Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Brains are tricky and adaptable organs. For all the 'neuroplasticity' allowing our brains to reconfigure themselves to the biases of our computers, we are just as neuroplastic in our ability to eventually recover and adapt.

Douglas Rushkoff

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• In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • People
  • Political
  • Team

• I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Book
  • Experiences
  • Sell

• One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.

  

  Nancy Astor
  • Time
  • Good
  • Reason

• I think going from doing TV and straight plays to Shakespeare is weird enough because you have this heightened language, and you are telling a story through metric poetry. But I think music is that place beyond poetry.

  

  Tamsin Greig
  • Music
  • Poetry
  • Language

• The only routine with me is no routine at all.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Me
  • Only
  • Routine

• I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Time
  • Water
  • Cold

• I was totally offended when people said we were like *Nsync. I've got nothing against them. I know those guys. But comparing us was lame. It was apples and oranges.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Know
  • Said

• If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Work
  • Challenge
  • Goals

• If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Women
  • Support
  • Woman

• I am a lifelong Democrat.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Democrat
  • Lifelong

• I rode a shark once. I wouldn't recommend it. It was fun, but I thought I was going to get eaten the entire time! Nothing against sharks. I love sharks. I just don't think we are meant to ride them.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Time
  • Fun
  • Think

• Change will come slowly, across generations, because old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Change
  • Die
  • Old

• I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.

  

  Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • People
  • Think
  • Interesting

• A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Hungry
  • Lion
  • Runs

• Being in jail, it's humbled me in a way I never imagined.

  

  Foxy Brown
  • Me
  • Never
  • Jail

• It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category.

  

  Ed Asner
  • Different
  • Actor
  • Athlete

• A woman asking 'Am I good? Am I satisfied?' is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be.

  

  Barbara Cartland
  • Good
  • Women
  • Marriage

• I've seen, and liked, 'Insecure' and 'Atlanta.'

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Seen
  • Insecure
  • Atlanta

• Right now I just want to play good roles, and if the role happens to be a gay man, that's not of any import other than, 'Is it a good story? Does it say something that's interesting?'

  

  Chris Pine
  • Good
  • Interesting
  • Gay

• I can't stomach the thought that we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less viable, less good, less competitive, less compassionate than the one we got.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • Good
  • Country

• My painting represents the victory of the forces of darkness and peace over the powers of light and evil. 1957, reacting on a remark of Picasso

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Light
  • Peace
  • Evil

• Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay.

  

  John Schlesinger
  • Life
  • Positive
  • Gay

• The timing issue is something the writers are working on right now. But the sky's the limit at that point for them, because we would not be restricted by the time element.

  

  Kiefer Sutherland
  • Time
  • Sky
  • Issues

• Brains are tricky and adaptable organs. For all the 'neuroplasticity' allowing our brains to reconfigure themselves to the biases of our computers, we are just as neuroplastic in our ability to eventually recover and adapt.

  

  Douglas Rushkoff