Kevin Systrom Quotes

Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community or we go out and tour. We couldn't really find any communities that still needed pillars.

I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.

I guarantee if people keep mm..supportin' me....Just buying my records, goin to my concerts, just supporting me..I'ma keep givin' money....Like Makaveli, every time it go platinum, I'm putting money up for community centers.

The reason I became successful is because I touched. I touched my community.

People, wherever they are, can make a community.

The true value of networking doesn't come from how many people we can meet but rather how many people we can introduce to others.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

Sometimes you come from your community, and then you rise. It's like, okay, when do you get back rooted into your community? A lot of times you can rise in the ranks and maybe leave the core of where you come from.

And again, this connection that you get: I meet Joe at church. Joe's connected to a whole network of people I don't know. Joe likes me. He invites me over to his son's birthday party, and I meet his whole family. I meet his friends. I get to know his neighborhood. That happens all the time.

About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.

You can find lots of people like you through technology, and women in particular like communities.

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.

I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.

We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.

Programs have to be developed by the people in the community.

Connecting the dots is connecting people.

… the idea is to make the school useful to the community as a whole. It will be in use during the day for the children, but from the moment they are out of the building their elders may use it until they go to bed at night. It is to function as a community center …

Having the support of our communities is absolutely essential to productive and sustainable crime prevention efforts. While there are law enforcement agencies that have meaningful and transparent relationships with all segments of their communities, it is fair to say that there are other agencies that need to further enhance relationships and build trust within their communities, particularly among disenfranchised segments.

The people who care the most about the folks in your community are living in the community. They don't live in Washington, D.C.

I'm big on my community and want to stay that way.

That's one of the best parts of my job. I love interacting with the community, getting out there and getting to know people and making bonds with the community.

I was raised to believe that everybody has a responsibility to their community and I use the word very loosely. It's a big community. If I get recognized in the middle of the Sinai Desert I have a big community.

Connecting with people is an important part of my role [as a politician].

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.