Quotes About Values

Being an androgynous model is one thing, but a lot of what we're up against is the way we stand for certain values, such as our sexualities, or if people with our look are common enough to be part of the consumer market.

My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.

I just don't like conspicuous consumption. I find it distasteful.

My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says, 'I won more money.'

I've never played for a contract or money or any of those things.

I'm not a guy who's going to be searching for the biggest contract in the game. That's not me. I want to be where I'm comfortable.

The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is and not just what it looks like.

Contrary to what everyone thinks, in my family, we didn't talk about politics at home.

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

I haven't asked for any contributions, and I try to do things without using money - it feels more real and honest.

I hate controversies and want to be in the news for the right reasons.

I'm very conventional compared to my parents.

People entrust me with the responsibility of actualizing our shared values and, that said, I'm not in the business of going to try to convert people and getting their buy-in. I just do the work.

I feel the world is over-saturated with products, and it isn't about what you're wearing as much as it is about what message you are trying to convey.

People want to know that I'm a person of conviction.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a person with clear convictions.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

I don't believe you can buy or sell 'cool.'

I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value? What was I about? And I had to love it and take pleasure in it.

I've come to recognize that social purpose must be embedded into the core DNA of a company. The questions 'Why do we exist as a company?' and 'How do we make a difference?' need to have the same answer.

I can always tell if someone is good in the core.

I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens.