Famous Dave Eggers Quotes

  • People worried about our passing over into some robotic state, but we were so much like robots already, programmed and easy to manipulate. – Dave Eggers

    People worried about our passing over into some robotic state, but we were so much like robots already, programmed and easy to manipulate.– Dave Eggers

  • Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded? – Dave Eggers

    Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?– Dave Eggers

  • Now, you and I both know that if you can control the flow of information, you can control everything. – Dave Eggers

    Now, you and I both know that if you can control the flow of information, you can control everything.– Dave Eggers

  • It was like setting up a guillotine in the public square.You don’t expect a thousand people to line up to put their heads in it. – Dave Eggers

    It was like setting up a guillotine in the public square.You don’t expect a thousand people to line up to put their heads in it.– Dave Eggers

  • Surveillance shouldn’t be the tradeoff for any goddamn service we get. – Dave Eggers

    Surveillance shouldn’t be the tradeoff for any goddamn service we get.– Dave Eggers

  • I want to be seen. I want proof I existed. – Dave Eggers

    I want to be seen. I want proof I existed.– Dave Eggers

  • Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons. – Dave Eggers

    Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons.– Dave Eggers

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

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

  • It was a broken world, I knew then, that would allow a boy such as me to bury a boy such as William K. – Dave Eggers

    It was a broken world, I knew then, that would allow a boy such as me to bury a boy such as William K.– Dave Eggers

  • For a moment, she thought it natural in a way seeing a plane fall from the sky can seem natural, too. The horror comes later. – Dave Eggers

    For a moment, she thought it natural in a way seeing a plane fall from the sky can seem natural, too. The horror comes later.– Dave Eggers