Quotes About Engagement

I don't like idle time.

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

If we stand idly by while states legalize bigotry, we are responsible for allowing it to happen.

Being idly hanging around, and that's not good for an actor to do.

To sit idly, not doing, merely experiencing, comes hard to a primate.

I was never a sit-in-the-audience-type person. Even as a little kid, when I saw a band performing at a restaurant, I would ask them if I could sing a song.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.

People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous.

When you're a leader, you cannot ignore parts of your constituency, even if you know they're not going to vote for you.

The business cannot ignore what customers are saying when the message is clear: We're not on our game.

I don't ignore anything. Somebody gets in my face, I get in their face.

I'm not going to stand by and ignore things that I think are important to talk about.

People will love or hate 'Satta' and 'Stumped.' But they cannot ignore them.

It's very hard for politicians to ignore even just a handful of letters about the same issue.

At art school you realize that in order to stay engaged you have to ignore the critics, good and bad.

What happens if you stand passively by the side of the road with a placard saying, you know, 'Stop climate change' is you just get ignored. When you get on the street and block it, people start to have a conversation about this existential situation that we're in.

I've learned how to measure what I say. Al Sharpton in 1986 was trying to be heard. I was a local guy and was like, 'Y'all are ignoring us.'

America, I am not ignoring you.

I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.

I think there is a lot of activism and energy from people all over America, and some of them are being represented by members that appear to be ignoring their constituents.

I was hooked in before hacking was even illegal.

I think people learn best and are more engaged when it's just normal relatable situations that illustrate the principles they're discussing.