Quotes About Involvement

The first sexual division comes about when nurture is made the exclusive concern of women. This cannot happen until a society becomes industrial; in hunting and gathering and in agricultural societies, men are of necessity also involved in nurture.

The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field

She does not get eaten by the sharks at this time," my father said. I looked up at him. "What?" "You looked like you were getting too involved and bothered so I thought I would let you relax.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

The simple act of committing to an answer makes the students more engaged and more curious about the outcome.

Nonresponsiveness is corrosive.

There's no such thing as a passive audience.

I would want it to be learned that basically to do something. Hiding or sitting back is not going to accomplish anything. And the gunman would have been successful if my friend Spencer had not gotten up. I just want that lesson to be learned going forward. In times of terror like that, to please do something, don't just stand by and watch.

first responders are usually not the law-enforcement officers or the paramedics that follow them, but the ordinary citizens who happen to be on the scene at the time

Studies show that the number-one factor for engagement among non-management employees is their perception that they are heard at work.

when Sierra Russell was into a book, she was totally into it. She practically crawled between the covers to live with the characters.

Everyone is a leader, and everyone is leading all the time-sometimes in immediate, dramatic, and obvious ways, more often in subtle, hard-to-measure ways, but leading nonetheless.

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

YOU GONNA STAND THERE WITH YOUR BUTT ON THE BACK OF YOUR BODY OR ARE YOU GONNA GET IN ON THIS, BEEF?

If people are engaged, eventually the political system responds, despite the money, despite the lobbyists, it still responds. ~ President Obama

Since 1990, we've found that the returns to shareholders in public companies where the founder is still involved are three times higher than in other companies

There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Research has found that student participation drops more as class size increases (Kenney & Banerjee, 2011).

A work of art doesn't need to provide complete answers in order to succeed. It needs only to excite us into asking questions and give us a place to think about them while we become involved in other people's lives.

I have the best husband in the world. He's very involved.

With a family of six, there is always something to make, create and do together.