Quote

Words are what you fight with but what you fight about is whether or not you're afraid of them.

David Mitchell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
Composer
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Text Writer
Translator
Writer
Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
Fight
Fighting
Whether
Words
Afraid

More quotes by David Mitchell

Image
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.
David Mitchell
Image
Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.
David Mitchell
Image
Wars are never cured, they just go into remission for a few years.
David Mitchell
Image
If we believe that humanity may transcend tooth and claw, if we believe divers races & creeds can share this world as peaceably as the orphans share their candlenut tree, if we believe leaders must be just, violence muzzled, power accountable & the riches of the Earth & its Oceans shared equitably, such a world will come to pass.
David Mitchell
Image
Nothing is as eloquent as nothing.
David Mitchell
Image
She has to lose her pre-Copernican view of a universe revolving around herself.
David Mitchell
Image
Women, O, women! They'll find the baddest meanin' in your words & hold it up.
David Mitchell
Image
Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love.
David Mitchell
Image
To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom.
David Mitchell
Image
Have you noticed, said John, how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?
David Mitchell
Image
She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.
David Mitchell
Image
You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.
David Mitchell
Image
'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?
David Mitchell
Image
Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured.
David Mitchell
Image
We are both busy people, so let's cut the small talk.
David Mitchell
Image
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.
David Mitchell
Image
A weapon men use against women is the refusal to take them seriously.
David Mitchell
Image
But no, we cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.
David Mitchell
Image
Write something every single day, even if it's just three lines. And it doesn't matter if it's any good - just write something every day.
David Mitchell
Image
why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they need the most
David Mitchell