David Walton
8 quotes
"“All I’m hearing is ‘I can’t’ when I needed that data yesterday. Go bore someone else with your excuses.”"
"Humans are driven by emotion. Much of our so-called logic is merely the rationalization of choices that make us feel good."
"Its purpose is the same as every other organism. To survive."
"The whole earth is solar powered. The movement of clouds and air and water, the growth of plants and animals, it’s all just a big heat engine driven by the sun. Humanity has spent so long binging on fossil fuels that we’ve forgotten where it all comes from."
"Nobody knows: they just believe, and then because everyone else believes it, too, it feels like it couldn’t possibly be wrong. But consensus doesn’t mean truth. In fact, it means a lack of critical thinking, a blind following of the status quo. Humans are really good at doing that, too."
"Sports movies are a genre that I really respond to, but they can be done really poorly and really fall short. The good ones are just so good and inspiring and make you feel good."
"I love tennis. I've played it my whole life. Loved it since the age of three. I had an injury, so from the age of 13 to 24 I didn't play much. Then when I moved out to L.A., there were so many tennis courts that I rekindled the love."
"My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus."