Quotes About Participation

Courtesy has nothing to do with the matter, High Lord Ben Holiday. Playing games is a way of life with cats. We tease, we taunt, and we do exactly as we please, not as others would have us do. Playing games is an integral part of our personae. Those who wish to have any sort of relationship with us must expect as much. They must understand that participation in our games is necessary if they wish communication on any level.

Revolution cannot be handed down to you by a tight-knit vanguard of conspirators. Nor, as Lenin insisted, can it be carried abroad and imposed at the point of a bayonet, as Stalin did in eastern Europe. You have to be actively involved in the making of it yourself, unlike the kind of artist who instructs his assistants to go off and pickle a shark in his name.

All, no matter their means, must have an investment in their freedom, and will pay their part. This principle is law, and inviolate.

It is through the process of defining what we want as a town that we are becoming a real community. It is through the act of participation that we change.

I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.

no problem could be solved if individuals were not willing to address how they themselves were part of the problem.

You are not an observer, you are a participant.

When I set out to make 'Bourne Identity,' my main goal for the franchise was to create something where it feels like you're in the action. You're not just passively watching it from far away. That's something that I have constantly aspired to do - even in 'Swingers,' to feel like you're Jon Favreau; you're not just watching him.

Journalism is about bringing people to an event or something that they couldn't attend.

A louder government with less journalism does not enrich our democratic process.

Maybe it's my freak flag that, when I go to a haunted mansion, I would rather blend in with them and be part of the story rather than have someone jump out at me. To be part of the fantasy seems way more interesting to me, to embed myself in there and just drop in, in that way.

My point is you've been given a powerful blessing in life in this country to be able to vote and to be able to sit on the jury, so come equipped.

I feel just as much a part of 'War Eternal' as I do 'Will to Power.'

I want to be out there playing just as much as everybody else.

When they speak about 'We the people...,' we the people have to have a voice. It can't just be the establishment voice.

As you get going in the game you just kind of go along and you play the game.

I am just one of many who have played their part in Argentina's football history.

Within the sports world, I think it'd be cool to go be part of a baseball game or basketball game - just something different to see what that feels like.

It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.

The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of.

At Kentucky, I was kind of a role player.

The essence of democracy is that you can kick people out.

I was dragged kicking and screaming into a high-school play then discovered it was fun!

We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.