Quotes About Contribution

Maria Goeppert-Mayer, you know, she didn't even get paid to be a scientist. And yet, she was doing Nobel Prize-winning work. How ridiculous is that?

My parents were immigrants from Pakistan. My father has passed away now, but my father and mother were very proud of Britain, and they have always respected the country and always wanted to make a contribution.

If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.

I respect the Forces... but civil services also have a contribution to make. They are there to bridge administration with Forces. They are critical, and I give credit to them. I don't claim to have done miracles in bridging it, but I have just said the two lines can go parallel.

As a No. 9, I have to be there to score goals, but that isn't the only thing. I also participate in the build-up and help my team-mates, but, above all, it's about scoring goals.

When people feel they're getting to speak into what's being preached, there is high built-in motivation to participate.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

I've enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I've enjoyed owners being allowed to participate.

What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.

Politics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.

I feel like I have to be responsible for what I'm participating in or putting out into the world.

A film becomes hit with the equal participation of every actors and crew members.

The things I'm good at are building communities, participatory media, places where people contribute things of their own making.

I view Indigenous Canadians as an integral part of our society, proud of their contribution to Canadian history, great deal of respect for all they did pre-Confederation, the way that they have been partners in building this society we have, and I'm very proud to represent a dozen First Nations communities in my own riding.

I've learned, over the years, to go after the parts where I feel I can add something.

Sometimes I can help the team to score, to make the last pass or to get more chances and try to score. Maybe I can do this more often.

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years.

We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.

If I am helping my team-mates in some way, giving assistance, passing the ball, I'll already be very happy, but of course, in my position, I have to score.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.

You can thank us by doing something serious with it

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS.