Quotes About Engagement

You wouldn't believe how quickly the most interesting person in the world can turn into the most boring person you'll ever meet.

Google and Accurint can make you feel very smart, but the best stories come when you're out in the field.

When he happened to look at Marion directly, it was often to ask, "Where's your sister?

with nothing left to relish or discover, he just might die of boredom. Elective ignorance was a great survival skill, perhaps the greatest.

Cuando te quedas en tu habitación y te encolerizas o adoptas una actitud de desdén o te encoges de hombros, como hice muchos años, el mundo y sus problemas te intimidan de manera extraordinaria. Pero cuando sales y estableces una relación real con personas reales, o incluso con animales reales, existe el peligro muy real de acabar queriendo a alguno de ellos.

Of] particular importance is the relationship between education and the political process.

La calidad de una cena la determinan las conversaciones secundarias que la mayoría de la mesa no oye.

All forms of poor communication have one thing in common: They ask the person on the other end of the line to do more work than they should have to.

The earlier you intervene, the less likely that people will get defensive. The more real-time and specific your feedback is, the easier it is for people to receive it and learn from it. The

Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.

Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.

Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.

I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away (from the animal, our plate, our concern, ourselves) or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something

What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other?

I promised myself I wouldn't be the first to look away, but I was.

was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.

Our response to the factory farm is ultimately a test of how we respond to the powerless, to the most distant, to the voiceless - it is a test of how we act when no one is forcing us to act one way or another. Consistency is not required, but engagement with the problem is.

Wir können uns nicht mit Unwissenheit herausreden, nur mit Gleichgültigkeit.

nu ne acorda nici o atentie si n-a intrebat nici macar o data despre ce discutam. Era sociabil doar cu alunele.

Punch with your mouth and talk with your feet.

It's possible you can't afford to care, but it's certain you can't afford not to care.

The animal looks at us, and we are naked before it. Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away (from the animal, our plate, our concern, ourselves) or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.