Quotes About Engagement

I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who don't know how to control themselves. They're feeble-minded and can't engage or articulate ideas. That's a narrative they keep trying to paint.

I used to be a nanny and the kids used to laugh at me when I'd say 'Shall we paint something?' They just wanted to go on their iPads.

You don't have to get all the way into the paint to still draw attention or get contact.

You care enough, that you want your life to be fulfilled in a living way, not in a painting way, not in a writing way... you really do want it to be involving in living, corresponding with other living objects, moving, changing, that kind of thing.

If you create something, whether it's a painting or a company, I think if you care about it, you have some obligation to go out and tell people about it.

I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing.

If I'm at a party, and there are lots of people running around, you'll most likely find me on the floor, painting... I want to be at the party, but I want to do something. I'm just not very idle at all.

I find myself chatting with my paintings, not deep and meaningful stuff, but things like 'hey there buddy' and 'oh, look what I did to your nose!'

The chemistry of a pair on screen is known only when the audience reacts to it.

When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed.

I went to Pakistan; I engaged in peace. If a hand extended is not shaken, what are you supposed to do?

I fought against Palestinians. I saw them.

If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be.

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 don't like to have to pan for gold when I read.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

We're trying to get the pandemic under control. We're trying to put people back to work. I don't find that boring.

No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.

My plan for 'The New York Times,' if I get the deal, will be putting the paper on every newsstand across the country and making 'The Times' accessible to every Chinese household. China is such a big market and is too big to miss.

I read a lot of news online, but I like buying a paper because I'll read an article I wouldn't normally read. And more often than not, the articles that you don't expect to care about are the ones that grab you.

From the time that I was a child, I loved interacting with people. I would go around door-to-door and sell candies and gift-wrapping paper, and it was a great way to interact with people and communicate with people.

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

I've done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There's always another interview to do. It's quite something, I have to say.

I've done the best I can with the morning show. I made it a morning show. We have the coffee cup, you have the morning papers, you know, it's got that feel to it, that's what I wanted.