"Where subtlety fails us we must simply make……" — David Brin
"Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies."
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54 Quotes by David Brin
David Brin has 54 quotes on this site.
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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually…
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
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Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they…
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
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Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be…
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In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the…
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs…
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Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.
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The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
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More Cream Quotes
This quote is filed under Cream Quotes,
one of 640 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.
— Nicholson Baker
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Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
— Samuel Beckett
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It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.
— Jim Bishop
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Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.
— Jeff Bridges
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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night…
— Bill Bryson
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England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high…
— Bill Bryson
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I don't think I've ever seen pie advertised. That's how you know it's good. They advertise ice cream and other…
— Adam Carolla
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I…
— Jackie Chan
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In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of…
— Julia Child
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Both Mitt and I have summer places up in New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee. And a few summers ago I…
— J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.
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Why don't you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I'm a little low in sugar and I…
— Barbra Streisand
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