S.A. David Quotes

The prospect of going home is very appealing.

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

Privilege is when you think that something's not a problem because it's not a problem for you personally.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive.

Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

But planned obsolescence is possible only if the rate of technological change is contained.

Ultimately, the entire universe...has to be understood as a single undivided whole.

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

Fortunately I didn't get educated because if I'd got educated I'd be an educated fool now.

Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.

You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals.

We are all of us more or less active physiognomists.

I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.

If in your mind it was possible to take a year's sabbatical from work to reassess your life, what would you do and where would you go?

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

Liza, I love you more than any words can say. You have made me a complete person. You are everything to me. And I cannot think of living life without you. And I love you forever.

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.

Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend.

There are a lot of people who look great but can't sing.

I am not motivated by recognition, I just do things I like doing - racing, shagging, eating and drinking.

Reducing the nuclear danger will require a universal, consistent opposition to all forms of weapons development

I don't make changes to confuse anyone. I'm just searching. That's what causes me to change. I'm just searching for myself.

Traditional agriculture was labour intensive, industrial agriculture is energy intensive, and permaculture-designed systems are information and design intensive.

Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.

I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born.

Sick people, particularly those with serious conditions, greatly prefer the company of their friends and family to residence in a hospital or nursing home.

Let nothing come between you and the light.

I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.

The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.

If you want to split a bottle with a friend, then Sammy Hagar is your guy. If you want to split your friend with a bottle than give me a call.

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

If the Bible is true, then I'm Christ.

I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.

I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said, "So does the guy I stole it from."

There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.

I realized I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.