“Abortion, however, is a big threshold issue for me because the dominant majority of people in my state are pro-choice. I ran as a pro-choice Democrat, and she fills Sandra Day O'Connor's shoes, and they are critical shoes.” PeopleStatesBigsChoicesIssuesMajorityDemocratShoesCriticalRanAbortionDominantThresholdSandra Day O Connor Author:Dianne Feinstein
“You have one of two choices. Either you can panic and start making frantic attempts to reform under the glare of these awful critical eyes, or you can just say, "The hell with you! I know what I'm doing. If you don't yet, it's because you haven't given me an attentive reading.” IfsKnowsTwoEyeChoicesReadingGivenHellHavensCriticismCriticalAwfulReformPanicFranticGlareTwo Choices Author:Saul Bellow
“Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It is a blessing and a burden. Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices.” ThinkingWorldChildrenTodayChoicesOpportunityResponsibilityBlessingConsequenceBlessedBurdenCriticalEndlessAgencyEndless Opportunities Author:Sharon G. Larsen
“As the heated debate continues, it will be important that nonproliferation experts play a critical role in the discourse. Science-based statements, not snarky sound bites, should be the weapons of choice.” ShouldImportantPlayChoicesSoundRolesWeaponsCriticalDebateStatementsExpertsBitesDiscourseSound Bites Author:David Corn
“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own, and control the corporations. They've long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pockets and they own all the big media companies, so they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear.” PeopleThinkingWantLongImportantStatesEnoughBigsGovernmentRunningChoicesHouseCitiesCompanySituationAcceptingLandMediaInformationJudgingNewsCapableSmartMachinesPaidWorkersCongressPopulationCriticalDumbCorporationsPocketsOwnersHallsSenateCritical ThinkingObedientCity Hall Author:George Carlin
“At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.” ShouldMomentsSeemsMightChoicesCircumstancesCriticalCompromiseJustifyCovenant Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“Love is a thousand things, but at the center is a choice. It is a choice to love people. Left to myself, i get quiet and bitter and critical. i get angry. i feel sorry for myself. It is a choice to love people. It is a choice to be kind. It is a choice to be patient, to be honest, to live with grace. i would like to start making better choices.” PeopleFeelsKindChoicesLeftLove IsGraceHonestThousandQuietAngryPatientSorryCriticalBitterBeing HonestBe KindBe Patient Book:If You Feel Too Much DELUXE: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For Source: If You Feel Too Much DELUXE: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
“One thing is certain, whatever choices we make: we will not miss out on some critical purgation by seeking treatment for depression or any other form of physical suffering. If we are ripe for what the dark night brings, God will find a way to bring the process to fruition no matter how hard we try to avoid it.” IfsWayTryingMatterHardFormNightCertainSufferingChoicesProcessDarkOne ThingMissingSeekingCriticalGods WillTreatmentRipeDark NightFruition Author:Tim Farrington