Adam Neumann Quotes

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

For me, I value connection a lot, talking to people and connecting. Don't get me wrong: I enjoy having my own time, but I think it's really important to have that connection, so living on Mars would be a struggle for me.

We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

I think the No. 1 thing that helps me get through every single day is the support of my friends and my family.

We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really hold their hands, not just sing about it. No disrespect to George Jones.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

Even the strongest man needs friends.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.