David Ayoade Quotes & Sayings

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself — Michel De Montaigne

Hang Mortmain," said Will. "And I mean that literally, of course, but also figuratively. — Cassandra Clare

Love was dangerous. It made one too vulnerable, too open to the pain of loss and betrayal. — Lauren Royal

Despite what they say, the clothes do not make the man. They merely determine the set of assumptions others make about the man. — Anthony Miller

Executives are paralyzed by the muddle. Few employees deep down in the company even know what the strategy is. And a closer look reveals that most plans don't contain a strategy at all but rather a smorgasbord of tactics that individually make sense but collectively don't add up to a unified, clear direction that sets a company apart - let alone makes the competition irrelevant. Does this sound like the strategic plans in your company? — W.Chan Kim

Free will is like fallen
leaves agreeing to be
where they are. — Salamanca

Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what others have developed and taught him. — Margaret Mead

Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself ... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted ... whatever it is, share it. — Nate Berkus

The thing that I had saved up for myself and wanted most to bring off was a fully fledged professional production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford. — Trevor Nunn

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.' — Dick Cavett

If you do a character that resonates enough, people are always going to see you as that character. It will just be up to me to make choices where I can flex other muscles. — Danny McBride