“The principle of neutrality ... has increasingly become an obsolete conception, and, except under very special circumstances, it is an immoral and shortsighted conception.” PrinciplesSpecialCircumstancesCommitmentConceptionImmoralObsoleteNeutrality Author:John Foster Dulles
“As time goes by, I'm increasingly impressed by how very special and timely it was that we got the degree of national commitment needed to put people on the Moon. For the first time, this nation was united in trying to develop an interplanetary capability. We've been trying to repeat that situation ever since.” PeopleTryingFirstsNationsUnitedSituationSpecialNeededMoonDegreesCommitmentFirst TimeRepeatsCapabilityImpressedTimelyTime Goes By Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The love, support, and respect the members of the theater community have for one another is unparalleled. Say what you want about us wacky drama-types, but one thing that makes our business special is our loyalty, our fierce commitment to one another, and our mutual respect.” WantCommunitySupportOne ThingSpecialTypeDramaMembersCommitmentTheaterWhat You WantLoyaltyMutualFierceMutual RespectWacky Author:Monica Raymund
“Of all the arts the living of a life is perhaps the greatest; to live every moment of life with the same imaginative commitment as the poet brings to a special field.” ArtMomentsLife IsSpecialFieldsPoetCommitmentImaginativeMoments Of LifeLive Every Moment Author:Kathleen Raine
“There is no safety in hiding. Like my brothers before me, I pick up a fallen standard. Sustained by the memory of our priceless years together, I shall try to carry forward that special commitment to justice, excellence and courage that distinguished their lives.” TryingYearsTogetherMemoriesJusticeSpecialBrotherStandardsPicksCommitmentSafetyExcellenceFallenMy BrotherHidingDistinguishedPricelessYears Together Author:Edward Kennedy
“Our consumer economy peddles the notions "romantic consumerism" of finding "the one," of being the one. It's the narcissistic enhancement of, "I'm the one you stopped your nomadic life for." It's one thing when you have sex for the first time when you marry, but it's another thing altogether when you stop having sex with others when you marry. So the marital commitment becomes, "I must be really special. With me, you no longer think you can find better next door." Romantic consumerism is thinking you can't find better, younger or newer.” ThinkingEconomySpecialCommitmentFirst TimeConsumerismNarcissistic Author:Esther Perel
“At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.” IfsKindIdeasSelfWholeFactsHomeSeemsWould BeRealizingRelationshipSpecialCommitmentCommittedReverseNursingArrangingNursing HomeNo Commitment Author:John D. MacDonald
“I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.” WorldPoorCitiesTeachSpecialCommitmentUniversityCommittedOppressedEastern Author:Tony Campolo
“If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea.” IfsMindIdeasEducationSpecialDangerousCommitmentIndependentExcess Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“We knew from the beginning the level of commitment needed. We felt honored to work with Stanley Kubrick. We were going to do what it took to do this picture, whatever time, because I felt - and Nic [Nicole Kidman] did, too - that this was going to be a really special time for us. We knew it would be difficult. But I would have absolutely kicked myself if I hadn`t done this.” IfsDoneWould BeFeltDifficultLevelsSpecialNeededCommitmentHonoredStanleyNicoleSpecial Times Author:Tom Cruise
“Changing how you think costs you no money and it takes no special talent. It does take a commitment on your part to be different.” ThinkingDoeDifferentSpecialTalentCostSelf ImprovementCommitmentImprovementNo MoneySpecial Talents Author:Michael Arndt