Participation Quotes - Page 13

Gardening is an active participation in The deepest mysteries of the universe.

Thomas Berry

Garden, Religion, Spirit

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If the communications media are a good destined for all humanity, then ever-new means must be found - including recourse to opportune legislative measures - to make possible a true participation in their management by all. The culture of co-responsibility must be nurtured.

Pope John Paul II

Communication, Mean, Responsibility

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The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country.

Rick Santorum

Country, Children, Block

Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla, www.foxnews.com. September 22, 2011.

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Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

Samuel Richardson

Inspirational, Marriage, Care

Samuel Richardson (2014). “Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady - Complete”, p.730, Simon and Schuster

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As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism.

Angela Davis

Struggle, Fighting, People

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But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

John Cusack

Sorry, Party, Mean

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Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.

David Bosch

Missionary, Missions, Activity

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General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me.

Benazir Bhutto

Giving, Wish, Needs

Interview With Zahid Hussain, newslinemagazine.com. July 2002.

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I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Art, New York, Thinking

"'I Hate Authority – I Like to Make My Own Mistakes'". Interview with Ismene Brown, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 09, 2004.

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My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

Michelle Bachelet

Priorities, Political, Empowerment

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Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.

Walter Annenberg

Team, Play, Giving

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The only influence that can really upset the injustice and iniquity of men is the power that breathes in the Christian tradition, renewing our participation in the Life that is the Light of men.

Thomas Merton

Christian, Men, Light

Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.144, New Directions Publishing

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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

Al Franken

Engagement, Records, Treasure

"Putting an End to Secret Campaign Contributions" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 2012.

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Group Material is itself collaborative, which is non-hierarchical and we don't use the corporate model which is along lines of expertise but we work together and take responsibility as a group for every aspect of the work. And then there's a collaboration or dialogue with those artists and non-artists we work with, in terms of participation in the various projects.

Julie Ault

Responsibility, Artist, Together

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The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

Joschka Fischer

Europe, Issues, People

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When I finally had the chance to make my childhood dream a reality - as a co-founder and chairman of Moon Express - my goal was to broaden participation in lunar exploration, and connect the common person to its results. We plan to send robotic rovers - not humans - to the Moon to search for precious metals and rare minerals on the Moon's surface.

Naveen Jain

Dream, Moon, Reality

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They are nonhuman persons. They are not food. If animals matter morally at all, there is one and only one rational response: go vegan. Everything else is just participation in animal exploitation.

Gary L. Francione

Animal, Matter, Vegan

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I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation in Movement demonstrations in my hometown, December, 1961

Bernice Johnson Reagon

School, Thinking, Rights

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True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.

Priscilla Shirer

Father, Endeavor, Invited

Priscilla Shirer (2007). “Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God Speaks”, p.133, Moody Publishers

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As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.

Naveen Jain

Sports, Wise, Teamwork

"Keeping Football Exciting While Reducing the Threat of Traumatic Head Injuries" by Naveen Jain, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2012.

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Philosophy is speculation, Zen is participation. Participate in the night leaving, participate in the evening coming, participate in the stars and participate in the clouds; make participation your lifestyle and the whole existence becomes such a joy, such an ecstasy. You could not have dreamed of a better universe.

Rajneesh

Stars, Philosophy, Night

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I have for some time urged that a nuclear abolition summit to mark the effective end of the nuclear era be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of those cities, with the participation of national leaders and representatives of global civil society.

Daisaku Ikeda

Anniversary, Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Cities

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It is the multiplication of men who are exluded from working which provokes war. We ought at least to bear this in mind when we boast of the continual decrease in human participation in technical operations.

Jacques Ellul

War, Technology, Men

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I even believe in helping an employer function more productively. For then, we will have a claim to higher wages, shorter hours, and greater participation in the benefits of running a smooth industrial machine.

Sidney Hillman

Running, Believe, Machines

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Healing requires far more of us than just the participation of our intellectual and even our emotional resources. And it certainly demands that we do more than look backwards at the dead-end archives of our past. Healing is, by definition, taking a process of disintegration of life and transforming into a process of return to life.

Caroline Myss

Life, Healing, Past

Caroline Myss (2009). “Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason”, p.16, Hay House, Inc

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