I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA.
“I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA.”
— Karl Iagnemma · Detroit
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I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA.
“I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA.”
— Karl Iagnemma · Detroit
Explore more quotes by Karl Iagnemma on topics like Detroit, wisdom, and life lessons.
“I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA.”
“My parents encouraged me to be creative by being creative and interesting people themselves, and by making it clear how highly they valued creativity in others.”
“We are all vulnerable to the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of vivid, cognitively available risks rather than statistically likelier, but less salient, risks.”
“To the extent that trolley problem scenarios exist in the real world, AVs will make them rarer, not more frequent.”
“In Singapore, drivers generally obey the rules, but the attitude around pedestrians is actually quite different. It's culturally different. People drive safely, but it's not the same deference shown to pedestrians.”
“I usually have a general idea of where the story is going, but I try to avoid planning in too much detail. The best endings are those that emerge only after I've thought long and hard about the various ways the story might end. Then I choose the ending that seems surprising yet somehow inevitable.”
“One thing I love about Detroit is that in the wintertime, they have a great device for removing snow. It's called July.”
“I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people in Detroit have to say about Detroit. My best education is actually talking to people.”
“I've said this before: a homeless guy in Detroit has more mojo than a millionaire in Jacksonville.”
“Detroit is a rough, rough place and that's how they like their wrestling, so I love Detroit.”
“The car culture is part of living in Detroit.”
“This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia.”