Quotes About Involvement

Of course things get stagnant; people get too used to their environment, but that's why I'm in my district every week, at meetings with my constituents.

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about.

I have such respect for guest actors. They don't know all the characters as deeply as the regulars, and the cast isn't your family, so you have more at stake.

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

By giving young Americans a stake in the outcome of their communities, we can renew our civic identity while providing people with skills and experiences that they can use throughout their lives.

Citizens do not just make up and preserve a Republic; they are its ultimate stakeholders and in fact pillars.

I personally went canvassing door to door in a local race when I was in high school and thought it was kind of hilarious how worked up people got over such small stakes elections.

Let's see, what was my favorite of 'Golden Girls'. Anything Stan was involved with, I was obsessed with.

It's really important for everyone in our community to stand for something.

Get up. Stand up. Speak up. Do something.

Politicians should not get involved in the detail of clinical criteria and shouldn't be arguing with professors and consultants over whether there is one standard deviation or two standard deviations.

Standing in the corner, it's not my game.

And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.

Just standing around looking beautiful is so boring.

Anyone who assumes that this country is standing still is not a good American, or rather, he is an apathetic and dead one and makes no contribution to the society.

From a personal standpoint, I consider myself much more of an accidental entrepreneur. I was involved in the entrepreneurship club at Harvard, but I heard of it only because it was new on campus.

From the standpoint of democratic legitimacy, it's a problem if half the electorate, or close to it, declines to vote, not least because they may not feel much of a stake in the whole process.

It's definitely important to have your mom and family there to back you up and cheering from the stands. You'd love them to come to every big dance and every big game, but sometimes that's not possible.

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.

It's always good to have my dad there to support me. I know he's watching every game when he's at home. But when he's in the stands it's a great feeling.

I wouldn't call myself a standup in the presence of Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock, but I do my share of it and it has been and remains part of my activity and I like it.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.