Rural America's not coming back. That idea was lost with the Industrial Revolution. — David Simon America Copy Share Image
Eating a meal with full awareness can be a powerful, enlightening, and healing experience. — David Simon Awareness Copy Share Image
It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch. — David Simon Hero Copy Share Image
“If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?” — David Simon Crime Copy Share Image
You have the capacity to change the plotline of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before… — David Simon Acting Copy Share Image
Pornography has become rationalized. It's become much more coherent and profitable. — David Simon Pornography Copy Share Image
Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action… — David Simon Action Copy Share Image
“We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.” — David Simon Copy Share Image
We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the… — David Simon Copy Share Image
We're now seeing levels of inequality raise their heads that we haven't seen since the age of the robber barons. If somebody… — David Simon Age Copy Share Image
Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires change throughout the course of a… — David Simon Agreement Copy Share Image
“In any case where there is no apparent suspect, the crime lab will produce no valuable evidence. In those cases where a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
When we spend time in silence, we can hear the voice of our soul whispering its sacred message and encouraging us to… — David Simon Choices Copy Share Image
Awakening to who we really are is at the heart of yoga. . . .Yoga offers a path to this underlying field… — David Simon Abundance Copy Share Image
Nobody reads anymore in America. Reading has become the least effective delivery system for narrative. That's sad because prose is the means… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
I'm just a swell guy. No, that's a ridiculous notion - if you're being an asshole to people, you're being an asshole,… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I'm making a lot of money. I should be paying a lot more taxes. I'm not paying taxes at a rate that… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
Rural America's not coming back. That idea was lost with the Industrial Revolution. And yet with more than 80 percent of Americans… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
“The Midnight Dance of the Universal Desk Sergeant, a performance that is somehow the same whether the precinct house is in Boston… — David Simon Civil servants Copy Share Image
Capitalism is the only engine credible enough to generate mass wealth. I think it's imperfect, but we're stuck with it. And thank… — David Simon Capitalism Copy Share Image
I come from a country that is now utterly schizophrenic when it comes to its society, its economy, its politics. There are… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
There were a lot of video store owners and managers out of work, once pornography became more about streaming and downloads. But… — David Simon Grievance Copy Share Image
How that happened - how the money and the power arrayed itself and who got the share in that, who got cut… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The rest of America, with some small exceptions, has been bulldozed and rebuilt and then bulldozed and rebuilt again. Our places have… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
“Murder often doesn't unsettle a man. In Baltimore, it usually doesn't even ruin his day.” — David Simon Baltimore Copy Share Image
Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you. — David Simon Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before. — David Simon Beauty Copy Share Image
Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves. — David Simon Character Copy Share Image
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life.… — David Simon Copy Share Image
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger,… — David Simon Anger Copy Share Image
People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans." — David Simon New orleans Copy Share Image
In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism. — David Simon Copy Share Image
You shoot another guy—well, okay, this is Baltimore. You shoot three guys, it’s time to admit you have a problem. — David Simon Baltimore Copy Share Image
Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need… — David Simon Capitalism Copy Share Image
It is your birthright to live a life abundant in love. Make the commitment today to open your heart and let your… — David Simon Birthright Copy Share Image
The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts. — David Simon Contribution Copy Share Image
Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself… — David Simon Burden Copy Share Image
“(sergeant thinking about an excellent detective who's threatening to quit) For a squad sergeant, having Worden working for you was like having… — David Simon Copy Share Image
