David Knopfler Quotes

My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

David Knopfler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 27, 1952

Topics

FaithKindMoreLikeEvenOblivion

I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him.

Jessica Pare

WorkLoveLuckyHimGetI Love

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.

Jerry B. Jenkins

JobStoryTellWouldCounselorThem

It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in a crazy family. It feels like you will actually disappear.

Melody Beattie

FamilyCrazyGrowing UpBehaviorYou

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.

John Scarlett

CommunityGreatIntelligenceSkills

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.

Stanley Schmidt

FunIdeasUniverseYouPlayWild

I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.

Tony Campolo

CommitmentAmericaGrowingPoor

I was a good fielder in the gully in my college days. But in the outfield, I was not such a good fielder.

Mohammad Azharuddin

GoodCollegeDaysOutfield

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

Luke Evans

MyselfBestStartThoughtSomeone

My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.

Jonathan Winters

ComedyObservationCommonPaintings

Any business, no matter what it is, lives or dies by the customer reaction it creates.

Jon Taffer

BusinessCustomerMatterReaction

I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with an outline.

Diana Gabaldon

WorkTimePlanAheadWriteLine

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

Brendan Behan

LonelinessDeepSelfPowerfulLost

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