David Brin Quotes

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.

David Brin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CulturePastPeopleDownTalkUs

I've always felt that even though a man was not a Christian, he still has to know the truth some way or another. Or if he was a Christian, he could know the truth. The truth itself doesn't have any name on it to me. And each man has to find this for himself, I think.

John Coltrane

TruthManMeThinkNameChristian

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

Andre Gide

RespectGreatGenerationDifferences

Most of the time, you don't win anything on reality shows. You're booted off, or maybe you win $50,000, or $100,000, which isn't really life-changing. I don't know that it's worth it.

Michael Ian Black

TimeWinRealityWorthYouKnow

The way humor's usually used in horror, it's as a pressure-release valve; without it, the drama would escalate out of all control almost immediately.

Stephen Graham Jones

HumorControlDramaHorrorWayOut

Most of our fans don't get to interact with us or know our personalities except through social media.

Simone Biles

Social MediaMediaKnowThroughFans

The Super Bowl is an occasion that's really associated with abundance - lots of snacks, parties, spectacle - and so it would be great if there were also some kind of tradition of generosity attached to it as well.

Josh Gondelman

GreatGenerosityTraditionKindWell

What I should have been, you see, is a neurologist.

Jonathan Miller

YouSeeBeenShouldNeurologist

I really love making people laugh.

Bob Saget

LovePeopleLaughMakingReally

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

Phillips Brooks

NatureHumbleYourselfGreatnessYou

Our customers are quality maniacs.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

QualityCustomersOurManiacs

Pirates are the very essence of profit maximising entrepreneurs described in neoclassical economics. Yet, whilst films such as 'The Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' have gone a long way to popularise both pirates and outlaw behaviour, the truth of the matter is that piracy is illegal, and it kills.

Peter Middlebrook

TruthEconomicsLongProfitWayKid

I've been doing stand-up for a few years, and I have a handful of fans just from stuff I've done, like 'Last Comic Standing.' And as a fan of stand-ups myself ... like, when I first discovered Sarah Silverman, I wanted to know everything about her life.

Nikki Glaser

LifeMyselfDoingKnowDoneFirst

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