David Mitchell Quotes (54 Quotes)






    Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway,I find myself stepping out on the street again.


    The conflict between corporations and activists is that of narcolepsy versus remembrance. The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our weapon is public outrate.




    To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you assume we have none. But make no mistake: even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same wombtank are as singular as snowflakes.

    How vulgar, this hankering after immortality, how vain, how false. Composers are merely scribblers of cave paintings. One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards would be at one's throat all the sooner.

    Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword.

    I have always unswervingly held, that God, in our civilizing world, manifests Himself not in the miracles of biblical age, but in progress. It is progress that leads humanity up the ladder towards the God-head. No Jacob's ladder this, no, but rather Civilization's Ladder, if you will.










    When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.



    Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.



    All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.



    Only professional diplomats, inveterate idiots and women view diplomacy as a long-term substitute for war.

    As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.

    People are obscenities. Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function.

    This is a significant promotional offering for both companies, and makes Sun one of the most price competitive places to acquire an Oracle database. Sun is hoping that demand for Oracle products will be a driver for hardware revenue growth, meanwhile Oracle hopes that customers will extend their support contracts and drive revenue growth for Oracle support.

    Our running game has been struggling, and the key was to try to get on top of these guys early and work the ground game. We wanted to develop some confidence in our running game, which we did tonight.

    It is a worry. Eventually something's got to give between how much we own and how much space we live in.

    Depending on how far he goes with his recommendations this could have a big impact on how politics is managed and how government exercises its authority in the decades to come,

    I have one night essentially a few hours, to make a statement. It's a cross between an art installation and a theatre piece.

    Here you have three levels of government working together on an issue that the community, or the group most affected by that issue, ... is left out. We have the expertise within our community.

    He's really been working hard. He's been here all morning, helping to unload the truck and carry food boxes for people.

    It's a learning process for him as it is for any young guy when all of a sudden he gets an opportunity to play. Once he gets the ball in his hands and he gets past the line of scrimmage, that's all on his ability. What we're trying to get accomplished is to get him into the second level of the defense.

    If we really believe in ethics in government, and in 'peace, order and good government,' as our Constitution refers to, then this strikes to the very heart of the matter, and Canadians should care.

    I was due to sail tomorrow but I'm staying home this time.

    For all of us who observe B.C. politics, the Premier is off to a good start,

    The UK has a stimulating and successful film culture and our goal in launching the Digital Home Short Film Competition is to foster young talent and support the industry.


    That could provide enough revenues to pay for the acquisition in months and provide an interesting diversion to keep Microsoft looking over its shoulder.

    Somebody is going to know these faces and somebody is going to call and we are going to catch these people who have avoided prosecution for these years.



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