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David Byrne Quotes

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: May 14, 1952

Topics

Car Listen Never Rent Radio Unless

Christine Brinkley, that's my age range of supermodels. That's on my radar. This isn't someone where I don't know who she is. She turned out to be such a bright light. She walks into a room and just lights it up. She's just that person.

Age Light Someone Person Lights She

The goal for me is the Olympics. It's Sochi and doing my best there. And, you know, my best has the potential to be on the podium.

Best Me Potential Doing You Goal

If I'm with a group of people, I'm okay, but actually I'm quite a nervous person if I'm just one-to-one with somebody.

Jenna-Louise Coleman

People Person Nervous Group Okay

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

Smile Time Face More Write Always

We're living in a time where I think most people are wanting someone to invite them respectfully to a policy position, not try to just slash and burn the other person.

Jeff Fortenberry

Time People Think Someone Burn Try

My God, there are so many mediocre screenplays out there.

God Out Mediocre Many Screenplays

For me the writing, when I'm going to direct it myself, is really just the first draft, and I don't change it very much; I only change it on average about two lines per movie.

Change Myself Me Writing First Two

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.

Stephen Jay Gould

Innovation Dangerous Nothing More

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

Great Musicians Early Mean Example

And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time.

Learning Time Trying New Kind Same

Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning.

Morning Me Song Choose I Can Now

I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.

Funny Cool Think Kind Way Mean

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