57 Quotes by David Friedman

I have long held that there are two fundamental views of children: That they are pets who can talk, or that they are small people who do not yet know very much. The wrong one is winning.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.

As a person, I'm not that hopeful, but somehow the hopeful part of me reveals itself through my songs.

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks.

I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year.

I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly for it. There's something that has always been difficult about that for me.

I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me.

My first career was as a coach and a teacher.