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I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance.


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DAVID BOWIE I'll tell you who I absolutely adore: Ian McEwan.
DAVID BOWIE I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to sa...
DAVID BOWIE I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn't think that was part of my makeup...
DAVID BOWIE I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good a...
DAVID BOWIE I'm very at ease, and I like it. I never thought I would be such a family-oriented guy; I didn&#...
DAVID BOWIE I'm a born librarian with a sex drive
DAVID BOWIE Don't let me hear you say life takes you nowhere, angel.

- Golden Years
DAVID BOWIE What is the quality you most like in a man?
The ability to return books.
DAVID BOWIE Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out...
DAVID BOWIE Make the best of every moment. We’re not evolving. We’re not going anywhere.
DAVID BOWIE There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all.

- Queen Bitch
DAVID BOWIE When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home.

- Scarey Monsters (and Super...
DAVID BOWIE Some make you sing and some make you scream,
One makes you wish that you'd never been seen.
DAVID BOWIE And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do
DAVID BOWIE Confront a corpse at least once. The absolute absence of life is the most disturbing and challenging...
DAVID BOWIE We can be "heroes" just for one day.

- "Heroes"
DAVID BOWIE No more free steps to heaven.

- It's No Game
DAVID BOWIE We can be heroes just for one day
DAVID BOWIE HEROES I didn't feel the need to rebel as a teenager. From age nine to 16, I went to school in Montreux...
ANGELA BOWIE Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - becau...
BOWIE KUHN During my childhood in Cyprus, the British talked about the Cypriots as if the Cypriots were outside...
ANGELA BOWIE We think that it is clearly being directed against our company. If it's truly a worthy cause, then i...
CATHERINE BOWIE We felt there was so much misinformation being put out about the company that it was time to stand u...
CATHERINE BOWIE We really haven't decided everything we are going to do. None of it will be occurring at ratepayer e...
CATHERINE BOWIE To add the cost of (a new water) project to the cost of buying out the company would not save ratepa...
CATHERINE BOWIE We're concerned an unfair standard is being applied as to cleanup.
CATHERINE BOWIE Being a grandparent doesn't interest me whatsoever. Babies are all right if they're your own...
ANGELA BOWIE The trumpet is forceful.
LESTER BOWIE Even though she didn't qualify, she was still so happy with her ride and will go to the championship...
ANNE BOWIE I go to support her at every show and as a trainer, we can coach all the way up until the riders act...
ANNE BOWIE She is 100-percent committed to her sport. She is as devoted as any instructor of any sport would wa...
ANNE BOWIE I don't know how much love David felt - I suspect very little. My main appeal to him was as a nu...
ANGELA BOWIE