David Shields Quotes

Every writer from Montaigne to William S. Burroughs has pasted and cut from previous work. Every artist, whether it's Warhol or, you know, Dangermouse or whoever.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1956

Topics

WorkYouArtistKnowCutWriter

I'd dreamed of being in the food business from the moment my globetrotting parents introduced me to the foods of the world during childhood trips to Europe and Asia.

Andrew Zimmern

BusinessFoodMomentChildhoodWorld

Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation.

David Whyte

QuestionsPersonGoWillBecome

As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.

Deborah Sampson

RespectSucceedWishesWorthyMay

Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative world where elevator inspectors are important, so you have to establish rules, and part of that is, How do people talk? How do they behave?

Colson Whitehead

PeopleWorldBookEndYouRules

In the wake of such bad news, it was heartening to know that what 'Sense8' stood for meant so much to so many people.

Brian J. Smith

PeopleBadNewsKnowBad NewsMuch

But I believe above all that I wanted to build the palace of my memory, because my memory is my only homeland.

Anselm Kiefer

MemoryBelieveBuildI BelieveAbove

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

Phil Donahue

PeopleBelieveI BelieveCelebrity

I am someone who worries a lot. I'm always worrying 'what if?' Now I'm a mum - there will be worries for the rest of my life, but they're not about me anymore.

Penelope Cruz

LifeI AmMeRestMy LifeSomeone

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

Penelope Wilton

LifeDeepMy LifeAmericaRussia

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

Sheryl Sandberg

GrowthPeopleImpactDoingYouLook

I'm a huge pasta and pizza lover. I can eat those every single day.

Shay Mitchell

DayPizzaI CanPastaSingleEat

I would absolutely like to play more leading roles. There's no philosophy - well, the only philosophy, I suppose, is to try and do different things.

Toby Jones

PhilosophyPlayTryMoreThings

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