War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery. — David Mitchell Auctions Copy Share Image
“Sometimes language can't even read the music of meaning.” — David Mitchell Communication Copy Share Image
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. — David Mitchell Book Copy Share Image
If war's first victim is truth, its second is clerical efficiency. — David Mitchell Efficiency Copy Share Image
“Human cruelty can be infinite. Human generosity can be boundless.” — David Mitchell Generosity Copy Share Image
Oh, bein' young ain't easy 'cos ev'rythin' you're puzzlin'n'anxin' you're puzzlin'n'anxin' it for the first time. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Ambassadors are idiots who possess only one skill: outkowtowing one another at official functions.” — David Mitchell Ambassadors Copy Share Image
If losers can exploit what their adversaries teach them, yes, losers can become winners in the long term. — David Mitchell Adversaries Copy Share Image
I'm from a time and place where bigheadedness was a really savage crime, and you'd get cut down for it by your… — David Mitchell Crime Copy Share Image
Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“If consumers found fulfillment at any meaningful level, she extemporized, corpocracy would be finished.” — David Mitchell Consumerism Copy Share Image
Strip back the beliefs pasted on by governesses, schools, and states, you find indelible truths at one's core. — David Mitchell Belief Copy Share Image
“See, I thinked, Meronym knows a lot 'bout Smart an' life but Valleysmen know more 'bout death.” — David Mitchell Death Copy Share Image
I don't have problems starting writing. I have problems stopping. I'm one of the last dads to arrive at school to collect… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as… — David Mitchell Life Copy Share Image
I am going to tell you a secret. Everything is about wanting. Everything. Things happen because of people wanting. Watch closely, and… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“A bird hopped onto the foaming lilac outside. Its throat quivered; notes rose and fell out. As long as it kept singing… — David Mitchell Bird Copy Share Image
Ive never had cocaine. I work in showbusiness and no one has ever offered me cocaine. Can you believe that? It makes… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!'… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“A society where you’re not allowed to blow your own trumpet is so much more nuanced, sophisticated and interesting than the grim… — David Mitchell Trumpet Copy Share Image
Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on… — David Mitchell Diplomacy Copy Share Image
“We create models to explain nature, but the models wind u gate-crashing nature and driving away the original inhabitants. In my lecturing… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Eva knows I'm terra incognita and explores me unhurriedly, like you did. Because she's lean as a boy. Because her scent is… — David Mitchell Beauty Copy Share Image
What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual… — David Mitchell Backbone Copy Share Image
“So Wise Man summ'ned Crow an' say-soed him these words: Fly across the crazed'n'jiffyin' ocean to the Mighty Volcano, an' on it's… — David Mitchell Wisdom Copy Share Image
People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living.… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler… — David Mitchell Archivists Copy Share Image
“Sometimes John had recorded new compositions, or lines from his new poems. Sometimes he'd just record a busy night in The Green… — David Mitchell Family Copy Share Image
“Quantum physics speaks in chance, with the syntax of uncertainty. You can know the position of an electron but you cannot know… — David Mitchell Physics Copy Share Image
Maybe then you comprehend, speaking one language only is a prison! — David Mitchell Foreign language Copy Share Image
“Blame its user, blame its maker, but don’t blame the gun.” — David Mitchell Amendment Copy Share Image
I think the story is the most ancient form of human entertainment. — David Mitchell Ancient Copy Share Image
“Anticipating the end of the world is humanity's oldest pastime” — David Mitchell End of the world Copy Share Image
