David Brin Quotes

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

David Brin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FeelYouDutyWriteFirstIdea

My family is crazy about watching what - everything I do.

Meghann Fahy

FamilyCrazyWatchingEverything

Almost any game with any ball is a good game.

Robert Staughton Lynd

GoodGameBallAlmostAny

Lana Turner was adorable and funny. Jimmy Stewart was such a nice person. I quickly realized that if you're not a nice person, you're not going to last in this business. I mean, once your box office starts to drop off, like Veronica Lake, they'll get rid of you fast.

Robert Osborne

FunnyBusinessYouLakePersonNice

I ask you, as a citizen, is it a crime to go to the temple? And if I am propagating superstition by going to the temple, then the whole country is propagating superstition.

Amitabh Bachchan

I AmYouCountryGoCitizenTemple

You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.

Stephen Fry

TimeYouActFilmFiveSeven

I don't care about how many records I sell, but the main thing is people like it.

Shura

PeopleCareSellRecordsLikeHow

Each single gesture of art must be daring. One must not be concerned with the side-effects.

Toni Servillo

ArtSingleGestureMustDaringEach

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

Tom Petty

Getting OlderYouDeadOlderGetting

From 1859 to 1971, the U.S. oil industry grew virtually continuously, in the process serving mightily to drive our economy and win our wars. But that growth was stopped dead in 1971 and sent into decline thereafter, as the advent of the EPA and the accompanying National Environmental Policy Act made it increasingly difficult to drill.

Robert Zubrin

GrowthEnvironmentalWinDriveOil

While different people may approach opportunities in different ways, we need to base decisions on a fundamental set of values as we chart our course of action.

Ron D. Burton

PeopleActionOpportunitiesDecisions

The soaps are great training. You can form good habits - or you can form bad habits. You have to set your goals. If you're not clear on what you want, you can slip into bad habits. It can become a comfortable place, and you don't grow.

Mary Page Keller

GoodGoalsGreatTrainingGrowYou

I hate ladders. I don't mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.

Dean Ambrose

HatePeopleMindDangerousHeights

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