Michael Davidow > Quotes

“The back door beckons to a prodigal son.”
― Michael Davidow, Split Thirty

“How much leeway do you think any president has? Seventy-five percent of what he does is dictated by circumstance, no matter what. So don’t sacrifice an opportunity to be at the seat of power, friend. To hold a piece of that power in your own two hands. Just because you don’t like the cut of a man’s coat.”
― Michael Davidow, Gate City

“Being Jewish means loving something that’s gone. Your parents, your grandparents, the place they came from. Jerusalem itself. Creation.”
― Michael Davidow, Gate City

“They were free to be what they wanted to be, and what they wanted to be was nothing.”
― Michael Davidow, The Rocketdyne Commission

“Any inquiry into politics is an inquiry into faith.”
― Michael Davidow, Gate City

“To hold power in this world is to know things that others do not want to know.”
― Michael Davidow, The Rocketdyne Commission

“Love to love, connection to connection, you carve your complicated path through life; leave one love behind, and the next one always seems out of reach. What can buoy you up in the meantime. What can underlie love, but love.”
― Michael Davidow, The Rocketdyne Commission

“Did you know that Judaism is based on paradigm shifts, Henry? First came Abraham, then came Moses. Then came the prophets, then came the rabbis. Pretty amazing stuff. Each iteration, reaching for the godhead. What comes next, Henry? What comes next?”
― Michael Davidow, Split Thirty

“A monarch butterfly has top brand recognition, an excellent recall quotient, and highly favorable demographics. Associate your candidate with famous lepidoptera, and use these filmed spots early and often.”
― Michael Davidow, Split Thirty

“People believe in something, they themselves don’t know what it is, it isn’t a good thing, but it stands for a good thing. Because all belief stands for something that’s better. All belief comes from wanting to believe. People aren’t up to the real thing, though. So they substitute. And that harms them. It’s the problem of problems. I like it a lot.”
― Michael Davidow, Split Thirty

“And when you fall, because you always do fall. When you swim for the beach to catch your board. There’s peace to be found in the shoreward pull with every passing wave.”
― Michael Davidow, The Rocketdyne Commission