455 Quotes by Dave Eggers

Who else but utopians could make utopia?

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It’s almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

Still though, I think if you’re not self-obsessed, you’re probably boring.

Under the guise of having every voice heard, you create mob rule, a filterless society where secrets are crimes.

We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping void of space that folds and swallows – a darkness that would devour anyone not as strong as we. We are oddities, sideshows, talk show subjects. We capture everyone’s imagination.

Eliminate lobbyists. Eliminate polls. It might even eliminate Congress. If we can know the will of the people at any time, without filter, without misinterpretation or bastardization, wouldn’t it eliminate much of Washington?

If you think I’m annoying and preachy now, you should have known me in grade school.

I’ve never had WiFi at home. I’m too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.

The raising of a child is the building of a cathedral. You can’t cut corners.