Eli Pariser Quotes
I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
-
Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
-
I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
-
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
-
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
-
Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
-
You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
-
The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
-
'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
-
To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
-
My work is focused on using data to tell stories and explore our common humanity.
-
For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
-
American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
-
Let us together create the new building of the future, which will be everything in one form: architecture and sculpture and painting.
-
That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
-
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
-
I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
-
You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
-
I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.
-
If I go way back to Loretta Lynn, I always cite her as being able to capture what I think is every woman's story... she very openly used her art as an expression of what she was going through in her life. So that authenticity is something I admire.
-
Novel writing should never be confused with journalism. Unfortunately, in the case of Primary Colors, a fair number of journalists confused.
-
Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
-
I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.
-
I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.
