“People of all races, religions and nationalities work at Sanofi every day to improve the lives of people around the world. While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”— Sanofi US, twitter.com
“I don’t think any of us saw where it was going, that it was teaching women to be subservient.”— Taryn Ryder, huffingtonpost.com
“His attorneys say their client is an immigrant who just wanted to live in the United States. They plan to appeal.”— Justin George, vice.com
“What we wanted was to allow families and victims a little more leverage around holding the school districts accountable.”— Andrea Salinas, buzzfeed.com
“After each strategy shift at Medium, partner publishers have said they felt the rug being pulled out from under their feet, with no notice.”— Shan Wang, niemanlab.org
“As hip-hop's most famous figure, Kanye West, appalls his fans with a stream of hurtful statements, hip-hop listeners are suddenly finding solace in Childish Gambino, a figure that once left some of them baffled and others dismissive.”— Elias Leight, rollingstone.com
“It’s a tale that’s now coming to a sad end: That $100 million mansion, once the most expensive home in America, has become its most expensive tear-down.”— Glenn Garvin, miamiherald.com
“Our goal is to double revenue from last year. Everything we do, we have to see a very clear link to revenue in the short term, knowing that whatever we build will drive revenue instantaneously. If you say you can’t [see a way to make money off of it] today, but you’ll figure it out tomorrow, you pro…”— Jim VandeHei, digiday.com
“Sometimes I’m jealous of my girlfriend or my friends. I have to go through my day knowing about this shit. I have to know about Kurt Eichenwald. It feels very self-punishing, self-flagellating in a certain way.”— Krang T. Nelson, esquire.com
“In another instance, a former staffer told me about how Horowitz, who served as editor in chief of the site until mid-2015 and is now editor at large, once interrupted a reporter pitching a video about a woman building rooftop gardens in New Orleans: “‘But, is she black? Is she black?’" the former s…”— Adrianne Jeffries, theoutline.com
“My belief is that we should stop watching the news—or at least watch less—and create some distance between all these news sources and their breaking news alerts vying for our attention and turn towards contemplating the bigger picture. The philosophical picture.”— Ryan Holiday, quora.com
“You might argue that Ron is a batterer and that any language that softens or obscures this fact leaves him less accountable for his actions, but Ron will be more likely to accept responsibility and feel remorse if he can view himself as more than a batterer. For people to look squarely at their harm…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Are we using shame as punishment because we think it will foster real change in people? Or are we shaming others because it feels good to make people suffer when we are in fear, anger, or judgment?”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“The job of a journalist would be unbearable if one was always to put oneself in the shoes of a subject.”— Nick Denton, amazon.com
“It was founded, remember, by paying writers for each morsel they dropped into it, not how nutritious each morsel was.”— Ryan Holiday, amazon.com
“Many of you in media understand why too easy access to guns is big part of the problem. Too easy access to mass media infamy following mass murder/suicide is also part of the problem. Research is more than clear at this point. Please do your part. Report responsibly, to inform.”— Zeynep Tufekci, twitter.com
“The thing about Trump is that he’s a bad guy to the point where it looks manufactured. Are we playing games here? He can’t really be that bad. I’m not a conspiracy theorist at all — I don’t give a shit about that stuff — but it looks like Trump’s just trying to spark division. It looks like a game.…”— Erykah Badu, vulture.com
“There aren’t rules for how we can or should think about something. We don’t have to believe everything we’re hearing. At least I don’t think we do. I’m glad I don’t watch this stuff.”— Erykah Badu, vulture.com