David Christian famous quotes

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  • I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

  • I was very unsure about what I wanted to do in high school.

  • Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.

  • Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.

  • It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

  • It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

  • I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

  • I love market research because you really have an idea of what your consumers are looking for.

  • Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.

  • It is true that my discovery of LSD was a chance discovery, but it was the outcome of planned experiments and these experiments took place in the framework of systematic pharmaceutical, chemical research. It could better be described as serendipity.