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Top 20 David Miller Quotes (2025 Update)

David Miller Quote: “When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.” – Winston Churchill.”

1. “When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.” – Winston Churchill.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Most adults have a vocabulary of around 60,000 words, meaning that children must learn 10 to 20 words a day between the ages of eight months and 18 years. And yet the most frequent 100 words account for 60% of all conversations. The most common 4000 words account for 98% of conversation.”

2. “Most adults have a vocabulary of around 60,000 words, meaning that children must learn 10 to 20 words a day between the ages of eight months and 18 years. And yet the most frequent 100 words account for 60% of all conversations. The most common 4000 words account for 98% of conversation.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “We need political authority, then, because it gives us the security that allows us to trust other people, and in a climate of trust people are able to cooperate to produce all those benefits that Hobbes listed as signally lacking in the ‘natural condition’.”

3. “We need political authority, then, because it gives us the security that allows us to trust other people, and in a climate of trust people are able to cooperate to produce all those benefits that Hobbes listed as signally lacking in the ‘natural condition’.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Simply sitting unhurried in the shade of leaves is an irreplaceable moment.”

4. “Simply sitting unhurried in the shade of leaves is an irreplaceable moment.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Set loose, a child would run down the paths, scramble up the rocks, lie on the earth. Grown-ups more often let their minds do the running, scrambling, and lying, but the emotion is shared. It feels good to be here.”

5. “Set loose, a child would run down the paths, scramble up the rocks, lie on the earth. Grown-ups more often let their minds do the running, scrambling, and lying, but the emotion is shared. It feels good to be here.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Politicians will always offer to handle education, health care, retirement, and so forth, as if they come at no cost. But there are caveats. If the government is the provider of “free” education, then the government will also decide what is taught and, potentially, how it is used. The fewer responsibilities we have, the less free we are. Communism and democracy differ in this only by a matter of degree. We can vote away freedom as easily as it can be taken away.”

6. “Politicians will always offer to handle education, health care, retirement, and so forth, as if they come at no cost. But there are caveats. If the government is the provider of “free” education, then the government will also decide what is taught and, potentially, how it is used. The fewer responsibilities we have, the less free we are. Communism and democracy differ in this only by a matter of degree. We can vote away freedom as easily as it can be taken away.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Miss Drew, entering her classroom, was aghast to see instead of the usual small array of buttonholes on her desk, a mass of already withering hothouse flowers completely covering her desk and chair. William was a boy who never did things by halves.”

7. “Miss Drew, entering her classroom, was aghast to see instead of the usual small array of buttonholes on her desk, a mass of already withering hothouse flowers completely covering her desk and chair. William was a boy who never did things by halves.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “This seems to be an attitude worth striving for when I return to work, to perform my job as if I was doing it under my own guidance – as I would want it done myself – not to limit myself to the role of employee, and not to refrain from giving more of myself to the job than is warranted by my pay. It is I who would benefit.”

8. “This seems to be an attitude worth striving for when I return to work, to perform my job as if I was doing it under my own guidance – as I would want it done myself – not to limit myself to the role of employee, and not to refrain from giving more of myself to the job than is warranted by my pay. It is I who would benefit.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Words alone lack authority, and we risk making them surrogates for the life we’d like to lead.”

9. “Words alone lack authority, and we risk making them surrogates for the life we’d like to lead.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “There is a danger that we can confuse being busy with being entertained and being relaxed with being bored. When hiking, we don’t just leave behind the customary distractions; we have to escape from our addiction to them. It.”

10. “There is a danger that we can confuse being busy with being entertained and being relaxed with being bored. When hiking, we don’t just leave behind the customary distractions; we have to escape from our addiction to them. It.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “He who takes delight in deceiving others must not complain when he is deceived himself.”

11. “He who takes delight in deceiving others must not complain when he is deceived himself.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “I like pirates, don’t you, Miss Drew? An’ robbers an’ things like that? Miss Drew, would you like to be married to a robber?”

12. “I like pirates, don’t you, Miss Drew? An’ robbers an’ things like that? Miss Drew, would you like to be married to a robber?”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “As a result of my hike, I am much more inclined to “do” things. I will have fewer “should have done”s even if it means incurring some “wish I hadn’t”s.”

13. “As a result of my hike, I am much more inclined to “do” things. I will have fewer “should have done”s even if it means incurring some “wish I hadn’t”s.”

— David Miller

14. “Our vision becomes so narrow that risk is trying a new brand of cereal, and adventure is watching a new sitcom. Over time I have elevated my opinion of nonconformity nearly to the level of an obligation. We should have a bias toward doing activities that we don’t normally do to keep loose the moorings of society.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Over time I have elevated my opinion of nonconformity nearly to the level of an obligation. We should have a bias toward doing activities that we don’t normally do to keep loose the moorings of society.”

15. “Over time I have elevated my opinion of nonconformity nearly to the level of an obligation. We should have a bias toward doing activities that we don’t normally do to keep loose the moorings of society.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “We spend an inordinate amount of time indoors, and the physical confinement limits the metaphorical bubble of our aspirations. Large rooms, like the vaulted interior of a church, are uplifting. Outdoors, we are free to reach for the sky.”

16. “We spend an inordinate amount of time indoors, and the physical confinement limits the metaphorical bubble of our aspirations. Large rooms, like the vaulted interior of a church, are uplifting. Outdoors, we are free to reach for the sky.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “We all perceive that the other guy has it easier than we do; we all assume that others know our inner doubts.”

17. “We all perceive that the other guy has it easier than we do; we all assume that others know our inner doubts.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Still, it is important for parents to continue to live their own lives. We can’t sit by and say we’ve already made our decisions, done our striving, and dish out opinions on the doings of our children. Words alone lack authority, and we risk making them surrogates for the life we’d like to lead. We can better relate to the budding aspirations of our children if we follow dreams of our own.”

18. “Still, it is important for parents to continue to live their own lives. We can’t sit by and say we’ve already made our decisions, done our striving, and dish out opinions on the doings of our children. Words alone lack authority, and we risk making them surrogates for the life we’d like to lead. We can better relate to the budding aspirations of our children if we follow dreams of our own.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Experience is enriched by reliving it, contemplating it, and trying to describe it to another person.”

19. “Experience is enriched by reliving it, contemplating it, and trying to describe it to another person.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “The ambition of my early hiking is evident by.”

20. “The ambition of my early hiking is evident by.”

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David Miller Quote: “Many of the most gratifying experiences in life are those that are the most demanding.”

21. “Many of the most gratifying experiences in life are those that are the most demanding.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Thoughts are the most effective weapon in the human arsenal. On the upside, it is powerful to realize that goals are reached primarily by establishing the proper state of mind. But if allowed the perspective that our endeavors are propped upon nothing but a notion, we falter.”

22. “Thoughts are the most effective weapon in the human arsenal. On the upside, it is powerful to realize that goals are reached primarily by establishing the proper state of mind. But if allowed the perspective that our endeavors are propped upon nothing but a notion, we falter.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “Hiking the AT is “pointless.” What life is not “pointless”? Is it not pointless to work paycheck to paycheck just to conform? Hiking the AT before joining the workforce was an opportunity not taken. Doing it in retirement would be sensible; doing it at this time in my life is abnormal, and therein lay the appeal. I want to make my life less ordinary.”

23. “Hiking the AT is “pointless.” What life is not “pointless”? Is it not pointless to work paycheck to paycheck just to conform? Hiking the AT before joining the workforce was an opportunity not taken. Doing it in retirement would be sensible; doing it at this time in my life is abnormal, and therein lay the appeal. I want to make my life less ordinary.”

— David Miller

David Miller Quote: “When my life stayed the course, I wouldn’t even feel them binding. Then I would waiver enough to sense the growing entrapment, the taming of my life in which I had been complicit.”

24. “When my life stayed the course, I wouldn’t even feel them binding. Then I would waiver enough to sense the growing entrapment, the taming of my life in which I had been complicit.”

— David Miller

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