David Shields Quotes

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfExperienceMeStandTrying

The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

John Engler

SuccessInitiativeCleanBeen

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

John Frankenheimer

LifeWorkMoneyClimbWorldMy Life

I love creating new characters that are whatever they are.

Megan Mullally

LoveCreatingNewWhateverI Love

I don't think one ought to bring a clearly disabled child into the world.

John Sulston

ChildWorldThinkClearlyBring

There are a lot of editorials that have nothing to do with anything like that. But I was just thinking of that sense of prose as being very responsible and perceptive, thoughtful, intimate, and contriving a quote statement.

Robert Creeley

ThinkingThoughtfulNothingAnything

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Rosalynn Carter

GoodHomeImportantNothingMore

My first job at General Motors was as a quality inspector on the assembly line. I was checking fits between hoods and fenders. I had a little scale and clipboard. At one point, I was probably examining 60 jobs an hour during an eight-hour shift. A job like that teaches you to value all the people who do a job like that.

Mary Barra

QualityJobValuePeopleYouFirst

I truly do believe that history teaches that weakness arouses evil, and whether it be the horrific attack in France, the inspired attacks here in the United States, the instability in Turkey that led to a coup.

Mike Pence

HistoryEvilBelieveWeaknessHere

I always saw law as a performance, just like being on a stage.

Lukas Forchhammer

LawPerformanceAlwaysStageSaw

With Ed Wood, it was this sort of blending of Ronald Reagan, the Tin Man from 'The Wizard of Oz,' and Casey Kasem.

Johnny Depp

ManWoodWizardRonald ReaganSort

As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his reality, because I think that's pretty much what being a writer is - being there, watching and internalizing.

Dinaw Mengestu

CharacterGreatTimeThinkReality

My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking.

Christopher Meloni

LifeBeautyDaughterGreatWifeJoy

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