Quotes About Participation

It's an honour when your audience sings along, more than they listen to you at a live gig.

Some shows feel very reverent - when you're in a seated theater, no one really sings. I love it when people sing! I wish people would sing all the time. Because one of my favorite things when I get to do as a musician is step away from the microphone and listen to everyone sing together.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

I never do a show where the people just sit there and look at me. They always sing along. It's going to be a fun time.

Some people would ask: 'You are not the one who does the painting, or shot the work, how can it be your work?' But I was the one who chose which site we should use, and which assistant helps me to do the painting, or the shot.

The most interesting comments, they don't come from people with Klout scores. They don't come from people with a history on our sites.

Having L.G.B.T. people sitting in the room while decisions are being made, and sitting there as peers, will shift the conversation.

With a lot of films, people are sitting on the outside looking in, but I want the audience to get a bit more intimately involved with what's going on, so that they maybe can experience it a little bit more intensely.

There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.

It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game.

It's something I've always loved doing. I'm not one of the artists who comes in and just does my bit. I'm there every second of every day. That's my hands-on situation.

The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn't know who was ahead or if it was a close game.

I am gutted not to be taking part in 'Dancing on Ice.' I was having a brilliant time and couldn't wait to finally be skating live on national TV!

When I was skating you had to participate in every thing.

I was skeptical about the whole idea of my being in a film.

Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy.

I think public sector banks need to have greater private participation of people who have skin in the game.

Real democracy is only possible when people truly imbibe democratic principles and respect ethical values above everything else.

I went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself.

Gardening is a cooperative affair. I am a part of a neighborhood in which plants, dirt, rocks and a human family participate collectively in a love affair with place.

There are a lot of different ways you can be a part of this music and love it and make a contribution that's personal to you.

By faith we receive the saving grace of God that delivers us from guilt and sin. In love we participate in the victorious struggle of God against the principalities and powers of evil.

I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating.

Love can't be stolen without willing participants.