“Education is not the only answer and it's certainly not the immediate solution. At best, it's a necessary, but not sufficient response to widening inequality.” AnswersSolutionsResponseInequalitySufficient Author:Robert Reich
“If you ask someone whether our Constitutional rights are being flushed down the porcelain oubliette, and their response is, "If I answer that honestly they'll arrest me," then you already have your answer.” IfsAsksAnswersRightsResponseHonestlyConstitutional RightsPorcelain Author:Robert X. Cringely
“The fact is, there aren't just two sides to any issue, there's almost always a range of responses, and "it depends" is almost always the right answer in any big question.” TwoFactsBigsSidesAnswersIssuesDependsResponseRangeTwo SidesRight AnswersBig Questions Author:Linus Torvalds
“One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded; his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This is the answer that millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeeper, they cannot find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism. It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to get on reasonably well without Christianity.” GivingMindWellsHeartChildrenFeelingsHandsTodayAbleWantedGivenInterestChristBornAnswersRoomsChristianityMillionsTakenAtheismResponseMaryHostileCrowdedDefiancePreoccupationInnsAccommodationsBethlehemAlready Taken Author:Billy Graham
“Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. We had doubts about the Kyoto Protocol, we wanted reasoning from our partners in the European Union, in the IPCC. Formal requests had been sent to these organizations. But we have not received responses yet, which suggests that no coherent answers can be offered. What we hear is 'it is not comprehensive responses that matter, we will not give them anyway; what is important is whether you believe us or not'.” GivingBelieveImportantMatterWantedFormAnswersDoubtOrganizationUnionsResponsePartnersSocialismIdeologyCommunismReasoningFormalMarxismRequestComprehensiveEuropean UnionProtocolKyotoCommunism And SocialismKyoto Protocol Author:Andrey Illarionov
“The person who conveys, 'I am nothing. Make me something,' may all his life have people trying to answer his hidden plea, but their answer will be in terms of, 'I am trying to make you something because you are nothing,' and, thus, the insult will be embedded in the response. It will be heard just as clearly as the attempt to help. And it will be hated.” PeopleTryingMayPersonsHelpingTermAnswersHeardResponseHatedInsultEmbedded Book:Advice from a Failure Source: Advice from a Failure
“I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.” AnswersRocksJazzResponsePops Author:Cyndi Lauper
“While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers look dangerously similar to the responses (Associate Justice) Clarence Thomas gave senators during his confirmation hearings 14 years ago.” GivingYearsLooksWantedJusticeAnswersYears AgoResponseHearingImpressionPrivacySenatorsAssociatesPrecedentConfirmationWadeRight To Privacy Author:Nancy Keenan
“The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.” IfsMayChoicesAnswersViolenceToughThreatResponseAcceptableSavagesRight AnswersTough Choices Author:Jeff Cooper
“I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.'” PeopleAnswersOkayResponse Author:Noah Baumbach
“I found myself often asking the question, "Who deserves to be made fun of?" Depending on your mood, the answer can be no one or everyone. It took me a while to understand the math of how those field pieces came together. I don't think that ridicule is ever funny, but there are times when that gets the biggest response.” ThinkingMadeTogetherFoundFunAnswersPiecesFieldsDeserveAskingResponseMathMoodRidicule Author:Ed Helms
“In the weeks prior to the war to liberate Afghanistan, a good friend of mine would ask me almost every day, “Why aren't we killing people yet?” And I never had a good answer for him. Because one of the most important and vital things the United States could do after 9/11 was to kill people. Call it a “forceful response,” “decisive action” ' whatever. Those are all nice euphemisms for killing people. And the world is a better place because America saw the necessity of putting steel beneath the velvet of those euphemisms.” PeopleWorldImportantWarStatesActionAmericaAsksAnswersUnitedUnited StatesSawsNiceWeekMinesResponseKillingAsk MeAfghanistanGood FriendSteelBetter PlaceVelvetEuphemismDecisive Action Author:Jonah Goldberg
“He [the Lord] will always hear your prayers and will invariably answer them. However, His answers will seldom come while you are on your knees praying, even when you may plead for an immediate response. Rather, He will prompt you in quiet moments when the Spirit can most effectively touch your mind and heart. Hence, you should find periods of quiet time to recognize when you are being instructed and strengthened.” ShouldMindHeartMayMomentsSpiritPrayerAnswersLordPrayingPeriodsQuietResponseKneesHeart And MindOur PrayersPromptsQuiet TimeQuiet Moments Author:Richard G. Scott
“Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger.” IfsThinkingAnswersResponseAggressiveSelf DefenseIndignation Book:Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition Source: Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition
“I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all.” ThinkingMeanAnswersTypeResponseInstantTargetWormsManipulativePolling Author:Jim Bolger
“The worst thing the federal government could do is to increase the size, reach and cost of government. If government failed in its response to the hurricane, the answer is not more inefficient government.” IfsGovernmentAnswersWorstCostIncreaseResponseSizeWorst ThingsFederal GovernmentHurricanes Author:Cal Thomas