“Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.” Has BeensPoliticalChoicesCareersIssuesCandidatesControversy Author:Claire McCaskill
“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
“The issues of the choice between right and wrong has to be an ongoing concern for everybody, at every age. There is no magical point in a human life when anyone is or becomes immune to the second-by-second choice to do right instead of wrong.” HumansAgeChoicesIssuesConcernHuman LifeOngoingImmuneSecond Choice Author:Diane Duane
“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future” MayMatterHelpingProblemSeemsDesireChoicesIndividualAttitudeIssuesGroupsAcceptanceExpressionSkillsGainsCapacityExtremesDefinedOutcomesOpennessTherapistsEntryFreedom Of ChoiceAllowanceIndividual Expression Author:Carl Rogers
“According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be resigned to utter ignorance in the most important respect: we cannot have any knowledge regarding the ultimate principles of our choices, i.e. regarding their soundness or unsoundness... We are then in the position of beings who are sane and sober when engaged in trivial business and who gamble like madmen when confronted with serious issues.” ImportantMatterChoicesSocialPrinciplesIssuesWisePositionIgnoranceSeriousUltimateImportanceEngagedSaneSoberGambleMadmenOur ChoicesSocial ScienceResignedSoundnessSerious IssuesUnsoundness Author:Leo Strauss
“More than just a moral issue, hope is a spiritual and even religious choice. Hope is not a feeling; it is a decision. And the decision for hope is based on what you believe at the deepest levels - what your most basic convictions are about the world and what the future holds - all based on your faith. You choose hope, not as a naive wish, but as a choice, with your eyes wide open to the reality of the world - just like the cynics who have not made the decision for hope.” WorldBelieveMadeFeelingsRealityEyeSpiritualChoicesWishReligiousDecisionLevelsMoralIssuesConvictionWideYou ChooseNaiveMoral IssuesEyes Wide Open Author:Jim Wallis
“The Supreme Court had the choice not only which way to rule, pro- or anti-gay marriage rights, but also how they were going to rule. They could have ruled just federalism, saying, "This isn't a matter for federal; this isn't a federal issue at all. States should decide it." Or they could decide it on equal protection grounds and say that, "Gay discrimination is wrong."” WayShouldMatterStatesChoicesIssuesRightsGayEqualCourtProtectionSupremeDiscriminationSupreme CourtGay MarriageFederalismAnti GayAll StateEqual Protection Author:Barack Obama
“Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.” ChildrenChoicesIssuesStudentsEngagedSurprisingFood Choices Author:Michael Pollan
“Once you introduce the issue to young people and suggest to them that they have the ability to vote with their forks, either by positively going for certain kinds of foods or rejecting other kinds of foods, they realize that this is a responsibility and an opportunity to shape the world a little bit by their own choices.” PeopleWorldKindLittlesYoungCertainChoicesOpportunityBitsRealizingAbilityResponsibilityIssuesShapesLittle BitVoteIntroducingPositivelyForksRejecting Author:Michael Pollan
“My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all.” ShouldBelievePlayCharacterAbleJobsChoicesActorsSexViewsActingRolesIssuesClearColourSurgeryTransgenderEthnicity Author:Stephen Fry
“I wont use abortion as a litmus test with a pro-choice individual. Someone that is an activist on the abortion issue, I think, goes outside the pale, and I cannot support an activist on the abortion issue.” ThinkingUseChoicesIndividualSupportIssuesTestsAbortionActivistPale Author:Ken Buck
“I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You know, I watch television and there's a grotesque amount of violence on almost every show that you would watch that comes on past 8:00 pm. And I think my dirty brand of humor is far less destructive to a child's mentality.” PeopleThinkingChildrenShowsChoicesWatchesIssuesViolenceTelevisionAmountHonestlyBrandsDirtyDestructiveDisagreeCensorshipMentalityGrotesquePersonal Choice Author:Seth Rogen
“I have certain issues. I support women candidates, but I cannot support a woman that I don't believe in. I would prefer to vote for a man who believes in choice than a woman who is pro-life. We have to be able to make distinctions and not look as though we are not feminist enough if we don't support every woman. We need to have that kind of a choice.” IfsMenNeedsBelieveLooksKindEnoughAbleCertainChoicesSupportIssuesVoteDon't BelieveFeministCandidatesDistinctionPro LifeSupport Women Author:Madeleine Albright
“Engaging with children in troublesome thinking is problematic, but important. Ignoring the hard stuff and only engaging in the fluff and fun from curriculum choices is to keep underground issues of social justice and to further silence and compound the inequity” ThinkingChildrenImportantHardChoicesFunSocialStuffJusticeSilenceIssuesSocial JusticeEngagingCompoundsCurriculumTroublesomeFluff Author:Janet Robertson
“Girls face two major sexual issues in America in the 1990s: One is an old issue of coming to terms with their own sexuality, defining a sexual self, making sexual choices and learning to enjoy sex. The other issue concerns the dangers girls face of being sexually assaulted. By late adolescence, most girls today either have been traumatized or know girls who have. They are fearful of males even as they are trying to develop intimate relations with them.” KnowsTryingHas BeensTwoSelfTodayAmericaFacesChoicesGirlSexEnjoyTermIssuesDangerLateMajorsConcernRelationMalesSexualityIntimateFearfulAdolescenceDefiningSexually Author:Mary Pipher
“Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the greatest of all blessings. What are we going to call good? What are we going to call bad? Good or bad is never our choice, or even the issue.” KnowsMightChoicesIssuesBlessingCalamityOur Choices Book:Buddhism Plain and Simple Source: Buddhism Plain and Simple
“Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.” PeopleLifeProblemChoicesCasesIssuesDrugBenefitsWeightRefuseAlcoholStuckSicknessTreatment Author:David Cameron
“It is much easier to make intellectual messes than it is to clarify complicated issues, especially when real solutions would challenge the status quo and require much careful thought across many fields of knowledge. Problems of climatic change, biotic impoverishment, population growth, and the choices to be made by various technologies and the transition to a sustainable and decent society with an economy that works over the long-term are difficult, complex, and intertwined problems with many possible answers.” LongMadeRealProblemChoicesDifficultGrowthTermChallengesAnswersTechnologyEconomyIssuesFieldsEasierIntellectualSolutionsComplexesEnvironmentalPopulationCarefulVariousComplicatedMessLong TermDecentTransitionSustainabilityStatus QuoIntertwinedPopulation Growth Book:The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror Source: The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror
“I think the issue of women's choice is essential for a woman being able to have their lives - if they cannot control their own bodies by choosing if or when to have a child, then they cannot control their working life or anything around them.” IfsThinkingChildrenBodyAbleChoicesIssuesEssentialsWorking Life Author:Tavis Smiley
“When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.” ChoicesMoralIssuesDevelopmentOptimismRationalAnalysisMoral Choices Author:Jim Yong Kim
“Highly intelligent and well-informed people disagree on every political issue. Therefore, intelligence and knowledge are useless for making decisions, because if any of that stuff helped, then all the smart people would have the same opinions. So use your "gut instinct" to make voting choices. That is exactly like being clueless, but with the added advantage that you'll feel as if your random vote preserved democracy.” PeopleIfsFeelsWellsUsePoliticalChoicesStuffDecisionOpinionDemocracyIssuesSmartAdvantageVoteIntelligentInstinctUselessGutsVotingDisagreeSmart PeopleMaking DecisionsCluelessPolitical IssuesGut InstinctHighly Intelligent Author:Scott Adams
“So there's a choice that I made to tell stories that are still psychological melodramas about domestic issues. The challenge is to figure out how to make 10 films a career as a filmmaker, and that's a really challenging thing.” MadeStillsStoriesFilmChoicesChallengesCareersIssuesFiguresPsychologicalFilmmakerMelodrama Author:Ira Sachs
“When we face a choice between adding features and resolving security issues, we need to choose security.” NeedsFacesChoicesIssuesSecurityFeatures Author:Bill Gates