David Nassau Quotes & Sayings

I'm a bold Christian, not a scaredy-cat Christian. — Mr. T

I didn't think about being king," he said, his voice hoarse.
Eddis stared. "Your capacity to land yourself in a mess because you didn't think first, Eugenides, will never cease to amaze me. What do you mean you didn't think about being king? Is Attolia going to marry you and move into my library? — Megan Whalen Turner

Treat yourself like a fast person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck
you'll stay exactly where you are. Train like an athlete and, though you may not look like one now, you will become one.
Push: 30 Days to Turbocharged Habits, p. 214 — Chalene Johnson

Criticizing is easy, art is difficult. — Bill Cosby

We all know that a good person can be a bad artist.But no one will ever be a genuine artist unless he is a great human being and thus also a good one. — Marc Chagall

Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap. — John Sulston

You know, the fact that you were educated in a gun factory kinda shows sometimes, — Brandon Sanderson

Patrick shakes his head and we're both on the verge of tears then, like we've finally destroyed each other, finally eaten each other alive. We're never coming back from this; I know it. Both of us have finally gone too far. — Katie Cotugno

Deals work best when each side gets something it wants from the other. — Donald Trump

Palindromes are the number one conversation stopper, like party killer, I think I've ever seen. — Demetri Martin

There is nothing uniquely human in the flicker of sentience that is commonly called consciousness. Dolphins delight in watching themselves in mirrors when they are having sex, while chimps react to the death of those they care for in much the same ways that humans do. It will be objected that these animals have no clear understanding of the kind of creature they are or what it means to die. In this regard too, however, they are no different from humans. — John N. Gray

Changing the story until you believe it. — Jay Leno

The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be different from how they are. We see it most clearly when our personal situation is painful and we want very much for it to change. It's the wanting very much that hurts so badly, the feeling of "I need this desperately," that paralyzes the mind. The "I" who wants so much feels isolated. Alone. — Sylvia Boorstein

I don't believe that God's up in heaven making things go terribly wrong in our lives so that we learn better manners and better coping skills. But I do believe in something like composting for the soul: that if you can find life out of death, if you can use the smashed up garbage to bring about something new and good, however tiny, that's one of the most beautiful things there is. — Shauna Niequist