“At Wal-Mart, a co-worker once advised me that, although I had a lot to learn, it was also important not to "know too much," or at least never to reveal one's full abilities to management, because "the more they think you can do, the more they'll use you and abuse you." My mentors in these matters were not lazy; they just understood that there are few or no rewards for heroic performance. The trick lies in figuring out how to budget your energy so there'll be some left over for the next day.” ThinkingKnowsImportantMatterUseLyingNextEnergyLeftCan DoAbilityToo MuchUnderstoodPerformancesAbuseManagementRewardsWorkersTricksBudgetsLazyHeroicMentorNext DayCo Worker Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Obviously, following my convictions has come at a personal price, but they are important enough that I have been willing to endure the abuse.” Has BeensImportantEnoughWillingBuddhismAbuseEndureFollowingConvictionRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“In my books my characters experience things as they are. My books allow youth an honest look at important issues affecting them. As adults we want to believe things like sex abuse or drug use are not happening anymore, or happening less and less, but that's not the case and we need to acknowledge that. We can't make life prettier for youth, but we can arm them.” WantNeedsBelieveLooksImportantBookCharacterUseSexCasesIssuesHonestYouthArmsDrugHappeningsAdultsAbuseAcknowledgeImportant IssuesDrug UseSex Abuse Author:Ellen Hopkins
“I have now is whenever my kids say, "Can you look at this?" or "Can I ask you something?" or "Can you come here for a minute?" no matter what I am doing, I say yes instead of saying, "Just a sec." They never abuse the privilege, and I never once regretted it. What they took me away to do was never less important than what I was doing already.” LooksImportantMatterKidsAsksMinutesAbuseNo Matter WhatPrivilege Author:Michael J. Fox
“The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corruption spread to the law courts. And then to the army, and finally the Republic was subjected to the rule of emperors” ImportantPlayLawProcessVoteAbuseArmyElectionCourtCorruptionSpreadSellingBuyingRepublicEmperorBuying And SellingLaw Courts Author:Plutarch
“The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.” ImportantPoliticalProcessLossAbuseInstitutionsPlusPolitical PowerScreening Author:Babatunde Fashola
“I think it's very important, and I think that what young people will learn from my experience is that even presidents have to do that and there are consequences when you don't. But I also think that there will be a box score, and there will be that one negative, and then there will be the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times when the record will show that I did not abuse my authority as president, that I was truthful with the American people.” PeopleThinkingImportantShowsYoungPresidentRecordsAuthorityConsequenceNegativeAbuseBoxesScoreTruthful Author:William J. Clinton
“Surveillance of power is one of the most important ways to ensure that power does not abuse its status. But, of course, power does not like to be watched.” WayDoeImportantCoursesAbuseSurveillance Author:Bruce Schneier
“I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides of the political spectrum. In the end, I think that a more useful 'universal' concept than that of a 'right', though, is a 'need'.” ThinkingNeedsBelieveMayImportantEndsPoliticalI BelieveSidesConceptsToolsUniversalAbuseFlawsSpectrumCritiquePolitical Spectrum Author:Alison Assiter
“The use of language around drugs is really important. So we find that it's increasingly difficult in our society to find the word "drug" not connected to the word "abuse." The notion of a responsible use of drugs is written out in the language of our culture.” ImportantUseCultureLanguageDifficultWrittenDrugAbuseResponsibleNotionConnectedOur SocietyUse Of Language Author:Graham Hancock
“It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.” PeopleImportantDoneGovernmentAbuseChecksBeing Done Author:Barack Obama
“Civil libertarian activists are found overwhelmingly on the left. Their right-wing brethren have been concerned with issues more important than civil rights, voting rights, abuses by police and the military, and the subordination of politics to religion - issues like the campaign to expand human freedom by turning highways over to toll-extracting private corporations and the crusade to funnel money from Social Security to Wall Street brokerage firms.” HumansHas BeensImportantFoundLeftSocialIssuesRightsStreetsSecurityMilitaryWallConcernedAbusePoliceWingsLibertarianCampaignsCivil RightsFirmCorporationsVotingActivistSocial SecurityHighwaysRight WingBrethrenTollsRight To VoteCrusadesHuman FreedomSubordination Author:Michael Lind
“Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.” PeopleImportantMediaAbuseAccountsElsewhere Author:George H. W. Bush
“And I think anyone would be interested to get to the bottom of accusations related to minors and related to abuse. So, I would challenge the issue of bogus accusations. And I think it's important to recognize the impartiality of the Egyptian judicial system.” ThinkingImportantChallengesAbuseBottomJudicialAccusationEgyptian Author:Sameh Shoukry
“It is important to know that criticism is a natural part of life and speaking out, and to know that a certain amount of the criticism you receive may have nothing to do with you, your argument, or the way you are articulating yourself. Some criticism online and in the physical world is neither constructive, nor balanced or intelligent. Some of it is abuse.” WorldImportantNaturalArgumentCriticismAbuseIntelligentOnlineSpeaking Out Author:Tara Moss
“Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to forgive. The African people. The Jewish people. We all have to forgive and understand the only way to stop the cycle of hate and abuse is not to allow yourself to get caught in it.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantDoneHateAbuseImportant ThingsForgivingCaughtCycles Author:Sinead O'Connor
“We know that many boys and girls leave school because of poverty, because they have to work. However, there are an important number of children who abandon their studies because of the abuses they're subject to by teachers and their own parents.” KnowsChildrenImportantSchoolGirlParentNumbersEducationBoysPovertyStudyTeacherSubjectsAbuseEducationalAbandonBoy And GirlAbused Children Author:Shakira
“It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications for political station. When a citizen gives his vote to a man of immorality , he abuses his civic responsibilty. He sacrifices not only his own interest but that of his neighbor, and he betrays the interest of his country.” MenGivingImportantCountryPoliticalInterestReligiousViewsPrinciplesSacrificeSubjectsCitizensMoralityVoteAbuseNeighborStationsBetrayCivicsQualificationsImmoralityDefective Author:Noah Webster
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety.” Has BeensImportantOrderCoursesAbuseSafetyInstitutionsPressesDareAdministrationUsefulnessSapArtillery Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.” MenImportantRealPlayHurtRolesViolenceMessagesAbusePartnersDomestic ViolenceViolence Against WomenReal Men Author:Ian Somerhalder
“I wanted to take part in this campaign because it's so easy to forget the many women who live their lives in fear because of domestic violence. Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.” MenImportantRealPlayWantedEasyHurtForgetRolesViolenceMessagesAbusePartnersCampaignsDomestic ViolenceReal Men Author:Ian Somerhalder
“For too long we have occupied ourselves with responding to the consequences of cruelty and abuse and have neglected the important task of building up an ethical system in which justice for animals is regarded as the norm rather than the exception. Our only hope is to put our focus on the education of the young.” LongImportantYoungJusticeAnimalEducationFocusBuildingConsequenceTasksAbuseCrueltyExceptionEthicalNormNeglectedRespondingBuilding Up Author:John Hoyt
“It's important to talk about it. You raise awareness. But you can also prevent it (child abuse) by not letting it be a secret.” ChildrenImportantSecretAwarenessAbuseRaisesChild AbuseAbused Children Author:Chris Witty
“In acknowledging woman-to-woman help it is important to recognize that power, within the family and elsewhere, can be used vindictively, and that it is not only powerful men who abuse women; women with power may also abuse other women.” MenMayImportantHelpingUsedPowerfulAbuseElsewhereMen WomenPowerful ManWoman To Woman Author:Sheila Kitzinger
“The similarities between street drug abuse and psychotropic prescription drug use are disturbing. Both types are toxic. Both can cause psychosis, damage the brain and other organs, and even cause death. And neither type of mind-altering drugs, legal or illegal, treats disease. It's important to recognize that the only significant difference between many prescription psychotropic drugs and street drugs such as "speed" and "downers" is that prescription drugs are legal.” MindImportantUseCausesDifferencesBrainStreetsTypeDrugDiseaseTreatsAbuseSpeedSignificantPsychologicalDamageIllegalToxicOrgansDisturbingSimilarityPrescriptionsPsychosisPsychiatricDrug AbusePrescription DrugsDrug UseDowners Author:Sydney Walker
“An important documentary that sheds light on one of the most terrifying realities in the U.S. today—the commercial sexual exploitation of young girls. TRICKED is a comprehensive portrait of all the players in this human rights abuse: survivors, traffickers, johns and cops. Everyone should see this film.” ShouldHumansImportantRealityLightTodayFilmYoungGirlRightsPlayerAbuseHuman RightsSurvivorCopShedExploitationPortraitsDocumentariesComprehensive Author:Rachel Lloyd
“I saw sensuality as sacred, indeed the only sacredness, I saw woman and her beauty as divine since her calling is the most important task of existence: the propagation of the species. I saw woman as the personification of nature, as Isis, and man as her priest, her slave; and I pictured her treating him as cruelly as Nature, who, when she no longer needs something that has served her, tosses it away, while her abuses, indeed her killing it, are its lascivious bliss.” MenNeedsImportantExistenceSawsDivineCallingTasksAbuseSacredSlaveSpeciesKillingSensualityBlissPriestsIsisTossHer BeautySacrednessPersonificationPropagationKilling It Author:Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
“Third issue, and again I think it is important to note, anyone can make a mistake and any administration can make a mistake once in a while, but this is just a long train of abuses, an unbroken chain of following special interests rather than the health of the American people.” PeopleThinkingLongImportantInterestMistakeIssuesSpecialThirdsAbuseTrainNotesFollowingChainsAdministrationTiesSpecial InterestsUnbroken Author:Jay Inslee