Quotes About Engagement

Scientific discoveries matter much more when they're communicated simply and well - if you can't explain your work to the man in the pub, what's the point?

The concept of preserving history, collating full archives, making them as usable as possible so the public have access to them, I really feel that it allows the public an ability to engage with their own history.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

We desperately need to have a public that actually cares whether things are true of not.

An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.

Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.

If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

It's good-bye to public life in the way that you try to communicate with an audience playfully, like we're friends, beyond the work you are actually paid for.

I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.

On the whole, my disposition is to say yes, unless I've got good reason to say no, and I think that's being in public life.

When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes quiet - it wants to know what my opinion is.

A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

I'm intrigued by being in public office.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

Public opinion must be heard.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.

Public sector employees are the eyes and ears on the ground for the communities they serve.

Everyone should think seriously about public service at some point.