David Shields Quotes

I went to graduate school in Iowa City, at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where the most passionate thing I did was attend University of Iowa basketball games.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SchoolCityBasketballPassionate

I'm not a pioneer of hip-hop; I just saw it and said, 'This thing is incredible, and these people are incredible. They should be exposed all over the world.'

Jimmy Iovine

PeopleWorldSaidHip-HopOverSaw

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.

Matthew Lewis

WorkMeSomeoneGoWantJust

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways.

Ann Beattie

WomenMenMoreAgainstWomen Are

I wanted Dexter to have a family that could love him and understand him.

Jeff Lindsay

FamilyLoveUnderstandHimWanted

I will not allow either my good name or the good name of the company I founded and love to be unfairly tainted.

John Schnatter

LoveGoodNameWillCompanyEither

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

Amy Klobuchar

CoolMinnesotaSubmarineActually

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

Sid Caesar

GoodStoryTroubleGood StoryDull

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

Tony Blair

RealDestructionNuclear WeaponsMass

The news business is simple, but it's not easy to do well.

Roger Ailes

BusinessSimpleEasyNewsWell

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Ruth Rendell

JealousyDetailsKnives

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Desmond Tutu

InspirationalGoodTogetherWorld

Father's Day was great, but all the family gatherings brought up my mother's death. Maybe it's me, because I am a wimp. We would get together, but there was someone missing!

Doug Davidson

FamilyFatherMotherGreatDayI Am

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by David Shields