Quotes About Participation

It's a truism to say that my state, Texas, isn't a red state: It's a nonvoting state.

It seems to me that's the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they're all contributing in different ways.

I did take part in a couple of Vishy Anand's training camps. The experience has truly been invaluable. I saw from up close the level of preparation that I should be striving for.

Is it average Joes like ourselves who go to the ballot box and truly decide who are going to be the leaders, not only of their party - of their government - at the local, at the state, at the federal level? Is that really who's still in charge?

Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.

Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out.

Trust implies that both parties participate in the relationship with both 'gives' and 'gets.'

Mediators do not choose the conflicts they became involved in, but the parties to the conflict choose the mediator. Their participation as intermediaries is based on the trust of all the conflicting parties.

Americans want faith and trust in the integrity of their election processes.

Back in 2005, the Anthony Nolan Trust could have asked me just to speak out about the lack of ethnic minority donors on the bone marrow register, but that would have meant nothing if I wasn't prepared to join up myself.

Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.

The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.

Participating in the newest communications technologies becomes compulsory if you want to remain part of the culture.

Games are not about being told things. If you want to tell people things, write a book or make a movie. Games are dialogues - and dialogue requires both parties to take the floor once in a while

The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip.

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.

Alright guys, I want to get out there and vote tomorrow. And not because it's cool, because it's not. You know what is cool? Smoking. Smoke while you vote.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. -Loving Frank

God doesn't want to change the world without you.

If I play Coachella, it's sponsored by a company - that's corporate, too. But we're playing it because we're getting paid and we want to be a part of the festival.

I mean, the last thing I want to do is be involved in politics.

I think it's a part of being a citizen in a country, to know what is going on and to have a say in how they want their country being run. You know, that's a part of the privilege of democracy.