David Simon Quotes

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage.

David Simon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 9, 1960

Topics

PowerSadBestPeopleWorldNow

We are never like angels till our passion dies.

John Denham

PassionAngelsNeverLikeOurTill

Checking email every 45 seconds is not only compulsive, it's presumptuous. It suggests a belief that anyone who sends us a message needs us to read it immediately, even if the message is from SkyMall telling us our Bigfoot Garden Yeti statue has shipped.

Meghan Daum

GardenBeliefEmailStatueUsOnly

'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.

John Lasseter

HeartSimplyDearNear

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

Michael Stipe

FoodI AmI Am What I AmKnowLabels

Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although it's not an easy trade - particularly when you're at your galley oar five days a week - it's easier on the nerves and the psyche than living with the brain-squeezing pressure and cares of being the Star.

Dick Cavett

MoneyPeoplePressureComedyYou

MMA makes you sore and tired every day. I wonder what we're going to be like when we're 50 or 60. I wake up some mornings and just say, 'Oh, God.' And then I go scuba diving.

Donald Cerrone

GodDayTiredWake UpYouEvery Day

It's been 25 years now, and truthfully, time sometimes blurs the memory.

Bob Kane

TimeMemoryNowSometimesYears

I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me.

Brian Posehn

MeBookChristmasSan DiegoYears

In the post-Soviet era, instead of freedom, various stripes of autocratic-totalitarianism have flourished: Russian, Belarusian, Kazakh... We are finding our way out from under the debris of the 'Red Empire' slowly and tentatively.

Svetlana Alexievich

FreedomRedFindingWayStripesOut

I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

Timothy Simons

GoodSchoolHigh SchoolPhysicsHigh

People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.

Mark Zuckerberg

LifeGoodPeopleCareBetterYou

No matter how hard we work, there is always a gap with Western brands.

Li Shufu

WorkMatterHardAlwaysGapHow

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