“There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science is practiced actually makes a difference in their lives. If evidence becomes optional, if ideological assertions or beliefs are just as good as scientifically vetted evidence, then their quality of life suffers. I think that's dawning on people. There's a level of concern unlike anything I've seen.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsSufferingBeliefDifferencesLevelsQualityMembersEvidenceConcernDawnMaking A DifferenceQuality Of LifeIdeologicalAssertionOptional Author:Rush D. Holt, Jr.
“Where you find all the worries about immigration, I think the way to handle that is to listen to the person that's got concerns, and then try to move that in a positive direction, as opposed to decrying it and saying, 'Don't even raise that, you can't raise that.'” ThinkingWayTryingPersonsMovingWorryConcernRaisesHandleImmigration Author:Preston Manning
“I think the media has got into this Enquirer mentality. Years ago, legitimate press didn't really concern itself with sordid details of people's personal lives. That wasn't the focus. But also a lot of celebrities were bullied into revealing this breakup or tragedy or divorce or problem. They started to talk about it and the press just started to talk about people's private lives. That just seems to be the norm.” PeopleThinkingYearsProblemSeemsFocusMediaConcernYears AgoTragedyPressesDetailsDivorceBreakupMentalityPersonal LifeNormRevealingPrivate LifeBullied Author:Joan Jett
“The whole privatisation of health and education, of natural resources and essential infrastructure - all of this is so twisted and so antithetical to anything that would place the interests of human beings or the environment at the center of what ought to be a government concern - should stop. The amassing of unfettered wealth of individuals and corporations should stop. The inheritance of rich people's wealth by their children should stop. The expropriators should have their wealth expropriated and redistributed.” PeopleShouldHumansChildrenWholeGovernmentIndividualInterestNaturalWealthHuman BeingsRichEnvironmentOughtEssentialsResourcesConcernShould HaveCorporationsInfrastructureInheritanceTwistedRich PeopleNatural ResourcesHealth And Education Author:Arundhati Roy
“I think UKIP [ UK Independence Party] and the BNP [British National Party] are very, very English concerns. If they gather strength they're going to add to this schism between Scotland and England.” IfsThinkingPartyConcernEnglandIndependenceAddBritishScotlandSchismUkip Author:Irvine Welsh
“If I open a book and see that the author is accusing an adversary of "infantile leftism" I shut it again right away. That's not my way of doing things; I don't belong to the world of people who do things that way. I insist on this difference as something essential: a whole morality is at stake; the one that concerns the search for truth and the relation to the other.” PeopleIfsWorldWayBookWholeDifferencesMoralityEssentialsConcernRelationMy WayStakesAdversariesSearch For TruthInfantileAccusing Author:Michel Foucault
“I was in Athens for a football match when 9/11 went down, and it was quite spectacular - we went into this bar and tried to find out what happened, and the bartender said "it's only the American and the Arabs. They're not big football nations." So the feeling was, what's it got to do with us? Why are football games being cancelled in Europe? The intelligentsia in the West feel like they have to figure out the significance of it all, whereas people have other pressing concerns, related to basic needs.” PeopleNeedsFeelsSaidFeelingsBigsGamesNationsHappenedFiguresFootballEuropeConcernDown AndWestBarsRelatedSignificanceSpectacularFootball GameAthensBartenderBasic NeedsFootball Match Author:Irvine Welsh
“I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a major impact of a positive kind in the world. And I think the American population, with its humanity and with its concern about the future of the world, has a real reason to think about what it can do to help the world in expanding education.” ThinkingWorldKindRealReasonHelpingHumanityCan DoMajorsConcernNegativeImpactPopulationExpandingArmament Author:Amartya Sen
“In some cases, lack of full knowledge or holistic view, that is also part of the problem. But mainly lack of moral principle. So long you have this genuine sort of concern, well being of other. That's the foundation of moral principle.” WellsLongProblemViewsMoralPrinciplesCasesConcernFoundationGenuineWell BeingHolisticMoral Principles Author:Dalai Lama
“Climate change has been immense difficulties of pains or illness or hard life on this planet. So through that way, you have sense of concern of the well being, not sky, not just the environment itself.” WayWellsHas BeensHardPainEnvironmentSkyPlanetsConcernDifficultyClimateClimate ChangeIllnessWell BeingImmenseHard Life Author:Dalai Lama
“We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of humanity, then naturally concerned about environment.” WayWellsHumanityEnvironmentOur LivesSurvivalConcernConcernedRelateWell Being Author:Dalai Lama
“What concerns me most is the horrible degradation our notions of truth, civility, and decency have undergone. Also the way that language has been malformed - we have been overcome with banality and the cynical misuse of language. When a candidate runs a campaign on a series of dog-whistles to bigots, then turns around and talks about "healing the wounds of division," that is right out of Orwell.” WayHas BeensRunningTurnsLanguageHealingDogConcernOvercomingSeriesNotionWoundsCampaignsHorribleCandidatesDivisionCynicalDecencyCivilityDegradationMisuseBigotsBanality Author:George Saunders
“If you want to find weapons of destruction, you can find them all over the place. Take, say, Israel. There is a very great concern right now about proliferation of nuclear weapons, as there should be. Israel has a couple of hundred nuclear weapons and also chemical and biological weapons. This stockpile is not only a threat in itself but encourages others to proliferate in reaction and in self-defense. Is anybody saying anything about this?” IfsWantShouldSelfCoupleRight NowWeaponsHundredConcernDestructionThreatIsraelDefenseNuclearReactionsChemicalsNuclear WeaponsSelf DefenseProliferationBiological Weapons Author:Noam Chomsky
“Imagine an extrahuman observer looking at us. Such an extrahuman observer would be struck precisely by the uniformity of human languages, by the very slight variation from one language to another, and by the remarkable respects in which all languages are the same. And then he would notice we do not pay any attention to that because for the purpose of human life it is quite natural and appropriate just to take for granted everything that is common. We don't concern ourselves with that, all we worry about are differences.” HumansWould BePurposeLanguageNaturalDifferencesCommonPayAttentionWorryImagineConcernGrantedHuman LifeAppropriateRemarkableObserversVariationUniformityHuman Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think the Christian Coalition could be extremely dangerous. We should always be concerned when any group wants to impose their doctrinal concerns on all. To an extent that's what they are trying to do.” ThinkingWantShouldTryingChristianGroupsDangerousConcernConcernedCoalitions Author:Noam Chomsky
“It does not in the least concern me whether I shall have at the end of my life thirty people who understand or three hundred. I am like an artist who paints a picture because he must, otherwise he is unhappy - not unhappy, but he must obey that creative impulse.” PeopleDoeEndsArtistThreeCreativeHundredConcernPaintUnhappyImpulseThirty Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“What is of great importance is that everyone should concern himself with what I am saying, rather than with the personality of the Teacher, the body of the Teacher, where He dwells, and so on. That will lead to confusion.” ShouldBodyTeacherPersonalityConcernImportanceConfusion Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“My chief concern is to make clear the Truth which I have attained, to give an understanding of the Truth, which is the Truth for all. And hence, if there is understanding rather than blind following, people will not create a religion.” PeopleIfsGivingUnderstandingClearConcernBlindFollowingChiefs Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“One does not concern oneself with the expressions, but rather with life. You are looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope when you look at the expressions of life.” LooksDoeEndsExpressionConcernOneselfTelescopes Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The Hindu, the Oriental, says that the physical is but the shadow of the Eternal, of the Truth; and he says 'In order to understand the Truth, I must let the shadow go, and not concern myself with it, but with the understanding of the Eternal.' So he does not concern himself with the physical. He is more concerned with the quality of mind and heart. Hence there is disease, there is disorder, and there is chaos and neglect and the gradual running down of the physical.” MindHeartDoeRunningOrderUnderstandingQualityDiseaseEternalShadowConcernConcernedChaosNeglectDisorderHeart And Mind Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“There you have the two extremes: the man that is concerned mainly with the hidden life, and the man who seriously concerns himself with the expression of that life. What I want to do is to bring about harmony between the two extremes, for therein lies the Truth. The harmony of life is the understanding of Truth.” MenWantTwoLife IsLyingUnderstandingHe ManExpressionConcernConcernedHarmonyExtremesTwo Extremes Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Women are nesters and they're protective and they're concern where the next meal will come and how are we going to live. And men are more prone to be dreamers and think about big, huge picture, while women look at the details.” ThinkingMenLooksBigsNextHugeConcernDetailsMealsDreamerProtective Author:Vonette Bright
“The fact that traditionally 'female' jobs are paid less, that women end up working part-time because they're societally pressured into caring roles, and that having children has a negative impact on women's wages but a positive impact on men's, are all problems that should deeply concern us, not 'explanations' that can be happily accepted.” MenShouldChildrenEndsFactsProblemJobsRolesConcernNegativeFemalePaidImpactCaringAcceptedExplanationWagesHaving ChildrenPart TimePositive ImpactPressured Author:Laura Bates
“Despite the variety my books reflect my, perhaps foolish, tendency to place artistic above financial concerns; of enjoying the more mature themes in whatever creative form; of being on a mission to show that comics are not just for kids; and on a wider level of standing up for individuality against conformity.” BookShowsKidsFormEnjoyLevelsCreativeConcernStandingFinancialIndividualityMissionsFoolishTendenciesDespiteVarietyArtisticThemeMatureConformity Author:Sean Michael Wilson
“The great financial capital is not in one country, it is transnational, that is why it answers to power elites and that is why when I talk about the imperial power of United States I am in no way referring to the American people, who are a noble people that have always been moved by humane concerns.” PeopleWayCountryStatesAnswersUnitedUnited StatesConcernMovedFinancialNobleElitesHumaneReferringGreat Financial Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.” WorldWholeRecordsConcernConnectionsWhole WorldListenersMake Me Happy Author:Ab-Soul
“I see no real argument in Britain that is concerned that an Indian company owns our most successful car manufacturer or that the sewer system under London is being renewed in part by Chinese investment. There are the odd voices that express concern but they are very marginal and they are not being listened to by the British people.” PeopleRealVoiceCompanySuccessfulCarConcernConcernedArgumentInvestmentBritishLondonChineseIndianOddBritainSewers Author:George Osborne
“Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage and Matsuzawa Yutaka as artists who live in the past. Their ideas are still alive in our world because they express the very important concerns of our age. That is why I could trust them as "contemporary artists".” WorldFeelsStillsImportantIdeasAgePastArtistAliveExampleConcernContemporaryOur WorldCagesGreat ArtGreat ArtistLiving In The Past Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“The "encounter" with the people on the peripheries is intended to draw them into the circle of common care and concern - that call to encounter is, to use a favorite world of John Paul II's, a call to solidarity. And that means, it seems to me, aggressive Catholic efforts to empower the poor - and a profound Catholic challenge to all those cultural forces that are eroding stable families, which are the elementary schools where we learn to take responsibility for our lives, which is the highest exercise of freedom.” PeopleWorldMeanUseSeemsCareSchoolForceChallengesPoorCommonEffortResponsibilityOur LivesExerciseHighestDrawsConcernCatholicProfoundCirclesEncountersEmpoweringAggressiveStableSolidarityTaking ResponsibilityElementary SchoolJohn PaulPeripheryJohn Paul IiCare And Concern Author:George Weigel
“My biggest concern is security and keeping Londoners safe.” SecuritySafeConcernLondoners Author:Sadiq Khan
“We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in prison now as we did in 1981, when I left the White House. So that's been one of the major concerns I've had as a non-lawyer, to criticize the American justice system, which is highly biased against black people and poor people. And it still is.” PeopleStillsHouseLeftBlackJusticeWhitePoorHalfMajorsConcernPrisonSevenEightLawyerCriticizeWhite HouseBlack PeopleBlack WomenPoor PeopleJustice SystemBiasedHalf TimeAmerican Justice Author:Jimmy Carter
“I think the point of America, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point. The fact that I've never had to use a Planned Parenthood, the fact that I've never been in need of medical services I couldn't afford or didn't have access to, doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned about the fact that other women don't have that access.” ThinkingNeedsMeanReasonWholeFactsUseAmericaCan DoPlanetsConcernConcernedAccessMedicalBest ThingsParenthoodOur PlanetPlanned Parenthood Author:Shonda Rhimes
“You have to accept the critical reviews if they treat you with respect. Actually, it's one person's opinion. So, it's a concern but not an overriding one, and I don't stay up nights worrying about reviews. But there are certain people I respect who I hope will like a book.” PeopleIfsPersonsBookNightCertainAcceptingOpinionWorryConcernTreatsCriticalReviews Author:Robert Cormier
“I still think, perhaps I'm a bit old fashioned - that truth matters. I think truth matters particularly when it concerns an event of such horrendous quality. Holocaust was the worst, probably the worst massacre, if you'd like to call it that, in the world's history - considering the scale of it and the fact that it was done deliberately during wartime.” IfsThinkingWorldStillsMatterDoneFactsBitsQualityWorstEventsConcernScalesHolocaustConsideringOld FashionedMassacresWartime Author:David Irving
“Active people to revitalize what is really the root of democracy: citizens communicating with each other. Democracy is not just about voting, it's about citizens talking with each other about the issues which concern them. We've lost a great deal of that in the age of the mass media.” PeopleAgeLostDealsTalkingDemocracyIssuesMediaCitizensMassConcernRootsCommunicateActiveVotingMass Media Author:Howard Rheingold
“The experience of beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. The artist's relation to the object of beauty, how the art makes that happen, is a whole other subject. Beauty is an event. Beauty is something that happens. There is no such thing as a beautiful object or a beautiful woman. These things do not come near it - the experience of beauty, the event of beauty. The anxiety about it is what makes it such a central concern of culture and makes us so interested in it.” ArtWholeHappensEyeBeautifulArtistCultureSubjectsEventsObjectsAnxietyConcernRelationBeautiful WomenBeholderEye Of The BeholderBeauty Is In The Eye Of The BeholderBeautiful Objects Author:Jonathan Santlofer
“My concern is always that I can do justice to what I see and hear.” I CanCan DoJusticeConcern Author:Kwame Dawes
“My sister was like my surrogate mother here, in Washington, with very much of the same persuasions as my mother. Even when friends came from home that I knew were more socially adaptable to the mores of the time, she would always caution me and say, "Be careful if you're going out with so and so because you know such and such a thing could happen." It was that kind of guardianship, and concern that imprinted me.” IfsKnowsKindHomeHappensMotherConcernCarefulMy SisterBe CarefulGoing OutPersuasionCautionAdaptableSurrogatesGuardianship Author:David C. Driskell
“My concern with this approach is that music becomes a substance devoid of people. It's a consumer model of what music is: subjects listening to objects. For me, music is subjects listening to subjects. It's about intersubjectivity.” PeopleListeningMusic IsConcern Author:Vijay Iyer
“One of their major initiatives was getting all officers on Facebook. So the question is, why are these people who are there to train the Afghans being pressured to be on Facebook? Again, it sounds benign until you realize that the military's concern isn't the Afghans, it's convincing the American people that we should be in Afghanistan.Soldiers can put up pictures and say "See how happy the Afghans are because of our presence here." It's a way to directly influence the American people using propaganda.” PeopleRealizingInfluenceConcernTrainSoldierPropagandaAfghanistanInitiativeConvincing Author:Michael Hastings
“I think the foreign policy is really not Donald Trump administration concern. Like the Syria strike. I mean, it meant almost nothing. They hit an empty air base. Within a day, it was functioning again. Planes were flying off it. It was for a domestic show, you know - show what a tough guy I am; I'm not Barack Obama.” ThinkingMeanGuyPolicyToughConcernEmptyFlyingBarackForeign PolicySyriaTough Guy Author:Noam Chomsky
“I do have my concerns for mankind as a species. Way I see it, humans are in transition. Accelerating at f**king light speed into some new insanity, and no one really knows how it's going to turn out.” MankindConcernSpeedInsanity Author:Murdoc Niccals
“There are too many bad policy choices to go into that are being pushed by the Trump Administration, but the relaxation of environmental regulations and corporate and banking regulations alone are enough to keep me busy and should be a big concern for every citizen who isn't a billionaire and likes to breathe air.” EnoughChoicesPolicyConcernEnvironmentalBusyBreatheRelaxationBillionaire Author:Shepard Fairey
“Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence on me personally have been basically entirely unaware of any such influence and made their chief concern their personal devotion and obedience, and the pleasure of God in the hidden things of their lives.” PeoplePleasureInfluenceConcernDevotionObedience Author:Brooke Fraser
“The view I take is that while I'm proud to live in a free and prosperous country, I do believe American is a special land and should be a beacon to the world. And part of that leadership is that women are equal under the law and I do have concerns in how Trump talks about and treats women. I think it's very clear in his rhetoric that he sees them as second class citizens.” ThinkingWorldBelieveCountrySpecialProudEqualConcernRhetoricProsperous Author:Mindy Finn
“Jorge Luis Borges had the soapbox and the authority to complain about this myopic understanding of the duty of Latin American writers, which sometimes forecloses their unique modernism and experience of modernization in favor of a mythic past or an artificially constructed ideal national subject. So likewise in João Gilberto Noll, readers shouldn't expect samba and Carnival and football. The Brazilian national identity is not one of his primary concerns.” SometimesPastUnderstandingIdentityFootballDutyAuthorityUniqueConcernComplainingLatinModernismLatin AmericaAmerican Writer Author:Adam Morris
“The Brazilian national identity is not one of João Gilberto Noll primary concerns. This does not mean social critique is absent: race, gender, and class relations are considered in Quiet Creature. And these are universal relational matters, not necessarily particular to any country. Some critics have commented that understanding the specific Brazilian political context of the novel is helpful for reading Quiet Creature. This may be true, but it's not prerequisite for understanding it.” MeanCountryPoliticalReadingUnderstandingNovelIdentityQuietConcernRelationCriticsGenderBeing TrueHelpfulCritique Author:Adam Morris
“President Putin and President Trump are very much alike in their basic approach to international relations.They both insist on their priority as national interest. And they both understand pretty well that sometimes it is in your national interest to conduct good relationship with your counterpart, ensuring that those relationships are mutually beneficial and ensuring that - that you are really ready to take into account each other's concern.” SometimesPresidentInterestConcernRelationPrioritiesInternational RelationsGood Relationship Author:Dmitry Peskov
“My one concern is that Hu Jintao may overestimate how much power China has in Pyongyang. They have - they do have influence, and they do have companies, and they do have economic relationships that could make life much more difficult in the north. Their balancing act is, "How much worse can we make it in the north without creating that which scares us more than anything, which is a collapse in the north." And then what happens to all those nuclear weapons. So they're going to work very hard to avoid that.” DifficultInfluenceEconomicConcernScareNuclear WeaponsGoing To WorkOverestimate Author:Robert M. Gates