Dave Eggers Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• You invite things to happen. You open the door. You inhale. And if you inhale the chaos, you give the chaos, the chaos gives back.

  Dave Eggers

  Doors, Giving, Chaos

  Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.67, Vintage

• There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something is observed and not fixed, or when one has a chance to give in some way and does not, there is a lie being told, the same lie we all know by heart but which needn't be reiterated.

  Dave Eggers

  Lying, Heart, Simple

  Dave Eggers (2009). “You Shall Know Our Velocity”, p.297, Vintage

• You have what I can afford to give. You are a panhandler, begging for anything, and I am the man walking briskly by, tossing a quarter or so into your paper cup. I can afford to give you this. This does not break me.

  Dave Eggers

  Men, Giving, Doe

  Dave Eggers (2014). “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Picador Classic”, p.215, Pan Macmillan

• High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.

  Dave Eggers

  Teacher, Reading, School

  Interview with Justine Sharrock, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2009.

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