David Shields Quotes

I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.

People are longing for tribe and community.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

I think all of us naturally want to be a part of a community... at home and at work.

There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.

Every human being has to feel a part of a tribe. It's programmed into us. And you have to feel that you're contributing to something.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

I've changed Sydney. It's my city, my people. I'm theirs. We belong to each other.

At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human.

Technology is best when it brings people together.

There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down, gather at home plate, hugging, and it's not just because they're winning, it's that shared moment, that feeling of - we enter the world alone, we leave alone.

Any time you can be with like-minded people, laughing or crying over the same joke or the same scene... For me, it's therapeutic. You just feel a little less alone on the planet.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

We are a people in search of community.

When I talk to another Afghan I am his or her equal and that moves me to tears.

Be in community, go out to dinner together, do things together. We lose that, we lose a lot. It's important to come together.

We need to create areas to come together, where we can be there for each other.

I want everyone to identify with my tracks and for all of us to be part of it in some way or another.

That's my message: I'm not alone, and neither is anyone else.

People who get together, regardless of other structures, will find something in common. They are bound to. That was the Pete Seeger let's-all-sing theory.

To me, just to be surrounded by others, even without a common purpose, is great fulfillment.

When you're in part of the same draft class, you always have a certain connection that not many other people can have with each other.