civilized code. That's the world. There's a shadow world that exists out there.
-
I just want to live as a simple Buddhist monk, but during the last thirty years I have made many friends around the world and I want to have close contact with these people. I want to contribute to harmony and peace of mind, for less conflict. Wherever the possibililty is, I'm ready. This is my life's goal.
-
There is no more honorable thing any of us can do with our lives than to work to put part of the world off-limits to the activities of human beings.
