Quotes About Engagement

I want to knock on people's doors and preach. But I also meet a lot of people on planes and in restaurants, and you can preach with them or place some literature with them.

There are a lot of well meaning white liberals. And a lot of well meaning black liberals. But you know what? When all they do is sit around and preach to the choir it does absolutely no good. If you're not a racist it doesn't do any good for me to meet with you and sit around and talk about how bad racism is.

We've never tried to educate children. We've never tried to preach to them, just entertain.

To preach is very boring, and nobody wants free advice. But if it's entertainment, then this changes. If you explain something to a kid through an interesting story, he'll be hooked.

When we say, 'We're here for you,' we mean it to this point - everything we do, everything we preach, every broadcast we come on, everywhere we minister, everything we say and do is prayed, engineered, designed to minister to the people.

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.

My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.

Radio, in a way, is preaching.

My kids don't listen to me when I preach at them. But if I tell them a story they can pull something from, that matters.

Whenever you try to preach something, people will not accept or invite it into their lives. But if it is said in a light way, people understand it better, and it is as true for films as it is for life.

Rap is good for politics because when you make a rap record, you put good music on a track and people listen to you. It's easier than trying to preach.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

I'm no intellect. I'm no preacher. I'm an entertainer. And If I don't get up there and entertain people, I'm not giving them what they paid for.

The pitch should be very clear about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and why I should care. If you can cover those things quickly and precisely, it's easy for me to decide whether I want to spend more time with you or not.

This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.

Done right, precision can help clarify, plus it's fun.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.

What I prefer is an audience who listen. And are intelligent. Which I try and assume every audience is. And that if something goes wrong, it's generally my fault and not theirs.

I would prefer to be a little nervous, because when you stop being nervous is kind of when you stop caring.

I never run away from things but confront them, and I preferred to stay on the periphery of Mumbai film industry.

I was very active during both my pregnancies.