“I look forward to hosting Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong], whose friendship and partnership I appreciate very much and with whom I've worked throughout my administration. This will also be an opportunity for me to reciprocate the hospitality that the Prime Minister and the people of Singapore showed to me during my visit to Singapore for the APEC summit in 2009.” PeopleLooksOpportunityAppreciateAdministrationMinistersPrimePartnershipPrime MinisterHospitalitySummitSingaporeReciprocate Author:Barack Obama
“I take note of the fact that there are a lot of people who appreciate what I do as parliament president, not just within my Social Democratic party group, but also among the conservatives.” PeopleFactsSocialPresidentPartyGroupsAppreciateDemocraticNotesParliamentDemocratic Party Author:Martin Schulz
“People are flawed. I like peaking into their flaws. The way to humanize them is not to play them in any general way, but to make them very specific. If you make them specific, they have hopes and dreams and loves and vulnerabilities and quirks and you get to know them and you get to appreciate them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPlayDreamAppreciateAnd LoveVulnerabilityFlawsFlawedHaving HopeHopes And DreamsQuirksDreams And LovePeaking Author:Rainn Wilson
“I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a pity more people don't appreciate what's on their doorstep.” PeopleSidesAppreciateBottomBritishPityCoveredCountrysideDoorstep Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“The Enlightenment dream is a good one. The idea that people should rationally appreciate their place in nature, assess threats and possibilities, and regulate their behavior in response is inspiring.” PeopleShouldIdeasDreamPossibilityBehaviorEnlightenmentAppreciateThreatResponse Author:Dale Jamieson
“Just the thought of anything Hawaiian gets me high! I appreciate the good cannabis that people have spent years perfecting but I also enjoy the cheap stuff. I guess you could say I like it all.” PeopleYearsStuffEnjoyAppreciateCannabisHawaiians Author:Tommy Chong
“I've always loved the Sangha. I have the deepest, deepest respect for them. I'm very sorry that in the West people don't appreciate what the monastic order is about.” PeopleOrderAppreciateWestSorrySangha Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I am very grateful to our people who appreciate my work and for their support, as without that support it would have been impossible to get anything done.” PeopleHas BeensDoneSupportImpossibleAppreciateGrateful Author:Vladimir Putin
“The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.” PeopleValuesChallengesReligiousPracticeEconomyPathShareSpeechFairsAppreciateInnovationElectionDespiteFreedom Of SpeechCivil SocietyBetter FutureReligious Practices Author:Barack Obama
“I hope people appreciate Chancellor Merkel because, although she traditionally is considered center-right and I'm considered center-left, the truth is that we share those core values, and those are worth protecting. As the senior leader in Europe, as the leader who's been longest lasting, I think she has great credibility, and she is willing to fight for those values. I'm glad that she's there, and I think the German people should appreciate her. Certainly, I have appreciated her as a partner.” PeopleThinkingShouldValuesFightingLeftLeaderShareWillingTruth IsEuropeAppreciatePartnersCoreGladLastingSeniorAppreciatedCredibilityCore Values Author:Barack Obama
“["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoeWarCharacterActionAudienceEnvironmentShapesAppreciateHorseLensesWar Horse Author:Janusz Kaminski
“I wrote and directed and acted in it and produced it, every job I have since that - and Star Wars included - I look at it completely different now. Now that I've seen how it gets made, I can appreciate the jobs that people are doing, and it's also become a different learning experience for me to work on things because I'm watching pros at the top of their field do their jobs and just picking up on their tricks and all of their expertise and stashing them away in my brain.” PeopleLooksMadeI CanDifferentWarJobsStarsBrainFieldsAppreciateTricksExpertiseLearning Experience Author:Alan Tudyk
“I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should appreciate the fact that in this global economy, the Greek economy was going to have to go through some structural reforms.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldFactsDifficultChallengesEconomyAppreciateReformGreekGlobal Economy Author:Barack Obama
“You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleWayWantHumansKidsSidesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveSkillsConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“Look at the Intifadah in Jerusalem. One cannot understand that phenomenon, a phenomenon where people, often very young boys, are successfully harassing one of the best armies in the world, without appreciating their freedom to move!” PeopleWorldLooksMovingYoungBoysAppreciateArmyPhenomenonJerusalem Author:Paul Virilio
“I never imagined getting to do what I love for a living and having so many people appreciate it. There was only one other skater in my high school and we were the lowest form of cool. Our classmates couldn't figure out why we liked such a loser sport, or why we hadn't grown out of it yet.” PeopleSchoolFormSportsFiguresHigh SchoolAppreciateLoserLowestClassmatesSkater Author:Tony Hawk
“In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.” PeopleWayArtistAppreciate Author:Julie Taymor
“In the campaign back in 2007, 2008, people would say, "Oh, he's being naïve. He thinks that there's no red states and blue states. And wait 'til he gets here." And I will confess that, I didn't fully appreciate the ways in which individual senators or members of Congress now are pushed to the extremes by their voter bases. I did not expect, particularly in the midst of crisis, just how severe that partisanship would be.” PeopleThinkingWayStatesWould BeIndividualWaitingMembersRedAppreciateBasesCrisisBlueCongressExtremesCampaignsMidstVotersSenatorsSeverePartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“My daughter Alexandra once told me, "Mother, you're a pioneer. Now, hardly anybody cooks, but you were one of the first to stop." After 20 years of cooking, I started to appreciate the value of other people's work. So I would, say, go get a duck in Chinatown. I always had the salad and set the table, but I didn't have to clean the pots.” PeopleYearsFirstsMotherValuesDaughterAppreciateTablesCookingCleanCooksMy DaughterPotDucksPioneersSaladChinatown Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv classes so that they just appreciate what's happening.” PeopleEnergyClassHappeningsAppreciate Author:Kurt Braunohler
“I think no country is going to be immune from the Arab awakening because the Arab awakening is driven by deep human longing for dignity, for justice and for freedom. I think that applies to young people in Saudi Arabia as much as to young people in Egypt, Tunisia, or Yemen, or Libya, or Syria. If I were in Saudi Arabia, I would be getting ahead of this and looking for ways to appreciate those aspirations and align my country with them.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansCountryWould BeYoungJusticeAppreciateDignityLongingDrivenAwakeningAspirationSyriaEgyptImmuneArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisLibyaYemenTunisia Author:Thomas Friedman
“I've always been interested in miracles, or the miraculous of the unexplained. I don't scoff at what makes people believe or want to believe. I think I understand the tremendous attraction of the mysteries of the church to the same degree that I understand and appreciate the frustration people feel, especially believers, with the human rule-making arm of the church, with the not-miraculous part of the church - any church.” PeopleThinkingWantFeelsBelieveHumansChurchMysteryArmsDegreesAppreciateMiracleAttractionBelieverFrustrationMiraculousUnexplained Author:John Irving
“You not only do you appreciate the sacrifices people have made and the hours they've kept and the soccer games they missed and the birthday parties, but I also had a lot of young people who came in here [to White House], and this probably, you know, echoes with you, in your own experience, you were young when you got here.” PeopleKnowsMadeYoungGamesHouseHoursWhitePartySacrificeAppreciateSoccerWhite HouseEchoesBirthday PartySoccer Game Author:Barack Obama
“I appreciate art in any form. So it applies to clothes as well. On stage, I think people prefer me in Indian outfits... in fact, it goes with the kind of songs I sing as well. Indianness in the form of a sari, or a chaniya choli or jeans with something interesting, matches my style of singing.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindArtFactsFormSongInterestingStageStyleClothesSingingAppreciateIndianJeansOutfitsSomething InterestingSari Author:Shreya Ghoshal
“It's a trip when people take sobriety for granted. Feeling trapped in my addiction and then getting sober - you appreciate it so much more, because I didn't know if I would ever know what it's like to feel normal again, ever.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsFeelingsNormalAppreciateAddictionGrantedTrappedSoberSobrietyGetting Sober Author:Eminem
“The basis of national identity is to say, "This is authentic to me or my forebears," and is there even such a thing? How authentic is it to your life? Just because your grandfather did it, what does that have to do with you? If I say I'm working in the style of Rembrandt, so what? You can say it, but are you really? No, because when you try to literally copy a cultural artifact, you change it. It dissolves, and then who's looking at it? People who appreciate that kind of drawing, or people it means nothing to?” PeopleIfsTryingKindMeanDoeStyleIdentityAppreciateBasesDrawingCopiesGrandfatherArtifactsNational Identity Author:Ben Katchor
“I can appreciate the idea that with e-books more people would publish, the work would be easier to disseminate, and that it could even be interactive. Being a lover of photography, I especially like the idea that you could include lots of pictures - full-color pictures - with your writing. That to me is exciting! We'll all have to stay tuned to see what develops.” PeopleWritingI CanBookIdeasWould BeColorLoversEasierPhotographyAppreciateExcitingPublishInteractive Author:Elaine Equi
“There's a saying that we use in golf: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Of course, to be lucky and good is the ideal. If you study hard, you can get good. And if you get lucky and get the proper parts for people to be able to appreciate what you're doing ... I'm sure there are many actors that are quite talented who have never been a success because they've never had the right opportunity and the right material. My mother used to think I had a guardian angel.” PeopleThinkingMotherOpportunityStudyLuckyAngelAppreciateGolfGuardianGuardian Angel Author:Clint Eastwood
“When I was younger, I used to hate Germany. I hated the country, the people, the language, the culture, everything! But over the years I've grown to really appreciate the German people.” PeopleYearsCountryUsedHateCultureLanguageAppreciateHatedGermany Author:Anthony Kiedis
“People are fooled by the colour of my skin. I grew up on the north side of Fredericton in a Celtic culture with an Acadian choir. Don't let the black fool you. I'm actually quite white. When people give me permission to do anything, I simply say, "I would have taken it anyway, but I appreciate you thinking I care what you think." I don't do it with a sense of belligerence. I really do mean well.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanCareCultureBlackTakenFoolAppreciateSkinsI CareFooledChoirAppreciate You Author:Measha Brueggergosman
“Music is an extremely powerful art medium that can really affect people's emotions. It is amazing to realize how much communities can be born from different kinds of music and the people who appreciate them.” PeopleKindArtDifferentRealizingCommunityPowerfulEmotionMusic IsAppreciateDifferent Kinds Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I like Twitter, actually and I like Instagram and I like talking to people. Most weeks, I'll take a day, a morning or two out of my day and I'll sit and I'll just answer my tweets. You have to get back quickly. And I think that's important to let people know that you see them because they took the time to acknowledge me. And they took the time to if you want to be my fan and to follow me and appreciate what I do.” PeopleThinkingImportantMorningWeekAppreciateAcknowledgeTweetFollow Me Author:Vanessa Bell Calloway
“I sometimes think young people are not given nearly enough credit for their ability to appreciate literary flourish.” PeopleThinkingSometimesEnoughAbilityAppreciate Author:Elizabeth Wein
“For a very long time, people have been saying to me, "What if you want to do this approach with every kid?" For a behaviorally challenging kid, you're parenting this way just to help bring the kid's behavior under control and to greatly reduce conflict. But you want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleLongHelpingKidsChallengesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateWhat IfDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“People ask me if I'm influenced by British music, and I suppose I grew up listening to mostly British music - from new wave stuff through to heavy metal. Like, when I got into metal, it was Black Sabbath. I never really got into a lot of American rock. I appreciate some of it, but not much! Most of the great new wave music was coming out of Britain, and Germany. So maybe those influences have made their way into my music, and perhaps that's why I have this connection with people in Europe. But maybe it's something cosmic.” PeopleBlackInfluenceListeningAppreciateWaveAsk MeCosmicMetalsSabbathHeavy MetalBlack Sabbath Author:Chino Moreno
“Those self-evident principles of life and liberty, pursuit of happiness, they're not self-executing. They require each of us to get engaged. And what Barack Obama is really concerned about is to ensure that the American people appreciate their power to influence the democracy.” PeopleLibertyDemocracyInfluenceConcernedAppreciateBarackPursuit Of Happiness Author:Valerie Jarrett
“I would rather people not smoke. I certainly appreciate the fact that smoking is not legal in restaurants and bars. That used to stop me from going out at night because you'd go someplace and your clothes would reek and you wouldn't enjoy the experience and that affects your rights. It's always a question. Whenever you are talking about these issues, it's not a question of restricting rights. It's a question of restricting whose rights, and providing for whose rights and that's a tricky balance.” PeopleNightEnjoyBalanceAppreciateSmokingTricky Author:Ian Bremmer
“If you look at Obama - I think that what you saw during those eight years, and in those last few weeks, was that he really loves people and he is going to miss them. And that he deeply appreciate the opportunity he was given.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityWeekMissingAppreciate Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“I'm a big believer in you make your argument to everybody, and you do it in a way that is real and very candid. Even if people don't agree with you, they appreciate that you're telling them what you believe and they know that you care about them. That's I think a very important part of it that sometimes gets missed, is that people will be OK with you saying something they're not totally on-board with as long as they know that you believe it because you want to help them. That means you've got to care about everybody.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMeanLongImportantRealSometimesHelpingCareArgumentAppreciateAgreeBeliever Author:Jason Kander
“I think that Chairman Xi Jinping's courage tackling corruption is an important matter in the development of Chinese society. I also look forward to him showing a bit more flexibility in dealing with cross-strait relations. I hope that he can appreciate that Taiwan is a democratic society in which the leader has to follow the will of the people.” PeopleThinkingImportantLeaderAppreciateRelationDemocraticCorruptionChineseFlexibility Author:Tsai Ing-wen
“I am astounded at my age with a 20-year-old daughter to discover that kids of her generation don't want to watch black and white movies. I understand that they gave up on silent films, but black and white? So, now movies have to be taught in academia because people don't know how to watch them, they don't know how to appreciate them.” PeopleKidsAgeFilmBlackDaughterAppreciateSilentBlack And WhiteGave Up Author:Gary Giddins
“As I've grown as an artist, I've learned that my mission statement is really self-expression. I don't want anybody to classify my music. I want them to say, "This is somebody who's recognizing his true feelings, his true emotions, ideas, thoughts, opinions, and views on the world, all on one record." I want people to recognize that and to take it and apply it to their own lives. You know what I'm saying? The more and more I get out and talk to different people, I realize they appreciate that - me being unapologetic in whatever views and approach I have.” PeopleWorldDifferentFeelingsArtistRealizingEmotionOpinionAppreciateTrue Feelings Author:Kendrick Lamar
“I think the people want to attack Israel for their policies, I think that is fair game. But not to appreciate that there is some level of anti-Semitism around the world involved in that, I think, would be a mistake.” PeopleThinkingWorldMistakePolicyAppreciateFair Game Author:Bernie Sanders
“I like art that challenges you and makes a lot of people angry because they don't get it. Because they refuse to look at it properly. Rather than open their mind to the possibility of seeing something, they just resist. A lot of people think contemporary art makes them feel stupid. Because they are stupid. They're right. If you have contempt about contemporary art, you are stupid. You can be the most uneducated person in the world and completely appreciate contemporary art, because you see the rebellion. You see that it's trying to change things.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingMindArtChallengesStupidPossibilityArt IsAppreciateRebellionContemptUneducatedTrying To Change Author:John Waters
“Americans have a certain idea of what films are and the French have a much deeper sense of cinema. The cinémathèque is like a temple for them. And the people who write about it are really intellectuals. It's just a sensibility that they appreciate it.” PeopleWritingFilmAppreciateSensibility Author:Jerry Schatzberg
“There are moments on songs like "Violet" where it's still shrouded in metaphor, but it's quite, I don't know, explicit. And then there are songs like "Boyfriend," where obviously it's straight up, very, very simple. It's fun to play around with words; I really enjoy doing that, so I don't think I'll ever stop, but it's also been nice to have messages on there that I can say flat out and that people appreciate.” PeopleThinkingMomentsSongFunEnjoySimpleNiceAppreciateMetaphorExplicitStraight Up Author:Marika Hackman
“It may be hard to remember how difficult it was for people to talk about HIV/AIDS back in the 1980's and because of both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan - in particular Mrs Reagan - we started a national conversation, when before nobody would talk about it, nobody wanted to do anything about it. Something that I really appreciate was her very effective but low-key advocacy, but it penetrated the public conscience, and people began to say "hey we have to do something about this too.” PeopleRememberDifficultConscienceAppreciateAidsAdvocacy Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think me, Sean Bonnette and Laura Jane Grace, and a lot of the bands people feel that way about, we're just really honest in our lyrics. I think we got really lucky in that the right kind of people who would appreciate that heard us at the right time, because there are plenty of people that are honest in their lyrics.” PeopleThinkingKindGraceHonestLuckyAppreciatePlentyRight Time Author:Jeff Rosenstock
“Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things I think I really learned from the features I got to direct is that your job as a director is everything about the movie. It's to pick a story that's really worth making, and make sure that the basic components are there. You're not just a part of the team. You're really in charge, and the responsibility falls on you if all the components aren't there for a worthwhile film.” PeopleThinkingFilmFallOpportunityResponsibilityTeamAppreciateDirect Author:Bob Odenkirk
“There's an energy that I got inspired by from practicing a lot of sports. There's a philosophy or some sort of courage and bravery with sports that I like to adapt to the studio life, especially for touring. It's this courage that's required to keep going on and not let go. Being brave is something I appreciate a lot in people usually.” PeoplePhilosophyEnergySportsLetting GoAppreciateBraveryBraveInspiredKeep Going Author:Olivia Merilahti