“You really need a renewed commitment for the direct investment of jobs at the bottom.” NeedsJobsCommitmentDirectInvestmentBottom Author:Jesse Jackson
“Everything depends very much on who you are, what your values are, what your commitments are, what circumstances you live in and what options you're willing to undertake, and that determines what you ought to be doing.” ValuesWillingDependsOughtCircumstancesCommitmentWho You AreDetermine Author:Noam Chomsky
“I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.” StillsImportantWarCountryPlayRolesRightsCommitmentBasesStressRelationThreatDialogueRegionsMutualCooperationQuestioningSovereignTurkeysPromotionMutual Respect Author:Alexis Tsipras
“Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism, whenever you talk about progressive activity, that sort of moves the measure of liberty in human society forward, makes us all enjoy a better standard of liberty, it typically starts out criminal. It typically starts out a little bit shaky, and rather radical. And that's irrational to put yourself up to do that.” NeedsHumansLittlesSometimesMovingBitsEnjoyLibertyPrinciplesActivityLittle BitStandardsCommitmentActivismCriminalsRadicalProgressiveIrrationalHuman SocietyRadicalism Author:Edward Snowden
“I was involved with the anti-apartheid movement through my work as an artist and also through my political commitment.” PoliticalArtistMovementInvolvedCommitmentApartheid Author:Danny Glover
“We would take the same position as the majority of the world about this, including this issue where Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon made a commitment to pull Israeli troops out of Gaza.” WorldMadeIssuesPositionCommitmentMajorityIncludingMinistersPrimeTroopsPrime MinisterIsraeliGazaArielSharon Author:Thabo Mbeki
“It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.” PeopleWayTryingPassionSportsRealizingLevelsCarFootballPlanetsCommitmentBillionsFamiliarRacingDiscipleRodeoCar RacingStock Car Racing Author:Tom Brady
“I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love of humanity, and especially of poor and working people. And that radical love leads him to a radical analysis of power, domination and oppression. What's difficult is to situate him ideologically under a particular category.” PeopleThinkingImportantPoliticalHumanityDifficultPoorViewsParticularKingsCommitmentFundamentalsOppressionRadicalAnalysisCategoriesDominationLuther Author:Cornel West
“The American Dream is individualistic. Martin Luther King's dream was collective. The American Dream says, "I can engage in upward mobility and live the good life." King's dream was fundamentally Christian. His commitment to radical love had everything to do with his commitment to Jesus of Nazareth, and his dream had everything to do with community, with a "we" consciousness that included poor and working people around the world, not just black people.” PeopleWorldI CanDreamChristianJesusBlackCommunityPoorConsciousnessKingsCommitmentAround The WorldRadicalCollectivesGood LifeBlack PeopleAmerican DreamLutherMobilityIndividualisticNazarethUpward Mobility Author:Cornel West
“We're committed to NATO. From the conversations I've already had with President [Donald] Trump over the phone, he has shown to me his commitment to NATO as well.” WellsPresidentTrumpConversationCommitmentPhonesCommittedNato Author:Theresa May
“We're certainly gonna keep our commitment to the American people to make every effort we can to repeal [Obamacare].” PeopleEffortCommitmentObamacare Author:Mitch McConnell
“It is a statement to the obvious, however, that [Barack] Obama - of Obamacare - is the President of the United States, so I don't want people to have [unrealistic] expectations about what may actually become law with Obama - of Obamacare - in the White House. But we intend to keep our commitment to the American people.” PeopleWantMayStatesLawHousePresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesExpectationsCommitmentObviousStatementsBarackWhite HouseObamacareUnrealistic Expectations Author:Mitch McConnell
“To fix the business, to bring it back to health, you must assimilate enough of the disruptive innovation to modernize the operating model without jettisoning your business model. This typically requires new leaders and definitely requires new (if temporary) rules. The CEO is the only person who can dictate the correct terms in a timely manner and maintain the enterprise's commitment to those terms for the duration of the rehabilitation effort.” IfsPersonsEnoughTermEffortLeaderModelsCommitmentInnovationEnterpriseTemporaryCeoDurationRehabilitationDisruptiveTimelyBusiness ModelsDisruptive Innovation Author:Geoffrey Moore
“I offer a better way for America with ideas that actually work, a reformed tax code that rewards free enterprise instead of just enterprising lobbyists. A reformed health care system that operates by free choice instead of by force and doesn't leave you answering to cold, clueless bureaucrats. A commitment to a renewed commitment to building a 21st Century military and giving our veterans the care that they were promised and the care that they earned.” WayGivingIdeasCareAmericaChoicesForceCenturyMilitaryBuildingColdOffersTaxesCommitmentRewardsHealth CareCodeEnterprise21st CenturyVeteranBetter WaysBureaucratsFree EnterpriseLobbyistsCluelessOur VeteransFree ChoiceHealth Care SystemEnterprising Author:Paul Ryan
“I may, and I think I represent a tradition that means a lot to me, which has really always been about fighting for others, for middle-class families, for working class - for working people, you know, and that's a tradition and a commitment that I take very seriously.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMayMeanFightingClassMiddleCommitmentTraditionMiddle ClassWorking ClassMiddle Class Family Author:Caroline Kennedy
“I don't feel the individualist anarchists, particularly in the American tradition, including the Transcendental tradition of New England, in any way deserve the derogatory comments that are often made about them by the left. When one gets down to it ultimately, my anarcho-communism stems from a commitment to true individuality. My attempt to recover the power and the right of the individual to control his or her life and destiny is the basis to my anarcho-communism.” WayFeelsMadeIndividualLeftDestinyDeserveCommitmentTraditionBasesEnglandIncludingIndividualityCommunismCommentStemAnarchistTranscendentalNew EnglandAmerican TraditionDerogatoryLife And Destiny Author:Murray Bookchin
“Wherever people defend the rights of the individual, I stand with them above all, over and beyond any wishes relating to how an economy should be managed or how people should govern themselves. This is a very strong commitment on my part.” PeopleShouldIndividualStrongWishEconomyRightsCommitmentVery Strong Author:Murray Bookchin
“I will never compromise - I can now say with assurance at the age of 57 - with my libertarian and my revolutionary commitments; they'll have to kill me first. They can't buy me out. I'm just not interested in what they have to offer. I've managed to stick it out, and the thing that has been the most rescuing, the most redeeming, feature of my life that has kept me alive, that has kept me more or less single-minded about my commitment to libertarian ideals once I escaped the trap of Marxist-Leninism - a childhood trap, to be sure - has been consciousness.” FirstsHas BeensI CanAgeConsciousnessAliveChildhoodOffersCommitmentIdealsSticksLibertarianCompromiseFeaturesRevolutionaryNot InterestedTrapsAssuranceKill MeMarxistRedeemingNever Compromise Author:Murray Bookchin
“In general, I don't think that economic, social and cultural rights are primarily a matter of going to court. They are most useful today as commitments which can help ensure effective and equitable policy-making at every level.” ThinkingMatterHelpingTodaySocialLevelsRightsEconomicPolicyCommitmentCourtEquitablePolicy Making Author:Mary Robinson
“I agree with those who argue that it is possible to distil from the religions of the world their common values and relevance. As far as I'm concerned I am involved in a complementary process with people who have a moral or spiritual commitment to human rights.” PeopleWorldHumansSpiritualValuesProcessCommonMoralRightsInvolvedCommitmentConcernedAgreeHuman RightsArguingRelevanceComplementary Author:Mary Robinson
“Using human rights commitments more effectively, either as part of negotiations in the WTO or as part of the trade policy review process, poses issues of equality in a practical venue.” HumansProcessIssuesRightsPolicyCommitmentTradeHuman RightsPracticalsReviewsNegotiationVenues Author:Mary Robinson
“In The Ecology of Freedom, my critique of what is called civilization and industrial society is massive, and my attack upon [Karl] Marx's commitment to it as a necessary stage in human progress and the domination of nature is very sharp.” HumansProgressStageCivilizationCommitmentMassiveEcologyDominationCritiqueHuman Progress Author:Murray Bookchin
“I've developed my anarchism, my critique of Marxism, which has been the most advanced bourgeois ideology I know of, into a community of ideas and ultimately a common sense of responsibilities and commitments.” KnowsHas BeensIdeasCommunityCommonResponsibilityCommitmentCommon SenseIdeologyMarxismAnarchismCritiqueBourgeoisSense Of Responsibility Author:Murray Bookchin
“I'm much more interested in developing human character in society. And I'm much more interested in the social conditions that foster commitment to ideals, a sense of solidarity, purposefulness, steadfastness, responsibility.” HumansCharacterSocialResponsibilityConditionsCommitmentIdealsDevelopingSolidaritySteadfastnessSocial ConditionsPurposefulness Author:Murray Bookchin
“My marriage is my marriage, and it means I'm able to share in the same aspirations of commitment and love and support and dedication and connectedness, and that my parents are able to dance at our wedding and that our family and friends are able to support and celebrate and hold us accountable for the commitment we've made to one another. That takes nothing away from anyone else.” MeanMadeAbleParentSupportShareCommitmentAnd LoveCelebrateOur FamilyAspirationDedicationFamily And FriendsConnectednessOur WeddingLove And Commitment Author:Evan Wolfson
“We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.” PeopleNeedsHas BeensMadeFactsAgeAmericaHonorCommitmentTelling The TruthRetirementRetiredExpectancyLife ExpectancyRetirement Age Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“I was raised pretty much a fundamentalist, but the one thing that fundamentalism gave to me was the love for that book and a commitment to read and study it. The difficulty is that I've read it all, I didn't skip around, I read it all, and when you read it all, you can't take it literally because you don't want to blame God for a lot of stuff that occurs in that book. There are some pretty violent scenes.” WantBookStuffStudyOne ThingSceneCommitmentDifficultyBlameRaisedViolentFundamentalismSkipFundamentalist Author:John Shelby Spong
“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.” MotivationalBeliefCommitmentToleranceOppressionBrotherhoodIntolerancePersecutionReligious ToleranceInjustice And OppressionPolitical OppressionTolerance And RespectCommitment To ExcellencePatience And ToleranceLack Of Commitment Author:John F. Kennedy
“I look around the world, I don't see America's influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding, in part because of the failure of Barack Obama to deal with our economic challenges at home; in part because of our withdrawal from our commitment to our military in the way I think it ought to be; in part because of the turmoil with Israel.” ThinkingWorldWayLooksHomeAmericaChallengesDealsGrowingInfluenceEconomicMilitaryOughtCommitmentIsraelAround The WorldBarackTurmoilWithdrawal Author:Mitt Romney
“When you do these things, you sort of take the journey. The journey is all about how I can interweave the Oscar Wilde story, the story of Salome, the play itself and what it is, what it contains, and my journey as an actor, as a director, as a filmmaker, as a person struggling with whatever I'm struggling with - my own celebrity, my own life. This is semi-autobiographical in terms of my commitment to this kind of thing.” KindPersonsI CanPlayStoriesActorsTermMy OwnStruggleJourneyDirectorsCommitmentFilmmakerOscarsMy Own LifeMy JourneyWildeSalome Author:Al Pacino
“When you poll snake person Christians, Christians born after 1980, it's like 80% of them are against the death penalty. It's not because they've thrown out their faith, but it's because of their faith they can't reconcile the death penalty with Jesus and their commitment to Jesus.” PersonsChristianJesusBornCommitmentThrownPenaltiesSnakesPollsDeath PenaltyReconcileAgainst Death Penalty Author:Shane Claiborne
“[Spike Lee ] went to a game six playoff game at Indiana which was a hostile environment believing we could bring it back to New York for a game seven. That's just the kind of person he is. Also his commitment to the team and our friendship.” BelieveKindPersonsGamesEnvironmentTeamNew YorkSixCommitmentSevenHostileIndianaPlayoffsHostile EnvironmentPlayoff Games Author:John Starks
“Whether or not the working class came to Chicago in 1969 in the Days of Rage is not a measure of their commitment to stopping the war or to seeing life in certain way. There were very few of us who were there, and those of us that were had an illusion about ourselves.” WayWarCertainClassSeeingIllusionCommitmentRageChicagoWorking ClassStopping Author:Bill Ayers
“Also to have someone tell you when you can come and go. When I was faced with that decision, I just drew back on all my past decisions and especially my time in jail that this isn't the road I want to go down. That's why I really made a commitment towards school.” WantMadeSchoolPastDecisionCommitmentMy TimeJailComes And GoesMy PastPast Decisions Author:John Starks
“I am 100 percent on the side of insisting that white people step up to a different level of consciousness and commitment and the great gifts of the West and the great gifts of white culture and white community be used for a better purpose than this nonsense of supporting Trump. I insist on that. I refuse to accept that. I refuse to accept that we are going to give over 60 million people over to this guy.” PeopleGivingDifferentUsedPurposeGuyCultureSidesCommunityWhiteLevelsConsciousnessAcceptingStepsMillionsTrumpPercentCommitmentWestRefuseNonsenseThis GuyStep UpDifferent LevelsInsistingGreat Gifts Author:Van Jones
“Comedy is commitment and playing a character and falling into the role, and I've been doing that since I was 19 years old.” YearsCharacterFallRolesComedyCommitment Author:Chris Jericho
“For me, 9/11 was a game changer. It altered my perception of the security threat we faced. I took the position that Britain should be shoulder to shoulder with the U.S. It was a big decision; I didn't take it lightly, or in ignorance of its consequences. It's a big commitment for a country to give, but I believed it was the right thing to do.” GivingShouldCountryBigsGamesDecisionSecurityPositionIgnorancePerceptionCommitmentConsequenceThreatShouldersThings To DoRight ThingBritainAlteredBig DecisionsGame Changers Author:Tony Blair
“For me, I've never been too concerned of what people think of me, so now as the youngest Baldwin brother in Hollywood making movies while simultaneously being a charismatic evangelical born again Christian who's an evangelist - that's a pretty crazy combination. But early on in my walk of faith I said a very personal prayer and made a commitment to God. I said if you reveal yourself to me in a way that is more thrilling and powerful and exciting than anything I've experience thus far, then I'll go anywhere and do whatever you want. And that can be very tough.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantMadeSaidChristianBornPrayerWalksPowerfulCrazyBrotherCommitmentToughConcernedHollywoodExcitingCombinationThrillingCommitment To GodEvangelicalBorn AgainThink Of MeCharismaticDo Whatever You WantEvangelists Author:Stephen Baldwin
“You can lead in multiple ways. I try and lead by example, and make sure that I'm always accountable to my teammates. That starts off with my commitment to waking up early, training hard, lifting weights, and running. It's in my nutrition. It's just making sure I always put myself in the best possible position.” WayTryingHardRunningExamplePositionTrainingCommitmentWeightWake UpWakingNutritionMultipleTeammateLiftingUp EarlyLead InWaking Up EarlyLifting WeightsTraining Hard Author:Larry Fitzgerald
“I don't think our system, where we have one romantic partner, where we get married and we're only supposed to have sex with one person - that doesn't make a lot of sense. Not that polygamy makes any more sense. I've found a system that seems to work for me, and it doesn't require monogamous commitment from anyone.” ThinkingPersonsSeemsFoundSexMarriedCommitmentPartnersPolygamy Author:Chester Brown
“I think the big problem is what I call "possessive monogamy." I think we should have a lot more freedom in our sexual lives. We should stop making monogamous commitments.” ThinkingShouldProblemBigsCommitmentShould HaveBig ProblemsMonogamyPossessive Author:Chester Brown
“Trying to get your sexual partner to make a monogamous commitment to you is not a loving thing to do; it's selfish.” TryingCommitmentPartnersSelfishThings To Do Author:Chester Brown
“In fact, the answers that religion, as we have come to know it, provides to the question of human worth have played so dominant a role in the preceding centuries that believers often cannot conceive how non-believers can muster sufficient commitment to their own lives to get out of bed each morning, let alone the ethical wherewithal to regard others as deserving of moral regard. Once one "comes out" as an atheist, these are the inquisitions to which one is often subjected.” KnowsHumansFactsAnswersMoralRolesMorningCenturyBedCommitmentRegardAtheistBelieverSufficientEthicalDominantDeservingInquisitionMusterNon Believer Author:Rebecca Goldstein
“If you look at the recent Nobel Prize winners, one couldn't say that the work didn't matter and the political commitment did. Who had ever heard of the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz? He is not politically involved. Octavio Paz is a great poet, also not politically involved. The Nobel Prize is for literature, for the quality of work over the years.” IfsYearsLooksMatterPoliticalLiteratureQualityHeardPoetInvolvedCommitmentWinnerPrizeNobelNobel PrizeEgyptianGreat PoetQuality WorkNobel Prize Winners Author:Nadine Gordimer
“What has made America the wealthiest, most successful country on Earth historically has been our commitment to education.” Has BeensMadeCountryEarthAmericaSuccessfulCommitment Author:Barack Obama
“In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to college education, and that meant we had more engineers and we had more scientists and that meant we had better technology, which meant that we were more productive and we could succeed in the global marketplace.” WorldMadeWarAmericaTechnologyCollegeSucceedCommitmentScientistBillsWar Of The WorldsProductiveWorld War IiWorld War IEngineersMarketplaceCollege EducationGis Author:Barack Obama
“Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.” MotivationalSuccessMotivationGoalChanceHeardPositiveResearchSittingCommitmentPersistenceExpectingPersistChances AreSitting DownStumblingFamous InspirationalTop 100Motivational Keep GoingKeep PositiveLeast Expecting Author:Charles Kettering
“Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that's not how it's heard over there. In China, his message is being interpreted as the sound of an exhausted America, an America that is seeking to withdraw from its commitments to NATO, to holding up, for instance, human rights around the world.” WorldHumansHardAmericaSoundRightsHeardTrumpMessagesCommitmentHuman RightsSeekingChinaInstanceAround The WorldExhaustedNato Author:Evan Osnos
“We provide an enormous amount of resources, particularly with regard to military resources, to countries all over the world. And in many cases, those countries are not compensating the American taxpayer for the commitment that we're making to their security.” WorldCountryCasesSecurityMilitaryAmountCommitmentResourcesRegardEnormousTaxpayers Author:Mike Pence
“U.S. commitment to NATO and our commitments our European partners is not an act of charity. It's not a gift that we give to our European partners. It's actually part of our security, as well, and their security is our security.” GivingWellsSecurityCommitmentCharityPartnersNatoActs Of Charity Author:Derek Chollet