David Weinberger Quotes
We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.
Quotes to Explore
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.
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The best memories on tour are always of kids who tell me they are going to run back to their classrooms and start writing!
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One culture I find fascinating to juxtapose against American culture is the culture of Germany. They've gone through a long process through their art, poetry, public discourse, their politics, of owning the fact of their complicity in what happened in World War II. It's still a topic of everyday conversation in Germany.
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I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.
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I ask all my actors to do two things: I ask them to fail for me, and I ask them to surprise me.
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We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.
