“I like Betsy Ross as a model, too, the quilting bee, sitting around with your friends making art, asking what they think, so that you get the benefit of everyone's opinions and so it's not just about you in your you-dom.” ThinkingArtOpinionBenefitsModelsSittingAskingBeesSitting AroundDomsQuiltingBetsy Ross Author:Kiki Smith
“I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.” ThinkingWayBelieveGovernmentBenefitsSittingSafetyCriticalWelfareLazyReceivingAnother WaySuccess And FailureSitting AroundSafety NetWelfare Recipients Author:Gwen Moore
“I know some stories about "liberation" and stuff that's been liberated by people who turn around and get on their soapbox about how it's unfair that the artists didn't benefit while they're sitting on stuff that they "liberated," but that's another story for another time.” PeopleKnowsStoriesArtistTurnsStuffBenefitsSittingLiberationUnfairLiberatedAnother TimeSoapbox Author:Mike Royer
“I feel like someone who's meditating could possibly benefit their meditation practice and their well-being just by sitting down and thinking about things that they love for ten minutes.” ThinkingFeelsWellsPracticeMeditationMinutesTenBenefitsSittingDown AndWell BeingMeditatingSitting DownMeditation Practice Author:Moby
“I thought, giving Jeb Bush the benefit of the doubt all these years, that he was sitting, saying, what a numbnut, what an idiot. My brother's a fool. He's listening to these neocons that talked him into this war. Dad would have never done this.” GivingYearsWarDoneDoubtBrotherListeningFoolDadBenefitsSittingIdiotMy BrotherBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Chris Matthews
“I also have two children under three who keep me up all night and don't seem to understand the benefits of sitting in silence, which has presented an interesting challenge.” ChildrenTwoSeemsNightThreeChallengesInterestingSilenceBenefitsSittingAll NightUp All NightSitting In Silence Author:Misha Collins
“Why are we sitting? Why are we practicing? Why are we doing anything? It's not so I can be happy. It's so I can embody the dharma in order to benefit other beings.” I CanOrderBenefitsSittingDharma Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Whether [people] run their own business, work for a business, go out there, pay their taxes and see the money wasted, fed up with the money going to the next door neighbor sitting permanently on out of work benefits. There needs to be a coalition of change.” PeopleNeedsRunningNextPayDoorsTaxesBenefitsSittingNeighborFedsCoalitionsOwn BusinessFed UpNext Door NeighborsMoney Wasted Author:George Osborne
“The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare..." It doesn't say "guarantee the general welfare." And it certainly doesn't say "give welfare benefits to all the people in the country who aren't doing so well even if the reason they aren't doing so well is because they're sitting on their butts in front of the TV".” PeopleIfsGivingWellsCountryStatesReasonFormOrderJusticePerfectUnitedCommonUnited StatesFrontsTvsBenefitsSittingConstitutionUnionsWelfareGuaranteesDefenceTranquillityGeneral WelfarePreamble Author:P. J. O'Rourke