Quotes About Engagement

I'm really not a fan of letting the audience live vicariously through stuff.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.

I didn't find it difficult to live in the 'Inherent Vice' world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real.

Vice' came up really quickly. I was doing something else, and I got a call, and I said, 'Absolutely.' It wasn't a lot of time to prepare. I love a lot of lead-in time. But I jumped in.

Vice has done a great job at talking to millennials.

I was involved in a bunch of school activities - I was a cheerleader, I was on the chess team, I was vice president of my class.

Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.

The vice president can play a real role in that, in helping solve some of the biggest problems in the country.

Creators are what bring the eyeballs to platforms, and vice versa. Sort of a chicken-and-egg thing, because you can't have creators and no platform.

I think, the young people in the U.K., it's a vicious cycle of not feeling empowered to do anything within their community.

Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.

I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level.

My personal missteps - how many Americans have died as a result of that? None. Other than my family, how many victims were there? None. And yet, in refusing to engage in a responsible debate about Iraq, how many Americans died? Thousands. And America seems to have no problem with that.

Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.

There is just no substitute for seeing a disaster area firsthand and getting the chance to speak in person to victims and responders.

When victims of crime find the strength to come forward and engage in the criminal justice process we must ensure that they have basic rights and protections in place.

Id like to say that if Im playing Shield cricket for Victoria, and Ive put my name up, Im ready to go.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.

I think the United States military is operating under rules of engagement that are too strict and that do not allow us to pursue victory. When I'm president, that will change.

I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you'll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you'll realise that you're a full-class citizen. You have the potential to make money from the system.

Look at the way celebrities and politicians are using Facebook already. When Ashton Kutcher posts a video, he gets hundreds of pieces of feedback. Maybe he doesn't have time to read them all or respond to them all, but he's getting good feedback and getting a good sense of how people are thinking about that and maybe can respond to some of it.

I'm very conscious that a music video is beyond just a promotional tool for a song. It takes a song to the next level and it gives a song a new life.