Douglas Rushkoff Quotes

Every new computer program is basically doing some task that a person used to do. But the computer usually does it faster, more accurately, for less money, and without any health insurance costs.

Douglas Rushkoff

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HealthMoneyDoingInsurancePerson

I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

Jimmy Gomez

PeopleSufferingSeenSureMake

Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.

Joe Garcia

PeopleRealityYearUnderstandCuban

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

Andrew Niccol

WarOutGunsDestructionWeapon

When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure, by linking the Internet economically, by making it easier for these online businesses to exist, it'll make the web better.

John Collison

GoodInternetBetterCountryWeb

It's the community that helps form our moral compass. It's those attitudes that I've remembered through my entire lifetime.

John Morgridge

CommunityMoralCompassMoral Compass

The analogy I use is that 'World of Warcraft' is like going to the mall: you see a ton of people there, but you don't really want to interact with them; you just want to know you're part of the human race. And if you get in trouble, you'll know someone else is there.

John Romero

PeopleWorldSomeoneYouTrouble

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

John Thune

LifeMake A DifferencePossibilities

My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody.

Steve Earle

DeathGovernmentMeDemocracyIdea

I lead a very boring, normal life.

Stockard Channing

LifeBoringLeadNormalNormal Life

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Tom Landry

MePlayTryEverythingOutBig

I was always into poetry and writing. So the urgency of spoken word is something that really has always appealed to me.

Mat Kearney

PoetryMeWritingUrgencyAlways

From now on, I approach the cinema as a business woman.

Milla Jovovich

BusinessWomanCinemaNowApproach

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