Quotes About Issues

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I.

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.

Identity issues are hardwired into the way I think about character - it's almost as if I can't get away from them even if I want to.

By understanding the meaning of common dreams, you can identify issues that want your attention in your waking life.

I've always said: if we ignore the issues that people want us to talk about, then you will have movements outside of the establishment political parties grow.

I think, in my own state, I can tell you that people do want to hear a serious discussion on serious issues.

There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers.

As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

Overall, the research suggests that conspiracy theories appeal to people who seek accuracy or meaning about personally important issues, but lack the cognitive resources or have other problems that prevent them from finding the answers to questions by more rational means

Practical problems are not within the scope of my interest.

Some of the issues with identity politics are critical moral issues. But we've got to show America that we don't have a plan just on these so-called identity politics issues, but that we have a plan for the economy, that we know how to provide for a strong national defense.

'Teachers' is in no way a realistic soap; we're not trying to do that, which is why we never do 'issues.'

Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.

I became a photographer in order to be a war photographer, and a photographer involved in what I thought were critical social issues. From the very beginning this was my goal.

The left has chosen the courts as a major battlefield over social issues.

Political conservatives need to recognize that multicultural politics is converging with leftist politics, and not only on 'social issues' like same-sex marriage. Our Constitution is also on the chopping block, and if you don't see that, you haven't been paying attention.

I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way.

It's sad that we vote for and elect officials to run our state, run our country, over social issues. I don't believe they belong in politics.

People are being overwhelmed with social issues, political problems and economic problems - and this notion of giving everything up and going to live off-grid and to have a simpler way of life is quite attractive.

In '88, '89, '90, '91... When I was making these albums, it would be four or five songs that didn't have any curse words, that were about social issues in the community.

I attended seminars where many social issues were discussed abstractly, outside the pressures of an immediate situation, and there I developed certain attitudes which permitted me to face the real thing when it came along.

When it comes to conservative social issues, it saddens me when sometimes my fellow Republicans duck and cover in the face of pressure from the left. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's quit trying to curry favor with them.