Duval Quotes & Sayings

That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]" (Ephesians 3:18 AMPC). A — Daniel Duval

A kiss for luck, demoiselle?"
It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last.
Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him. — R.L. LaFevers

He smiles then, and even though it is well past midnight, its as if the sun has just come out. — R.L. LaFevers

I try to live instinctively. And I guess I've always enjoyed living in a fantasy world, daydreaming. — James Duval

I realize what it means to be financially comfortable, and I want to be that. But I'm lucky enough to be in that position. And I'm also careful. I save 38 percent of my earnings after expenses, before taxes. — David Duval

What do angels look like? I saw one today wering gaudy jewelry, spoke with a thick Spanish accent, quoted 'Chakespeare.' She said, 'All the world's a stage and sometimes you just gotta roll with los punches. — Monique Duval

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation. — David Duval

Maybe that's some of the reason I feel so good today. Maybe I finally realised that it's just a game. — David Duval

Not all men are the same, you know. With someone such as Gavriel, I would suggest appearing aloof, not chasing too much. He might see that as suffocating rather than charming.
Her words are sharp, but her voice is sweet, like honey on the edge of a blade, and meant to be cutting. I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face and commending his soul to Mortain. — R.L. LaFevers

At the U.S. Open, you're going to make bogeys. — David Duval

I didn't do anything spectacular when I won the Open in 2001. I hit the ball good, not great. I putted good, not great, but I think I missed maybe two putts inside eight feet all week. — David Duval

You do what you need to if you're serious about playing great golf. — David Duval

She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing "yes" in the sky. — Monique Duval

We might not make what athletes in other sports make, but we have greater longevity and we do have certain freedoms to do things they can't do. Like stay home one week and play the next week. — David Duval

That's the way it is with dreams. They scratch at your door. You see them through the peep hole: a stray dream looking for a home. You think it might go away if you ignore it. Wrong. It's still there when you open the door, smiling. Wagging its tail. — Monique Duval

But more than that, I wanted my wife and my family to see how I can actually play this game. They haven't seen me at my best, and I want them to. — David Duval

Our food is communal in the sense that a lot of it is prepared with sharing in mind. — Duval Timothy

A lot of players are slow to change, you're playing good,( you think) why do I want to mess with that ? It takes a lot of testing, a lot of practice and observation of the ball, especially under competitive circumstances, to realize this is a better product and I need to start using it. — David Duval

And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous,
He must die a little death each morning,
He must swallow his toad and study his vomit
as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval. — Delmore Schwartz

You don't have to hit perfect shots all the time here. The variety of shots you get to play, the shots you sometimes have to hit along the ground, it's just a lot of fun to me. — David Duval

I went to Q-school knowing that I could play well and get through. — David Duval

I slowly continued to compensate for the physical problems I was having and ended up completely destroying my swing, my set-up, my posture. Everything was gone. — David Duval

Perhaps that is because you mistake death for justice, and they are not the same thing at all. — R.L. LaFevers

What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglasses. I'm out there working. I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but I do realize we're entertainers. — David Duval

I've just been working hard, trying to get some good stuff to come out. — David Duval

I think about what I say. I don't give stock answers. I'm not trying to cultivate an image with the public, like several of the top players do. — David Duval

It is all we have left to us. And while it is more than I ever dared dream, it is nowhere near enough. — R.L. LaFevers

You ever hear that expression 'If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck'? — Alex Duval

I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face. — R.L. LaFevers

We're often portrayed as rich, spoiled athletes who play a game for too much money. — David Duval

I am sorry,' he whispers. 'I am sorry I treated you so ill. I thought only to protect Duval.'
'It was not I who was poisoning him,' I say.
'No, but you had stolen his heart and I was afraid you would rip it from his chest when you left. — R.L. LaFevers

Last night at Bingo, Sylvia won the last prize. 'What am I going to do with a mermaid?"
"Learn to swim in the murkiest water, reinvent yourself," the mermaid said #149 — Monique Duval

If I'm going to do a big film, I'm very choosy about what I do, because I think I want to continue - in fact I'm sure I want to continue - to stay in the realm of independent films with directors and writers who are just emerging with new ideas and a different vision that hasn't really been expressed yet. — James Duval

I really do think that dreaming and fantasies are very important to the human psyche and the soul. That's why I want to act. — James Duval

Confidence is such a fragile and precious thing. — David Duval

My top priority is to stop the cuts to our public schools. — Fred DuVal

I've seen the bottom and I know the difference between good golf and bad golf. — David Duval

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed. — David Duval

When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do. — David Duval

But you know, I'm just not a quitter. — David Duval

It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious to poison and know a dozen ways to escape a chokehold or garrote wire. But kindness? I do not know how to defend against that. — R.L. LaFevers

I felt a confusion unspeakable at again seeing him, from the recollection of the ridotto adventure: nor did my situation lessen it; for I was seated between Madame Duval and Sir Clement, who seemed as little as myself to desire Lord Orville's presence. Indeed, — Fanny Burney

He offered her the world. She said she had her own. — Monique Duval

The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands. — David Duval

Pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable - to me, that's something I'm definitely interested in and want to pursue. — James Duval

When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my hand back, but my heart overrules it. — R.L. LaFevers

And if people do like me, I think it's because I'm a stand-up guy. — David Duval

She woke up and realized she had forgotten the definition of the word 'impossible.' She decided it must not have been that important. — Monique Duval

Confidence comes from hard work. It comes from facing different situations and making putts. It comes from knowing you've worked on the right things, so when you get under the gun, you can execute what you've practiced. — David Duval

Continental three-dollar bill, designed by Benjamin Franklin. An eagle fights a crane, with the motto "Exitus in dubio est," "The outcome is in doubt. — Kathleen DuVal

It's a silly old game. — David Duval

But just like I've always said when people complain about tee times, 'I just want a tee time. Just give me one so I can play.' — David Duval

Dark money has turned our elections into auctions — Fred DuVal

I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that. — David Duval

I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity. — David Duval

Key West has become an imitation of its former self, its eccentricities commoditized for sale to tourists. That "character" you see with a parrot on his shoulder is about as authentic as vinyl siding, employed to provide local color. Gargantuan cruise ships dock two or three times a week, disgorging passengers by the thousands to troll the cheesy T-shirt shops on the main drag, Duval Street. And with all sorts of diversions to keep visitors occupied, like parasailing and jet skiing, tourist season is year-round, clogging the streets with autos, bikes, motor scooters, and pedestrians. I — Philip Caputo

I may not look it when I'm playing, but I think I'm a fun guy to hang with when I'm relaxing. — David Duval

You've got to make an effort on your own. Some people don't even try. — David Duval

This dead man is bound up with my life, therefore I must do everything, promise everything in order to save myself; I swear blindly that I mean to live only for his sake and his family, with wet lips I try to placate him--and deep down in me lies the hope that I may buy myself off in this way and perhaps even get out of this; it is a little stratagem: if only I am allowed to escape, then I will see to it. So I open the book and read slowly:--Gerard Duval, compositor.

With the dead man's pencil write the address on an envelope, then swiftly thrust everything back into his tunic.

I have killed the printer, Gerard Duval. I must be a printer, I think confusedly, be a printer, printer... — Erich Maria Remarque

I know the other side. I know what awful golf is. — David Duval

I love competing. — David Duval

What arguments, what persuasions can I make use of, with any prospect of success, to such a woman as Madame Duval? ... She is too ignorant for instruction, too obstinate for entreaty, and too weak for reason. — Fanny Burney

It's easy at times to win golf tournaments and shoot 59, and sometimes it's hard to post an 85. — David Duval