Quotes About Engagement

Congressman Engel had a reputation quite frankly for being absent from the community, being disengaged and not being a leader or fighter on the issues that matter most, and that's not just rhetoric.

Mostly, whenever I'm booked to do instruction, I just play a little bit and get people to ask questions. We'll play some music for 'em, 'til somebody hollers out, 'Play 'Milk Cow Blues' or 'Play 'San Antonio Rose.' We play requests and demonstrate our music.

I like getting requests from audience members.

One of the problems we currently have is there hasn't been in the population any serious engagement with the ethics of war because we have an all-volunteer army. I would think the return to the draft would be an intervention that would require discussion that might be more helpful in terms of our ability to limit war.

Some roles require less, and some roles require a great deal of commitment.

There's nothing in your life or in our collective problems that does not require our ability to put our attention where we care about. At the end of our lives, all we have is our attention and our time.

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.

To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.

People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. But some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them.

Pretty much, I am always open to input from everyone; although I don't require it, the feedback is conducive to getting the play together.

Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.

I'm into something that definitely does require your attention, and with that, you're not going to run out of things to do. You're never going to be the master of music.

Some art needs to be hung on the wall and stared at inquisitively, while other pieces require a more active approach.

Healthy democracies require healthy relationships amongst citizens and their governments.

Everything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind.

When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.

For citizens to become fully engaged in holding their leadership to account, accurate information is required to see where action is needed, to measure the results of policies and programmes, to build support for courageous decisions and to consolidate political legitimacy.

Quite a lot is required of writers these days in terms of, if not promoting the work, then being a representative of the work. It's a difficult thing, really.

I will do everything that is required from me, but if people get bored of me, I can't control their emotions.

I despise lackadaisical behavior when it comes to our music. I mean, this is heavy metal music. You must be involved. You're required to be involved.

Promotion is necessary and it has to be done. I am not shying away from promotion, but going to cities and malls and raising your hands like a stupid guy is not required.

If you are true at telling the story, it will get a good audience, and the required numbers.