David Kaufman Quotes
Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?"
Quotes to Explore
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I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.
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There were a couple of things in the intervention that made me know I needed help. One was a letter from my daughter saying that she was ashamed she had the same last name as I did, which will shock you a little bit.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I didn't know a thing about Oxford and had never been to Britain. My father suggested it because in 1939 he had been about to take up a place at Wadham College, but the war broke out, and he joined the Army instead.
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Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman. I've created four versions of the front-to-back necklace which actually gives you two necklaces in one. I love the way they swing and catch the light as a woman is walking away. You almost want to pull on it and stop her!
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Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.
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If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food.
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The supreme empire is that of the Emperor who renounces all normal life, that of other men, and in who the care of supremacy doesn't weigh like a load of jewels.
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No, In fairy talesWhen to the ill-starred Prince the lady says'I love you!' all his ugliness fades fast - But I remain the same, up to the last!
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From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
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A disciple asked, 'Who is a Master?' The Master replied, 'Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.'
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LA is easier. People have garages. And then as you go up the coast, in Washington and Oregon people have bigger houses and bigger garages, and people have parents.
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You know, I read the papers and I watch the news a lot. I watch 'Dateline' and '48 Hours'. And I think we have a tendency to become terrified of one another, thinking that there is a serial killer that is on either side of you.
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I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'
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My mother always accused me of being in love with the sound of my own voice. When we went on road trips, she'd be like, 'Stop singing. Be quiet, you're talking just to hear yourself speak.' It was probably true. I like to ramble on, which is probably why I'm well suited to interviews. You know, there's no other forum where you're literally supposed to sit down and just talk for hours about yourself. I love it.
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My mother is going to have to stop lying about her age because pretty soon I'm going to be older than she is.
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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
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Stop asking if the glass is half full or half empty. Instead ask "What's in it? How did it get there? What can I do with it?"
