Quotes About Involvement

Emotional distance keeps many good men from being better fathers;

We live largely separated from one another, and most people seem to be okay with that. It is not good enough to vote for politicians who will do the right thing on racial issues, or even to give money to worthy causes. If we are not actively trying to tear down the "fences to separate the races," as Justice Marshall described it, then we are all part of the problem.

How do we expect people to participate in something they don't understand?

Wherever you are, make sure you're there.

That's what real leadership is: Creating and clarifying the vision (the "what"), and giving that vision greater context and importance (the "why") for all Whos involved.

Let's get something straight right now. I don't want or need you involved in this investigation. Am I clear?

His deep voice broke the spell. "So, what do you suggest I do, ladies?" He stared out to sea, knowing very well what he would do. But he wanted to involve these two youngsters, win them over to his side. Draw the enemy in. Drag them over to your camp, until their commander finds herself alone and unsupported . . . vulnerable.

The people who are with us by either happenstance or design during life-altering events become woven into the fabric of those events.

No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

What matters is establishing this link and consistently creating engagement around it. What matters is telling the story.

The trick is not just to send the signal but to create engagement around it.

Emotional 'literacy' implies an expanded responsibility for schools in helping to socialize children. This daunting task requires two major changes: that teachers go beyond their traditional mission and that people in the community become more involved with schools as both active participants in children's learning and as individual mentors.

More often than not, it's disrespectful to them (our children) - and disrespectful to their struggle with their tasks in life- if our own anxiety as parents makes us cling to our children. It's disrespectful is we demand more intimacy than they are willing or able to give. Too much involvement with our children is not an act of love- it's an act of selfishness.

are we wired to be passive and inert? Or are we wired to be active and engaged?

not looking at the student or the patient as a pawn on a chessboard but as a full participant in the game.

Ambiguity begets participation.

How we treat our children changes who they are and how they will develop. Their brains need our parental involvement. Nature needs nurture.

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

It is easy to force a reader or viewer to interact. The trick is in making them want to interact, and in letting the story unfold hand-in-hand with that.

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.

I wanted to write a story that demanded the viewer's attention.

When you're representing a sport, people are more likely to judge and comment as, unlike other fields, sport permits every viewer to participate to a certain level.

The idea of a 'happening' is that there is little distance between the viewer and it, whatever 'it' is. It's an experience that's on-going and evolving.

I go on Twitter and I ask my viewers, 'What would you like to see next season in my line?' or 'What are things you love to wear?' They're the ones wearing it, so I want to make sure it applies to them.