Home › Authors › David Gemmell
David Gemmell Quotes
1948–2006 England
David Andrew Gemmell (1 August 1948 – 28 July 2006) was a bestselling British author of heroic fantasy. A former journalist and newspaper editor, Gemmell had his first work of fiction published in 1984.
Random David Gemmell quote
160 quotes
This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.
Evil will never be countered while good men do nothing.
Life is nothing unless death has been faced down.
The waters run that we might drink of them, but they are also symbols of the futility of man.
'Do not expect help.' 'One should always hope.' 'Then hope for a handsome savage with kindly ways.'
Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
What is life if a man cannot count on his friends when he has gone mad?
A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.
"Most men mock what they can never aspire to."
They will try to make us believe that the only way to destroy them is to become like them.
Evil corrupts, Bael, by promising us what we want, and telling us that it is good.
It seems to me that a man has only as much power as we allow him.
What truly makes a man who he is? Is it the strength of his arms, or the courage of his soul?
"Foolish: It's all foolish. Life is a farce— a stupid, sickening farce played out by fools."
When your life has been spent in one war after another for forty-five years, you have to be pretty handy to survive.
"You are getting too old for this." "A man is as old as he feels, woman!" "And how old do you feel?" "About ninety."
A man should be free to do what he wants to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others.
I am not going to talk about patriotism, duty, liberty, and the defense of freedom — because that's all dung to a soldier.
All men are stupid. They are full of fear and insecurity—it makes them weak.
Topics David Gemmell is quoted on