Quotes About Participation

You can make kids and fans happy without calling them on the court in the last three minutes of the NBA Finals.

I've got my finger in a lot of pies.

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

Well, first of all, I think that Russia has to have free democratic elections, that means everyone who wants to take part in it should be admitted.

I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.

I've always been interested in giving the audience a first-person experience in my movies.

We whites who position ourselves as liberal often opt to protect what we perceive as our moral reputationsrather than recognize or change our participation in systems of inequity and domination.

Decisions are made by those who show up.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

The biggest hurdle that our communities have is cynicism - saying it's a done deal, who cares; there's no point to voting. If we can get somebody to care, it's a huge victory for the movement and the causes we're trying to advance.

I was kind of ignorant. Being naive - 'who cares, how many people in the world, okay, my vote won't count' - that's kind of ignorant thinking, and I totally migrated from that. I clearly took that for granted for eight to 10 years.

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it.

It's a crying shame we don't play more parks and fairs. I would love to go right to the Chamber of Commerce or whoever they are, so that we could get involved in a different way.

I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.

Team player, man. It's not just me out there. All five guys got to contribute, and whoever comes in has to do the same.

We need the whole squad, every player of the team, if we are to be successful.

You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.

At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund.

As a Catholic, I find mindfulness helps me participate in my religion more wholeheartedly. If you are praying the rosary, participating in the rituals at Mass, or listening to the priest preach, you will actually be paying attention! Whatever your religion is, it can enhance the experience of participating in that religion.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Why is our own participation in scapegoating so difficult to perceive and the participation of others so easy? To us, our fears and prejudices never appear as such because they determine our vision of people we despise, we fear, and against whom we discriminate.