Quotes About Responsiveness

I don't prepare very well. I'm always sort of wrapped up in what I'm supposed to be doing in the moment, and then I suddenly appear someplace, and I'm really not prepared.

People have tremendous power, more than the average person understands, and certainly more than even I understood before I came to Congress. When any of my constituents writes me a letter, I promise you, we're listening.

The more readily you respond to a spouse's bids for attention, the stronger your marriage—but it's easy to fall into bad habits.

I have a track record of going out and talking to my constituents and then standing up and representing them. That's what people want.

The Faster you want to go, lesser the time you have to make decisions

Companies claimed to be highly responsive, Jennifer thought, but you only had to chase a screaming man through their offices to realize it wasn't true.

As a staff babysitter, it's my responsibility, after punching in, to ask for my assignment for the day. That's when I find out whether I'll be washing strained carrots or burger fixings out of my hair after work. On the whole, I prefer burgers, but there's something to be said for strained carrots: generally the people who eat them can't talk back to you.

At least we know we're alive if we're reacting. At least we've got something to do if we're obsessing or controlling. For

if we open ourselves then we can become a part of the game instead of its victims.

Congressman Engel had a reputation quite frankly for being absent from the community, being disengaged and not being a leader or fighter on the issues that matter most, and that's not just rhetoric.

If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.'

When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.

I am a great believer in the OHIO principle: Only handle it once. When you read an e-mail, decide whether or not to reply to it, and, if you need to reply, do so right then and there. I have found that about 80 percent of all e-mails, whether internal or external, do not require a response.

Attachment theory teaches us that our loved one is our shelter in life. When that person is emotionally unavailable or unresponsive, we face being out in the cold, alone and helpless. We are assailed by emotions—anger, sadness, hurt, and above all, fear. This is not so surprising when we remember that fear is our built-in alarm system; it turns on when our survival is threatened.

Loving families are the basis of a humane society. As the poet Roberto Sosa writes, "Blessed are the lovers, for theirs is the grain of sand that sustains the center of the seas." The widening circle of engagement with and responsiveness to others does not stop with our immediate loved ones or even with the future families they create. It continues to spread out, to help create more caring communities and, ultimately, a more caring world.

Remember that the facts of a fight (whether it's a fight about the kids' schedule, your sex life, your careers) aren't the real issue. The real concern is always the strength and security of the emotional bond you have with your partner. It is about accessibility, responsiveness, and emotional engagement.

Men are overly sensitive to being told what to do. If they are persuaded to understand that they're making you happy by doing more, they'll be a lot more interested than if they're doing it because they're being told.

I'm on my phone 24/7 replying to every Instagram comment and message to try and understand how people are seeing us, and their questions and concerns.

Leaders have to be intensely aware and be bold and flexible enough to adjust course ahead of impending changes.

Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.

Our best work is done when it needs to be.

La pente naturelle, consciente ou inconsciente, de tout humanisme: il grandit l'homme, il l'affranchit, il diminue la part de Dieu, même s'il ne l'oublie pas entièrement. D'une certaine façon, aussi, l'humanisme est toujours contre: contre la soumission exclusive à Dieu, (...) contre tout système qui réduirait la responsabilité de l'homme... Il est revendication perpétuelle. Un fruit de l'orgueil.

The evangelistic harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is crucial; every generation is strategic. But we cannot be held responsible for the past generation and we cannot bear full responsibility for the next one. However we do have our generation! God will hold us responsible at the judgment seat of Christ for how well we fulfilled our responsibilities and took advantage of our opportunities.

Technology innovation is not going to slow down. The work to manage it needs to speed up