“I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.” ThinkingYearsHumansKindDoeSportsDealsPlayerRiskConcernAll KindsEndeavorCalendarsHigh Risk Author:Billie Jean King
“The term 'human rights' has been too often associated with conditionality, and with concerns of developing countries that in order to benefit from open trade they would be required to implement immediately labour and environmental standards of a comparable level to those applied in industrialised countries. At the same time, debates about the primacy of trade as against human rights legal codes have contributed to maintaining the unfortunate impression that the two bodies of law are pursuing incompatible aims.” HumansHas BeensTwoCountryBodyWould BeLawOrderTermLevelsRightsBenefitsStandardsConcernAimTradeEnvironmentalHuman RightsDebateImpressionDevelopingCodeLabourUnfortunateMaintainingDeveloping CountriesPrimacy Author:Mary Robinson
“My concern is to develop a North American type of anarchism that comes out of the American tradition, or that at least can be communicated to Americans and that takes into consideration that Americans are not any longer people of European background.” PeopleTypeConcernTraditionBackgroundsConsiderationAnarchismAmerican Tradition Author:Murray Bookchin
“Donald Trump's impulsivity concerns me. He's fanning the flames of xenophobia and Islamophobia and the American people are speaking out against it.” PeopleTrumpConcernFlamesXenophobiaSpeaking OutIslamophobia Author:Andre Carson
“There are three billion women in the world who have vaginas. I don't think we can stop fighting for our sexual liberation, for our right to control our bodies. But at the same time as we're doing that, we have to also be fighting for the rights of trans women and standing up for them and making sure that we're always providing platforms for them and listening to their concerns in solidarity.” ThinkingWorldBodyFightingThreeRightsListeningConcernStandingBillionsLiberationPlatformsProvidingSolidarityTrans Author:Eve Ensler
“I know there's some poetry that sort of sounds like daisies, but most of the good poetry is also [political], you can feel the heartbeat; it's about some situation that concerns human beings under duress. It's suggesting a solution, or just acknowledging that [the situation] exists. Art does that.” KnowsFeelsHumansHeartDoeArtPoliticalSoundHuman BeingsSituationSolutionsConcernPoetry IsHeartbeatSuggestingDaisiesGood PoetryDuress Author:Toni Morrison
“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.” MenPoetryExistencePowerDiversityAreasConcernLimitationArrogancePatrioticRichnessPower Corrupts Author:John F. Kennedy
“Sometimes, with leaders, the stakes are very high indeed. Churchill, in WWII, for example, could not afford to utter publicly his concerns about England's ability to survive Hitler's onslaught. He thought about them, but the leadership conversation sometimes needs to inspire, not voice doubt.” NeedsSometimesVoiceAbilityLeaderDoubtExampleInspireConversationConcernEnglandStakesWwii Author:Nick Morgan
“Democracy only works, as President [Barack] Obama spoke of in his farewell message, if it's driven by the people and the people stay active and vigilant and speak out and let their concerns be known.” PeopleIfsSpeakPresidentKnownDemocracyMessagesConcernActiveDrivenBarackSpokesFarewellSpeaks OutPresident Barack ObamaVigilant Author:Aldis Hodge
“I want to deal with the homeless situation here in Washington, D.C. I think it is a travesty that we've got men - and increasingly women - families, across the street and the in shadow of this great capital, that shows a lack of concern, not just for the capital, but for American, when we are allowing something like that to happen.” ThinkingMenWantShowsHappensDealsSituationStreetsShadowConcernAllowingHomelessTravesty Author:Barack Obama
“It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.” PeopleThinkingMatterPlayLinesConcernBottomBottom Line Author:Wayne Gretzky
“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.” WarPeaceVictoryConcernSettlingAnti WarAntiwarDisputesUnconditionalGreat Power Author:John F. Kennedy
“Part of the narrative which is sort of supported by the data is that Trump voters are the least educated, and they're voting for Trump out of white solidarity or out of frustration that they're, quote, unquote, "losing their country". And my concern with that is that it sort of reduces the condition of the Trump voter to one of pure ignorance. And I think it's far more complicated.” ThinkingCountryWhiteConditionsIgnoranceTrumpPureLosingConcernComplicatedEducatedDataNarrativeVotingFrustrationVotersSolidarity Author:Marc Lamont Hill
“My understanding of the creative process is simply that all cultures and all concerns meet at a certain point, the human point in which everything is related to one another. That has been my creative experience.” HumansHas BeensCertainCultureProcessUnderstandingCreativeConcernRelatedCreative Process Author:Wole Soyinka
“I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.” ThinkingGivingCountrySecurityGiving UpConcernRussiaBordersIslamicFundamentalismIslamic Fundamentalism Author:John Bolton
“Markets are not, in my opinion, a full solution to any problem. The obvious problem they don't meet is the concerns of the welfare of individuals who may get lost in the operation of the system - the distributional question. We've seen this growing as we go further and further toward a market ideology in the United States and the United Kingdom. We've seen a decline in the welfare of the working poor, leaving aside any other pathologies, just the working poor, a very distinct increase at the very top levels.” MayStatesProblemIndividualLostPoorLevelsUnitedOpinionUnited StatesGrowingSolutionsConcernIncreaseLeavingObviousKingdomsIdeologyOperationsWelfareDeclineUnited KingdomPathology Author:Kenneth Arrow
“Getting the word out that, yes vaccines are great, the safety data's very, very clear, including any of these specific concerns, that's very important to our foundation.” ImportantClearConcernSafetyFoundationIncludingDataVaccines Author:Bill Gates
“In the past decade, there have been a lot of friends or directors, either gossiping or telling me directly, "What you're doing now is the right thing, your main concern should be taking care of yourself, and not doing action at your age." Well, after first feeling angry, I'd think, to be honest, I really am older. So I thought, all right, but before I retire I'd like to make one last major action film, one good one.” ThinkingShouldFirstsWellsHas BeensFeelingsCareAgeActionLastsPastFilmHonestDirectorsMajorsConcernAngryDecadesBeing HonestRight ThingRetiringTake Care Of YourselfLots Of FriendsAction FilmsFeeling Angry Author:Jackie Chan
“Progressives are concerned about reports of Muslim students feeling 'marginalized' and discriminated against after the shooting massacre by an Islamic terrorist in Orlando, but there is little concern that - for years - students in the United States have been taught to dislike their country.” YearsLittlesHas BeensCountryStatesFeelingsUnitedUnited StatesStudentsTaughtConcernConcernedTerroristShootingIslamicReportsDislikeMassacresMarginalizedOrlando Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I have a great deal of concern for any president and the amount of power they accumulate versus congress. I'm a stickler about the idea of separation of powers.” IdeasPresidentDealsAmountConcernCongressSeparationVersusSeparation Of Powers Author:Rand Paul
“When Donald Trump focuses on a fight with the press or investigating leaks but doesn't seem committed to standing up to what Russia is doing at home and around the world, that is of profound concern.” WorldHomeSeemsFightingTrumpConcernStandingPressesProfoundCommittedRussiaAround The WorldLeaksInvestigating Author:Adam Schiff
“Already there exists a growing international concern that Israel has become "an apartheid state" pursuing policies manifesting a "settler colonial" mentality. Such perceptions pose a challenge to postcolonial international society that will not be indefinitely ignored, especially if Palestinians achieve greater unity and tactical focus.” IfsStatesChallengesGreaterFocusGrowingAchievePolicyPerceptionConcernUnityInternationalIsraelManifestMentalityPalestinianIgnoredApartheidTacticalSettlers Author:Richard A. Falk
“Remember the first debate between [Mitt] Romney and [Barack] Obama? Let's revisit it for a second. It's interesting to note the way the Drive-Bys played it. The first Romney-Obama debate, there was real concern after that debate that Obama didn't show up.” WayFirstsRealShowsRememberInterestingConcernNotesDebateBarackRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to prove themselves in the market in many of these peoples' cases, the career politicians. This is the establishment. This is the elites. Their concerns just have very little in common. Illegal immigration, to complain about it is so, so uninformed and so small-minded. They never encounter, they never face the consequences of their own laws. They don't face the consequences of their own directives or actions.” LittlesActionFacesLawPartyCommonCareersCasesHavensPoliticianProveConsequenceConcernDemocraticComplainingImmigrationEncountersIllegalEstablishmentElitesDemocratic PartyIllegal ImmigrationCliqueUninformedCareer Politicians Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm an environmentalist, and I don't want you to have a disposable aluminum can. I sure as hell don't want to have a disposable worker and I don't care who you vote for. You've got to have that as a moral position. Otherwise, my concern is, all we are is this petty interest group people who can't say anything back to a petty interest group of white nationalism.” PeopleWantCareInterestWhiteMoralHellGroupsPositionConcernVoteWorkersDon't CareI Don't CareNationalismSay AnythingPettyEnvironmentalistDisposableInterest GroupsAluminumAluminum Cans Author:Van Jones
“People put clips of me up. There are quotes from me. I've written books, of course. I'm on Twitter. There are dozens of ways to consume my offerings, and a lecture in a large venue is really only just one of them. So I have no concerns about how much access people would have to me no matter what is the capacity of your pocketbook.” PeopleWayBookMatterCoursesWrittenCapacityConcernNo Matter WhatAccessJust OneDozenOfferingLecturesVenuesClipPocketbooks Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.” ConcernMonarchyGrandeurFading Author:Hilary Mantel
“Part of what depresses me so much about football is that it's so clearly about exploiting people, most of them poor boys of color, because of what they can do to entertain us, not because we have any genuine concern for them as people.” PeopleCan DoPoorBoysFootballColorConcernGenuineDepressingPoor BoyGenuine Concern Author:Steve Almond
“If cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys go into slaughterhouses alive and come out chopped up into hundreds of pieces, how could anyone claim that animals aren't being mistreated, abused, tortured, terrorized and savagely murdered in these places? How in the world could SLAUGHTERING BILLIONS of INNOCENTS be done with love, humanity and concern?” IfsWorldDoneHumanityAnimalPiecesAliveConcernClaimsBillionsChickensCowsPigsTurkeysSlaughterhousesMistreatedDone With Love Author:Gary Yourofsky
“When you ask why did some particular question occur to a scientist or philosopher for the first time, or why did this particular approach seem natural, then your questions concern the context of discovery. When you ask whether the argument the philosopher puts forth to answer that question is sound, or whether the evidence justifies the scientific theory proposed, then you've entered the context of justification. Considerations of history, sociology, anthropology, and psychology are relevant to the context of discovery, but not to justification.” FirstsSeemsAsksSoundNaturalAnswersPsychologyParticularTheoryApproachEvidenceDiscoveryFirst TimeConcernArgumentScientistPhilosopherConsiderationJustifyRelevantJustificationSociologyAnthropologyScientific Theory Book:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away Source: Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
“Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to the common good. This common good also includes the earth... the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.” IfsWorldHumansEarthJobsChallengesWealthCommonCreationSourceEssentialsAreasConcernRootsEnvironmentalProsperityNobleImprovingVocationCommon GoodEnvironmental Challenges Author:Pope Francis
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“Okay, NATO expanded to East Berlin and East Germany. Under [Bill] Clinton NATO expanded further, to the former Russian satellites. In 2008 NATO formally made an offer to Ukraine to join NATO. That's unbelievable. I mean, Ukraine is the geopolitical heartland of Russian concern, quite aside from historical connections, population and so on.” MeanMadeOffersConcernConnectionsOkayBillsHistoricalClintonPopulationEastFormerGermanyUnbelievableUkraineBerlinNatoSatellitesGeopoliticalEast GermanyEast Berlin Author:Noam Chomsky
“What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene.” WayChristianSceneConcernFundamentalsContemporaryHelpfulEvangelism Author:Mark Dever
“Indeed, some secularists are so worried about Christianity, they think Christians are about as dangerous as Muslim terrorists. They get really worried when we don't invest our lives in this-worldly concerns. They look on us as unpredictable free agents. When we reject their relativism and make absolutist spiritual claims, they look at us as nervously as they would a terrorist with a suicide bomb strapped to his back. Of course, Christians are not into coercion in any form. But it is very hard to persuade secularists of that.” ThinkingLooksHardChristianSpiritualFormCoursesChristianityOur LivesDangerousConcernClaimsSuicideTerroristAgentsWorriedBombsRejectsUnpredictableWorldlyGet RealCoercionRelativismFree AgentsMuslim Terrorists Author:Mark Dever
“I think there are a lot of people who are involved in the Tea Party who have very real and sincere concerns about spending that's out of control or generally philosophically believe that the government should be less involved in certain aspects of American life rather than more involved. And they have every right and obligation as citizens to be involved and engaged in this process.” PeopleThinkingShouldBelieveRealGovernmentCertainProcessPartyCitizensInvolvedConcernAspectSpendingObligationTeaEngagedSincereTea PartyAmerican Life Author:Barack Obama
“I agree with George Washington's concern about parties: They become an end in themselves, rather than being committed to helping people improve their lives.” PeopleEndsHelpingPartyConcernAgreeCommittedHelping People Author:Charles Koch
“That something that really concerns me because I have good reason to believe and be hopeful, rather, this was the best posture of any Republican in history towards LGBTQ issues.” BelieveReasonIssuesRepublicanConcernHopefulPosture Author:Margaret Hoover
“One thing that concerns me is that today's young women don't seem to care that we have a fundamental instrument of government that makes no express statement about the equal citizenship stature of men and women. They know there are no closed doors anymore, and they may take for granted the rights that they have.” KnowsMenMaySeemsGovernmentCareTodayYoungRightsDoorsOne ThingEqualMen And WomenConcernFundamentalsInstrumentsStatementsGrantedYoung WomenCitizenshipStatureClosed Doors Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I want Apple to continue to innovate. I want them to be on time. I want them to be leaders. And my big concern with Apple recently has been they can't build what they're designing.” WantHas BeensBigsLeaderDesignConcernApples Author:Rush Limbaugh
“An abiding and central concern of philosophy and religion alike is the fear that the world is alien to human beings, that nature is, in Hegel's words, 'out and out other' to 'spirit'. It's easy enough to see how 'constructivist' or 'humanist' conceptions are efforts to dispel this fear.” WorldHumansEnoughPhilosophySpiritEasyHuman BeingsEffortConcernAliensHumanistConceptionAbidingHegelPhilosophy And Religion Author:David E. Cooper
“There is no reason at all to think that creatures with very different purposes and concerns would arrive at the scientific image, and no reason at all to accuse such creatures of getting the world wrong - a point that both Chuang Tzu and Nietzsche make when comparing human and animal perspectives.” ThinkingWorldHumansDifferentReasonPurposeAnimalPerspectiveCreaturesConcernCompareNo ReasonHumans And Animals Author:David E. Cooper
“That worries me an awful lot. If people misunderstand our intentions [in Black Snake Moan], especially regarding my character, then they're essentially exploiting an already exploited and abused woman. So it's a huge concern for me.” PeopleIfsCharacterBlackWorryHugeConcernIntentionAwfulSnakesAbused WomenBlack Snake Moan Author:Christina Ricci
“Mass incarceration has become normalized in the United States. Poor folks of color are shuttled from decrepit, underfunded schools to brand new, high tech prisons and then relegated to a permanent undercaste - stigmatized as undeserving of any moral care or concern.” StatesCareSchoolPoorUnitedMoralUnited StatesColorMassConcernPrisonFolksBrandsPermanentBrand NewIncarcerationMass IncarcerationUndeservingDecrepit Author:Michelle Alexander
“There is a democratic deficit. In Latin America in particular there is real concern that democratic governments are not delivering and that is leading to experimenting with different models that are much less democratic. But even in Western Europe the deficit is a problem.” DifferentRealProblemGovernmentAmericaParticularModelsEuropeConcernDemocraticWesternLatinDeficitLatin AmericaDeliveringWestern EuropeDemocratic Government Author:Mary Robinson
“I guess what concerns me always is the need for a field, a rich compost, for any art to flourish. But however isolate or unheard you may feel, if you have the need to write poetry, are compelled to write it, you go on, whether there is resonance or not.” IfsNeedsFeelsWritingMayArtRichFieldsGoes OnConcernCompelledResonanceUnheardCompost Author:Adrienne Rich
“My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states. I'm a product of state government in my own state of Arizona. And it seemed to me that the popular election of judges was creating major problems in many states, and we had improved the system in Arizona. And I thought the nation ought to at least rethink how we select our nation's trial judges in the states.” YearsStatesProblemGovernmentNationsMy OwnJudgingProductsOughtCreatingMajorsConcernIndependentElectionTrialsSelectArizonaState GovernmentJudiciaryThrough The YearsMajor ProblemsIndependent Judiciary Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in society in government, has gone beyond concern to anxiety.” GovernmentLevelsGoneAnxietyConcernScientistFriendly Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.
“The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free era." Whether policy is going to be made more and more in the absence of scientific input.” MadeFactsPolicyEvidenceConcernAbsenceErasInput Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.
“There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate and public decision making. Whether the public has come to regard evidence as optional.” SeemsDecisionEvidenceConcernRegardAppreciationDebateDecision MakingOptional Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.