Quotes About Involvement

My mother keeps me abreast of all the hometown things.

My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George's mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that's when some say her hair turned white.

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on.

I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out for the meeting, and I begged her to let me go along.

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd.

My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids wont grow up to be connected to him.

You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.

My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.

One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.

I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

The sweaty players in the game of life always have more fun than the supercilious spectators.

If you find something that you feel you belong to, become a groupie and a fan, and then a critic.

There is no "I" in "Team," but there is an "E" for "Everyone." A team achieves more when everyone contributes.

Attend your children's athletic events. There's nothing better than watching your child succeed while absolutely loving the opportunity to play in front of you.

I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies.

Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

Rhode Island has become a second home to me after being involved in its cultural life for over 61 years. I look upon it as a privilege to be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame.