Communities Quotes

“It seems so easy now to destroy libraries--mainly by taking away all the books--and to say that books and libraries are not relevant to people's lives. There's a lot of talk about social breakdown and alienation, but how can it be otherwise when our ideas of progress remove the centres that did so much to keep people together?

In the North people met in the church, in the pub, in the marketplace, and in those philanthropic buildings where they could continue their education and their interests. Now, maybe, the pub is left--but mainly nothing is left.

The library was my door to elsewhere.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

“... no one wanted to think about the gangs of no-hope teenagers who already took over the nearby park all day, drinking lager and waiting for something to happen to them, trapped in a forgotten village in no-man’s land between a ten-shop town and an amorphous industrial sprawl.”
― Meera Syal, Anita and Me

“If there is money for elections, there should be money for our communities. Raise money for our country like how you hustle to raise money for your campaign.”
― Jill Telford

“A nation is nothing more than a large network of communities.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, The Magic of Nature: Meditations & Spells to Find Your Inner Voice

“Without communities, there is no country.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Developer relations is being able to say, "I was able to walk into a conference room and everybody recognized my brand, and everybody knew who I was already - Tracy Lee”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Clean communities, a cleaner country.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Good governance in a democracy is impossible without fostering in our communities and the electorate, an appetite for leaders who are committed to respectful conduct.”
― Diane Kalen-Sukra, Save Your City: How Toxic Culture Kills Community & What to Do About It

“I understand that you are learning new things, seeing a different way of life and because you are you, you're full of enthusiasm. But let the mother you think knows nothing and is pretty much useless tell you this: people are just people. Nobody is a bigger saint than the next one; they just hide their true selves better. Sooner or later, you'll figure out for yourself that this community you're madly in love with and want so much to be a part of is just like the rest of the world.”
― Naomi Ragen, An Unorthodox Match

“It is through the development of occupational diseases that I have become a critic of the biologically toxic astronomy and space communities.”
― Steven Magee

“Research shows the negative effects of diversity on the United States. Robert Putnam of Harvard studied 41 different American communities that ranged from the extreme homogeneity of rural South Dakota to the very mixed populations of Los Angeles. He found a strong correlation between homogeneity and levels of trust, with the greatest distrust in the most diverse areas. He was unhappy with these results, and checked his findings by controlling for any other variable that might affect trust, such as poverty, age, crime rates, population densities, education, commuting time, home ownership, etc. These played some role but he was forced to conclude that “diversity per se has a major effect.”
Prof. Putnam listed the following consequences of diversity:
'Lower confidence in local government, local leaders and the local news media. Lower political efficacy—that is, confidence in their own influence. Lower frequency of registering to vote, but more interest and knowledge about politics and more participation in protest marches and social reform groups. Less expectation that others will cooperate to solve dilemmas of collective action (e.g., voluntary conservation to ease a water or energy shortage). Less likelihood of working on a community project. Lower likelihood of giving to charity or volunteering. Fewer close friends and confidants. Less happiness and lower perceived quality of life. More time spent watching television and more agreement that “television is my most important form of entertainment.”'
Other research confirms that people in “diverse” workgroups—not only of race but also age and professional background—are less loyal to the group, more likely to resign, and generally less satisfied than people who work with people like themselves. Carpooling is less common in racially mixed neighborhoods because it means counting on your neighbors, and people trust people who are like themselves.”
― Jared Taylor, White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century

“Wind turbines and residential communities do not belong together.”
― Steven Magee

“The corrupt governments stance is clear: It will willfully ignore many of the health problems that power generation systems are known to cause in the surrounding communities.”
― Steven Magee

“It is the integrative synergy of the arts, based on cultural traditions and current trauma-informed practice, that is requisite to addressing traumatic stress with most children, adults, families, groups, and communities.”
― Cathy A. Malchiodi, Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process

“Good women are the backbone of countries, counties and communities. You can easily count on them.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

“This process taught us to test and challenge the prevailing wisdom about the paucity of African American artifacts. What we discovered was a paucity of effort and creativity rather than a scarcity of collections. I hope that our efforts will spur other institutions to embrace community-driven collecting and commit the resources to look inside the basements and garages for material that was once deemed less important to the interpretive agenda of museums. Not every cultural organization will discover items from Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, or Marian Anderson, but every museum that makes the effort will find discover items from Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, or Marian Anderson, but every museum, but every museum that makes the effort will find objects that document the lives, the work, the resiliency, and the dreams of their community.”
― Lonnie G. Bunch III, A Fool's Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump

“Who are the stars of today's digital world? Those writers, bloggers and gurus who do the best job of providing information, creative content, links or even just empathy to a community of like-minded individuals”
― Keith Ferrazzi

“What you see shapes how you change ... We tell ourselves a story of what our job is, what our company does, who the people we work with are - and that story becomes our reality. ...
What you see shapes how you change”
― Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

“Most people in a company, frankly, are not going to understand how communities are built and operate, but many people in the community aren't going to understand the dynam- ics of how that company operates. - Jono Bacon”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“Most people in a company, frankly, are not going to understand how communities are built and operate, but many people in the community aren't going to understand the dynamics of how that company operates.”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“I think any personality fits this role (developer advocate), but I would classify the ideal person as someone who is able to create things without anybody telling them what to do. I think that is crucial. - Bruno Borges”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“No one can call you a liar for sharing your personal experience. - Scott Davis”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“When you visit those different sites and see the same story told from different perspectives, you really begin to see the trends emerge. - Scott Davis”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“If you want to get a job as a programmer at a company that makes an open-source product, then contribute pull requests. If you want to get a job in developer relations, don't just contribute pull requests: go out and talk about the product. - Ted Neward”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“hen you're writing software, you have to ask, "Are we saving babies here?" If you're writing software that is actually helping babies to survive, then you should take your software really seriously. But if you're just making a shopping cart, you should turn it down a notch and take a breather. - Scott Hanselman”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“It's rare that someone who knows the topic better than you will sit in your talk because they will go to other talks.... I wrote a book on Spring, just because I was learning it as I was writing it. - Matt Raible”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“On Mondays and Tuesdays, I tend to do blackout periods where I shut off email and Slack, so there's no way for people to get in touch with me. I put my phone in another room and that's how I get stuff done. - Matt Raible”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“...if I do enough research before a conference, and build enough relationships online, I can walk into the conference and people will already know who I am and the company I work for. - Tracy Lee”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“you don't have to be an absolute expert to stand up there and share what you've learned. ...you're just sharing what you've learned. That doesn't mean you know it all. You have to remember that you're not the expert presenting to or lecturing students. - Jennifer Reif”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!

“The business that my role generates is not always something that you can connect with my talks directly. ... if I go and build the brand by getting my name and the company name out there, it may generate business in a year or two. - Ivar Grimstad”
― Geertjan Wielenga, Developer, Advocate!