David Elliott:
CLASS OF 1967
Aragon High SchoolClass of 1967
San mateo, CA
David's Story
David is from San Mateo, California. David's schools include Aragon High School. David later attended California Polytechnic State University (City & Regional Planning (CRP)) . David works(ed) at Retired From City Of San Luis Obispo.
Music David likes includes The Sabre Rattlers, Otis Taylor, Jubal's Kin. Books David likes include Les Misérables, The Road, All the Pretty Horses. Movies David likes include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now. TV shows David likes include Jeopardy!, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report.
One of David's favorite quotes is:"Bishop Desmond Tutu: “Racism is not just a bad thing. It is not just evil. It is an act of blasphemy, for God has imprinted His image into every human being.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. on power: "Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. And one of the great problems of history is that the concepts of love and power have usually been contrasted as opposites – polar opposites – so that love is identified with a resignation of power, and power with a denial of love. We’ve got to get this...Expand for more
thing right. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love. It is precisely this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our time."
Woody Allen: "More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."
"If it will brighten someone's day, say it."
John Kenneth Galbraith: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."
"Have you ever noticed there are no motorcycles parked in front of psychiatrist offices?"".
More about David:"Thanks to my friend Ashley Thalman, my new middle name is Bechmacher, because I spend so much time mocking Glenn Beck.".
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