David Brin Quotes

Transparency is key to reciprocal accountability, which we use to be both free and smart. It is the miracle tool that enables us to question the lies of monsters.

David Brin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 6, 1950

Topics

SmartAccountabilityFreeKeyTool

I speak my mind. That's who I am.

Jesse Ventura

I AmMindSpeakWhoAm

As a freshman at Stanford University - a young black man - when O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, it was a joyful moment. I was happy, absolutely. It wasn't necessarily a matter of whether he was guilty or innocent, per se, it was a matter of finally seeing someone who looked like me have the justice system work in their favor.

Sterling K. Brown

WorkJusticeMomentManHappyMe

In college, I majored - I can't believe there is such a thing - in advertising. And I worked in advertising and PR for a while, and I liked it.

Traylor Howard

CollegeAdvertisingBelieveLiked

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.

Tom Lantos

ResponsibilityTeamNeighborCanada

I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.

Ritchie Blackmore

I CanHandOldStringsFineJust

Being from Oregon, it's part of who I am.

Mat Kearney

I AmOregonBeingWhoPartAm

As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could ever lose its pleasure for me. That puts them on a short list of things that eternally give me joy - love, family, food, movies.

Mike Nichols

FamilyLoveFoodJoyMeShort

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Michael Jordan

ParentsHeroesSeeHavingAnyone

Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs civilized us.

Donald McCaig

CourageTimeMenThinkBetterShort

I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.

David Walliams

GentlemanKnowTraitsLikeRetired

When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'

Brad Pitt

GoodMeHairSayingThinkLook

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death.

Peter Tosh

TruthDeathYouGuiltyFoundYour

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