David Geffen

You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it’s not that way at all, it’s something else.

[On his mother’s adversity] She had a very difficult beginning… All of my mothers family were killed… and she came to America at the time of the depression. It was not an easy life at all.

[On his early day in the music business] I stepped on a lot of toes… at that time.

You can’t interview my brother!… We can call this thing off – right now!

I never thought that I would have a career in show business…

[On Calvin Klein asking him ‘Why don’t you call it Geffen Records?’] People in the record business just don’t do that. They come up with names likes Asylum, Capricorn, or Island. [Calvin Klein said if you put your own name on the door ‘You’ll get laid more.’]

I don’t think people understand that you can forgive a person and not allow them back into your life. That is possible, very possible.

I forgive you for all the times you’ve f**ked me in the past and for all the times you’re going to f**k me in the future.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything. That makes you smile.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

Forgiveness is the best revenge.

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.

Forgiveness keeps you from being bound by something the other person might never set right.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free … and realizing you were the prisoner.

Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals.

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feels like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to the next.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.