“If the mood is overly anxious, then anxiety must be reduced by lowering uncertainty. Very simply, uncertainty is reduced when people are told what's going on and what will happen to them. In the vacuum of no news, people imagine the worst. Since disappointment is much easier to handle than anxiety, then, good news or bad, honesty is honestly the best policy.” PeopleIfsHappensImagineWorstHonestyPolicyEasierAnxietyNewsDisappointmentHonestlyMoodHandleUncertaintyAnxiousGood NewsVacuums Author:Judith M Bardwick
“I am not taking a position on any policy, but I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in America over the feeling that the game is rigged. And I never had that feeling when I was growing up. Never.” ThinkingFeelingsAmericaGamesGrowing UpGrowingPolicyPositionAnxietyRigged Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you're an Indian, you could be very anxious about some of the Supreme Court's decisions, some of the decisions of policy makers, so maybe a little bit of irony there. But I think our "Savage Anxieties," when I titled the book, I really wanted to focus people on the challenge that tribes in this country, as well as indigenous peoples around the world, are confronting Western civilization with.” PeopleThinkingWorldBookCountryChallengesDecisionFocusPolicyAnxietyWesternIronyAnxiousSupreme CourtIndigenousIndigenous People Author:Robert A. Williams, Jr.
“Obama's economic policies obviously have not worked, and have left the American market place with enormous uncertainty and anxiety.” LeftEconomicPolicyAnxietyEnormousUncertaintyEconomic Policy Author:Bob Beauprez
“No good has ever come from feeling guilty, neither intelligence, policy, nor compassion. The guilty do not pay attention to the object but only to themselves, and not even to their own interests, which might make sense, but to their anxieties.” FeelingsMightInterestPayAttentionCompassionPolicyObjectsAnxietyGuiltyPay AttentionMake SenseFeeling Guilty Book:Nature Heals Source: Nature Heals
“Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.” UsedPolicyAnxietyReliefAdequateBureaucratsForecastingPolicy Making Book:The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility