David Brin Quotes

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.

David Brin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 6, 1950

Topics

ChildrenMistakesParentsLearn

I've always said that you're obviously doing something right if you have got pressure on you.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

PressureDoingYouSaidRightGot

So many girls and boys are looking up to me, and I have to conduct myself in a way that I don't disappoint too many people and I don't generate any kind of hate or propaganda for any reason. And I think we all should do that.

Mawra Hocane

MyselfHatePeopleMeLookingThink

With the internet, things are so much more immediate. People taste-test things to see if they want to buy the CD.

Michael Bolton

PeopleInternetWantMoreSeeBuy

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.

Trey Anastasio

MemoriesCityMomSisterGrowing Up

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

Tony Blair

ActionInactionWhateverTakeFar

I believe all of us want to do good for our country.

Michelle Yeoh

GoodBelieveCountryWantI Believe

You have to add some sort of dimension to each of your characters because everyone has their own layers.

Julia Garner

YouEveryoneOwnBecauseLayersAdd

Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings.

Jonathan Carroll

TimeMenChocolateLooksDressed

So for years I kept mum about my passion for needle arts.

Deborah Norville

PassionYearsArtsNeedleAboutMum

I certainly wasn't the kind of kid that grew up collecting bugs and spiders.

Cheryl Hayashi

KindKidUpBugsCollectingSpiders

I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

FatherChildrenWarBornI Was Born

Beyond helping people have a richer social life, Uber's also a model of collaborative commerce and efficiently tackling excess capacity.

Shervin Pishevar

LifePeopleBeyondSocial LifeUber

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