“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“We still live in a world of such gross injustice and inequality, that only privileged people like ourselves can afford to think of eros and art as top concerns in life. They are important, for sure, but I think it's high time to shift priorities around, away from selfish indulgence, and toward more concern for the wellbeing of so many others who suffer atrocities, injustice, and famine, all over the planet.” PeopleThinkingWorldArtImportantSufferingConcernInjusticeSelfishPrioritiesInequalityGrossIndulgenceWellbeingFamineEros Author:Massimo Pigliucci
“Duties concern things that are voluntary. I do think that if you have a moral duty to bring me back the book you borrowed, that implies, roughly, that your doing so depends on your wanting to do so: if you want to bring me the book, you will. This is not the case if you are stuck at some airport due to a snowstorm, far away from me. This, however, is not the same as "ought" implying a metaphysical "can".” ThinkingBookMoralDutyConcernStuckFar AwayMetaphysical Author:Nomy Arpaly
“There's a term, agape, you hear used a lot with charismatic religious groups, that it's this more pure love of caring, of sharing of concern and understanding. I think players and teams have to come to that at some point in the season to become successful. Maybe not "personal friends," but they become teammates at the highest level of that term.” ThinkingUnderstandingTermReligiousSuccessfulPlayerTeamConcernCaringTeammatePure LoveCharismaticBecoming SuccessfulAgape Author:Phil Jackson
“I think, first and foremost, showing up, making sure that Democrats focus not just on elections, not just on presidential elections, but we begin the process of rebuilding the infrastructure of the party at the grassroots. We begin going out to all those rural counties and begin having a conversation with rural voters and making sure that we hear their concerns, hear their complaints, and also educate them about what we are doing, making sure that we focus on state legislative races, not just congressional, Senate, governor, and presidential races.” ThinkingPartyFocusConcernElectionDemocratPresidentialEducateCountyPresidential Election Author:Tom Vilsack
“I think the issue that concerns us is certainly regaining stability, but issues of human rights are an integral part of our reform policies, of our new constitution.” ThinkingPolicyConcernConstitutionHuman RightsStability Author:Sameh Shoukry
“The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of our brains are in the same mode of searching when trying to understand reality, and when we come to a belief system that makes sense to us we hold it strongly, whether it's an atheist view, or a Christian view, or a Muslim view, whatever, then it's very hard to let go and I think it's so important to try to foster dialogue.” ThinkingTryingImportantRealityChristianBeliefBrainLetting GoConcernAtheistDialogueMake Sense Author:Andrew B. Newberg
“Talent acquisition, knowledge transfer, generational diversity, and retention will continue to be serious concerns. I think the golden thread is equipping management to work with Millennials. Let's face it. We are going to see organizations needing to replace 40% to 60% of their workforce. Management has never been more important!” ThinkingImportantTalentSeriousDiversityConcernManagement Author:Chip Espinoza
“There are a number of countries that we see cyber-attacks emanating from. And, again, they can be just individuals who are located in the country. But three that I think are of special concern would be Iran, would be Russia, and China.” ThinkingCountryIndividualSpecialConcern Author:Janet Napolitano
“I think there is some concern on the part of the career people that there is not enough communication with the incoming team, so that the new team is fully up on all the nuances of what they're inheriting.” PeopleThinkingEnoughTeamCommunicationConcern Author:Roger Cressey
“2016 is an election like I've never seen before. And I think it reflects the fact that many people have a dissatisfaction with politics as usual. So I think this is a time where both parties should be humble, reach out to each other and try to find ways to build on common ground to serve the concerns, the rightful frustrations of the American people.” PeopleThinkingTryingPartyCommonConcernElectionHumbleFrustrationReach OutBe HumbleDissatisfaction Author:Cory Booker
“Any Democrat running is trying to get that Barack Obama coalition, which is an increasingly diverse voter base. It's young folks. It's minorities, as well as white women. I don't think we as a party can afford to alienate or not try to speak to the concerns, fears, insecurities, aspirations of white men. We should not give up that ground.” ThinkingMenGivingTryingRunningSpeakPartyGiving UpConcernDemocratBarackAspirationInsecurityDiverseNot Giving Up Author:Cory Booker
“I think that we need to have an honest conversation in this country. This idea that somehow we're beyond sexism, beyond racism is just wrong. And this is where having an honest conversation with white men about their issues and their concerns, and having honest conversations about the experiences that African-Americans are still having, despite who's the president of the United States, in the criminal justice system that we see in sentencing, we see in policing and a lot of these issues.” ThinkingMenCountryPresidentJusticeHonestRacismConcernSexismJustice SystemCriminal Justice Author:Cory Booker
“It was an echo of Director Comey's testimony that Trump showed no curiosity, no interest, no concern over the Russia hack. The only element of it that concerned him was how it might impact him personally. That says, I think, a lot about where the president is coming from, but it was quite jarring given this was an attack on our democracy by a foreign power.” ThinkingPresidentInterestDemocracyConcernConcernedCuriosityTestimony Author:Adam Schiff
“I think the mother of all arguments against eating meat now is the climate change argument. Methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and when we eat meat we wipe away many of the good things that we do when we try to create greener and more sustainable practices in the rest of our lives. So if you add the concern for climate change with other concerns that were there. I think the case for vegetarianism is pretty overwhelming.” ThinkingTryingMotherPowerfulEatingConcernArgumentGood ThingsClimate ChangeGasOverwhelming Author:Dale Jamieson
“There's going to be biological differences between the genders. There's going to be biological differences between two women or two men. There's biological differences between all of us. My concern is, why are we so concerned about it? Why are we so worried about it? Why, whenever a study comes out about men do this one way and women do this one way, or men's brains and women's brains - why are we so interested in that? You know, what makes us so fascinated by differences between the sexes? And I think more often than not that interest is deeply embedded in sexism.” ThinkingMenInterestBrainStudyConcernConcernedGenderWorriedSexismEmbedded Author:Jessica Valenti
“Living in Portland, which is a predominantly white city, the privilege and the luxury to be able to obsess over a certain kind of minutia, that I think, if you did not have that privilege, would never be bothersome. When people are worried about whether "local" means 100 miles, or 50 miles, or 10 miles from a grocery store, I just think, "Wow. What a privilege it is to have that as a major concern in your life." As opposed to, "Can we afford food tonight?" Sometimes I'm just shocked at what becomes concerning in these kind of communities.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanSometimesCommunityConcernWorried Author:Carrie Brownstein
“I do know that the effect of the tremendous cutbacks on education that we're seeing are going to create a major problem for the country if we don't provide the opportunity to a huge swath of our society. These impacts are going to have an effect across national security, it's going to have an effect across our social services, and of course on the economy, in broad terms. So there is, I think, at least a level of concern that we ought to have at this point in our history.” ThinkingCountryProblemOpportunityTermEconomySecurityConcernNational SecuritySocial Service Author:Ricardo Sanchez
“The Republicans had their shot not long ago to address the real needs and concerns of everyday Americans, and they blew it. I think that's mitigated by the fact that we had a terrorist incident, there is a war, and there was a lot of proper focus on those issues, but over the time that they were there and had the leadership opportunity, they blew it. We got fired for a reason.” ThinkingLongWarRealReasonOpportunityFocusRepublicanConcernEverydayTerrorist Author:Tim Pawlenty
“I think the films Insomnia and Memento share all sorts of thematic concerns, such as the relationship between motivation and action, and the difficulty of reconciling your view of the story with the supposed objective view of that story.” ThinkingActionFilmMotivationShareConcernDifficultyInsomniaMemento Author:Christopher Nolan
“My concern 99% is about the storytelling, the emotion and all this. I never think about the format of anything until way far in the process and when we arrive to the fabrication of the thing then we start to say, "Okay right, what is the best thing we can do." I choose the car before to choose the color.” ThinkingEmotionCarConcernOkayStorytelling Author:Luc Besson
“One of the greatest mistakes the international community can make is to say, "Well, we will get other matters figured out and stabilized, and then we'll think about the women's rights, because that's really a grade-B kind of concern."” ThinkingKindCommunityMistakeConcern Author:Swanee Hunt
“I don't feel French at all. That was never really a concern, and it's limiting to think that way. I think Paris is more of a playground for international designers, so I don't really feel French. And I don't really want to feel French.” ThinkingConcernDesigner Author:Nicolas Ghesquiere
“There is age discrimination, but I think there are two kinds. One is when the employer is discriminating for specific reasons and doing it intentionally. The other is where you have managers who really aren't looking to discriminate but feel a little on edge because the candidate they're talking to is older. Sometimes they can even smell age concern on the part of the candidate and they wind up discriminating almost unconsciously.” ThinkingKindSometimesReasonAgeConcernDiscrimination Author:Nick Corcodilos
“I think the most important thing is the American people have lost trust and confidence in the people they have sent up to Congress as elected leaders. And I think that it is so important to reconnect to the people. And I think that the last election showed people weren't running back to the Republican Party. They did show that they weren't happy with the policies coming out of the Democrat Party. But they are trying to find individuals that will go up and be their voice, that will resemble them, that will take their cares and concerns to Washington, D.C.” PeopleThinkingTryingImportantCareRunningIndividualPartyLeaderPolicyRepublicanConcernElectionDemocratRepublican PartyRunning Back Author:Allen West
“When philosophers talk about reason they often have in mind Having been in the business of philosophy more than half my life, I have learned that reason doesn't change many minds. But there's a more ordinary sense of resonableness, which involves not just logic but a sensitivity to other peoples real concerns, a desire to understand, even when you don't agree. Many people are reasonable in this way.I'm willing to think that the world will be made better by the conversations of reasonable people, even if there are unreasonable people and people who don't want to converse as well.” PeopleThinkingWorldMindRealReasonPhilosophyDesireConcernLogicAgreePhilosopherI Have LearnedSensitivity Author:Kwame Anthony Appiah
“I've expressed concern about the assaults on our institutions, both from external sources - meaning the Russians - and internal sources. And I think this will be a real test of the resilience of our system and its pillars.” ThinkingRealConcernResilience Author:James R. Clapper
“I think it's deeply important for us to know, especially when we come from the outside, how "ordinary people" think and feel and what their expectations are and what their concerns are. Also what's in their imaginations, what's in their minds, even what their rumors are and what their gossip is.” PeopleThinkingMindImportantImaginationExpectationsConcernGossipOrdinary PeopleRumor Author:Jon Lee Anderson
“I think of the US as an empire. The UK at one point, because of its reach, was an empire. But these megachurches - for me the concern is to not assume they have more authority than they actually have, to not give them a kind of reach that they really don't possess.” ThinkingGivingKindAuthorityConcernAssuming Author:Anthony B Pinn
“As long as the reader is enjoying a story and the writing, it doesn't concern me if people don't understand why it's running backward or if it's running backward. I think disorientating a reader a bit can be really nice. Making them work and bringing their own past to play in a novel.” PeopleThinkingWritingLongRunningPastEnjoyNovelNiceConcernReally NiceRunning Back Author:Evie Wyld
“Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a number-one environmental concern, not something we're going to get to later. And I say that because in that quiet is a whole experience that people can have that reaches to their soul. I like to think of quiet places in nature as the think tank of the soul. It's in these very basic levels that we'll be able to see what the real problem is.” PeopleThinkingRealSoulProblemQuietConcernEnvironmentalPollutionEnvironmentalistQuiet Place Author:Gordon Hempton
“If you are born a female and live as one, you can't deny your connection to feminism. I think if you are a female, you are a feminist. As far as my work goes, I don't want it to be interpreted solely from a feminist perspective, of course, but for a woman to have no interest in feminism or say that it doesn't concern her is self-denial. I know that sexism still exists within various societies and systems, whether blatantly or subtly. We are, however, much better off than previous generations.” ThinkingInterestFeminismPerspectiveConcernFemaleFeministVariousSexism Author:Hyon Gyon
“I think each book has its own way of accommodating my concerns, whether it's about race, America, technology, the city.” ThinkingBookTechnologyConcern Author:Colson Whitehead
“The thing that I think about most often is the loss of biodiversity. We talk about these food issues so often with concern to historically excluded communities, but I'm concerned with everyone having access to healthy foods. Consumers across the board are being robbed of biodiversity.” ThinkingCommunityLossHealthyConcernConcernedBiodiversityHealthy Food Author:Bryant Terry
“I know there is gender imbalance in the spec fic field, and it concerns me very much. We live in a gender-biased world. There have been some fascinating discussions and studies on this on the internet in recent years. There seem to be a lot of women writing spec fic and not as many getting published, or otherwise taken seriously. While it seems there is less overt bias against women writers compared to a few decades ago, there are still institutionalized biases, subtler biases that are harder to discern. I think these are serious issues that deserve examination by the community.” ThinkingWorldWritingCommunityStudyTakenSeriousInternetDeserveConcernGenderDiscussionBias Author:Vandana Singh
“We don't think about how the songs are going to translate so much during the writing process. Once the song is recorded, and once we're mixing, that's when it occurs to me. Then you start rehearsing to play shows. I never concern myself about how we're going to pull it off live, because I know we'll figure out a way to do it.” ThinkingWritingSongConcernTranslateWriting Process Author:Tad Kubler
“Life is busy. There are daily concerns and obligations that have to be met, and to take time to think about how precious and special a human life is that you only get one, and that every wasted minute is lost. You can't get it back.” ThinkingHumansLife IsLostMinutesSpecialMetsConcernBusyObligationHuman LifeTake TimeTime To ThinkLost You Author:Rush Limbaugh