David Frum Quotes

I always believed as a speechwriter that if you could persuade the president to commit himself to certain words, he would feel himself committed to the ideas that underlay those words.

David Frum

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 30, 1960

Topics

WordsIdeasFeelYouPresident

I don't really do scales... I mean, I play parts of them, but then I bail and start playing parts of other things. The term 'scale' feels very scripted to me because I'm an improv player.

Joe Bonamassa

MeStartPlayMeanImprovPlaying

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

Jennifer Gilmore

GreatSayWantOpenGeneralWorks

Everything that I can do to ground the story in reality helps make it harder for people to be dismissive of it.

Robert J. Sawyer

PeopleStoryRealityI CanGround

Negative or positive attention - I think it's all great.

Jeffree Star

PositiveGreatNegativeThink

I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.

Stuart Scott

EyesPeopleEyeBlindSayGlass

I enjoy waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Who do I want to be today?'

Trinny Woodall

MorningTodayThinkingEnjoyWant

Yes, you know sometimes, we started out thinking out how strange our painting was next to normal painting, which was anything expressionist. You forget that this has been thirty five years now and people don't look at it as if it were some kind of oddity.

Roy Lichtenstein

PeoplePaintingThinkingYouLook

I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.

Josh Homme

HateYourselfMeThinkYouKnow

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Arthur Schopenhauer

HeartAngerHatredHeadAffair

Across the globe, regardless of nationality or financial status, there is a common dream every mother has for her children - for them to live full, healthy and productive lives. As a mother, I share that dream for my children.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

MotherLiveChildrenFinancialDream

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Peter Garrett

ChangeActionStrongClimate Change

The discovery of heroes is rarely linear or obvious. They usually sneak up on you.

Nina Easton

YouDiscoveryHeroesUpObvious

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by David Frum