“Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.” PeopleWayHas BeensTwoWarStatesRealityGovernmentReligionPoliticsSidesCommunityLeadershipSimpleVisionClassTakenClearViolenceGenerationsPolicyPureEthicsGainsAdvantageOrganizationVictimMajorityStrategyUnityKillingHuman RightsIraqTerrorismTerroristIdeologyBordersCivil WarTwo ThingsIslamicAlsTerritoryForeign PolicySyriaStrifeBoth SidesSlaughterAl QaedaIsilIslamic TerrorismTaken Advantage Author:Barack Obama
“For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country. From the committee room to the Senate chamber, Senator Specter offered a voice of reason and passion in every debate - always willing to reach across the aisle and work across party lines to get the job done, regardless of political gamesmanship or gain.” PeopleCountryReasonDoneJobsPoliticalPassionThreeVoiceInterestLinesRoomsPartyHistoryWillingGainsDeterminationIndependenceDecadesDebateDevotionOur CountrySenateSenatorsCommitteesChamberToughnessConstituentsAislePennsylvaniaGet The Job DoneVoice Of Reason Author:Nancy Pelosi
“I keep trying to tell people. I said, at 40, 45, you're at that crossroads. You really are there. And it's not like you can have gain without pain, but this is it. The days are - like when I wrote this whole thing about, in the beginning of my first magazine. I said, "If you live to be 75 years old, that's 3,900 weekends. That's it."” PeopleIfsTryingYearsFirstsSaidWholePainLike YouGainsMagazinesWeekendKeep TryingCrossroadsWithout Pain Author:Sylvester Stallone
“It's often frustrating when you're a war reporter and you're covering these places that far away. You're frustrated by making stories that people can't connect to in any way. It's hard for Americans to connect to Arabic-speaking Iraqis in refugee camps or Pashto-speaking Afghans in the countryside, and having a character who is a vehicle through which you're allowed to make these relationships really allowed us to gain in an emotional weight that was difficult for us to do any other way to make it all human.” PeopleWayHumansWarHardCharacterStoriesDifficultEmotionalGainsWeightCampsVehicleFar AwayFrustratedReportersRefugeeFrustratingCoveringCountrysideRefugee Camps Author:Rick Rowley
“Here is the principle - adapt your measures to the necessity of the people to whom you minister. You are to take the Gospel to them in such modes and circumstances as will gain for it from them a hearing.” PeoplePrinciplesCircumstancesGainsHearingMinisters Book:For God Alone Source: For God Alone
“Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.” PeopleGivingMatterHateAdviceProudGainsSickIllnessAcceptedSensitiveRejectedSuperiorityAdvisors Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.” PeopleWorldMadeStoriesPurposeLeaderImagineJourneyGainsThorough Author:Chinua Achebe
“Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.” PeopleGainsDeceptionVentureDeceivedAvariceMisersBeing Deceived Author:Norm MacDonald
“If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people, men or women, try to discover their most striking merit, if they have one, and their dominant weakness, for every one has his own, then do justice to the one, and a little more than justice to the other.” PeopleIfsMenTryingLittlesCertainWishJusticeGraceWeaknessGainsAffectionMeritDominant Author:Lord Chesterfield
“People who acquire things beyond their usefulness not only will derive little or no marginal gains from these acquisitions, but they also will experience negative consequences, as with any form of gluttony.” PeopleLifeLittlesFormGrowthConsequenceGainsNegativePersonal GrowthInvestingAcquireAcquisitionUsefulnessGluttonyNegative Consequences Author:Ray Dalio
“Philanthropy is the duty of how we should behave when things go wrong for people, and how we can help to make things better for everyone - voluntarily, without being required to do it by the government, and for others, without private gain for ourselves.” PeopleShouldHelpingGovernmentDutyGainsBehavePhilanthropyWhen Things Go Wrong Author:Robert L. Payton
“One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically. Most of the income in this country is made by people at the top who get dividends and - and capital gains.” PeopleMadeCountryReasonSocialTroubleSecurityGainsIncomeStreamsWagesSocial SecurityFundingDividendsCapital Gains Author:Mike Huckabee
“I'm in favor of outing when people have demonized or scapegoated gay people for their own public gain. When they have risen to public prominence on the backs of the gay community that they are part of and they prey on, I think that's absolutely deserving of outing.” PeopleThinkingCommunityGayGainsFavorsPreyDeservingRisenGay PeopleProminenceGay Community Author:Rachel Maddow
“I'm in favor of outing when people have demonized or scapegoated gay people for their own public gain. I don't think just being a Republican is reason enough.” PeopleThinkingReasonEnoughRepublicanGayGainsFavorsJust BeingGay People Author:Rachel Maddow
“Using an artful tool does not make one a dry technician. It seems to me that people that are anxious about our technical advancement, confuse means and ends. Naturally a person that only works for material gain will not harvest something that is worth living for. But the machine is not an end in itself. The airplane is not an end. It is a tool. Just like the plough.” PeopleMeanPersonsDoeEndsSeemsMaterialsGainsToolsMachinesDryAviationAnxiousAirplaneHarvestPredictionsAdvancementWorth LivingTechnicians Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.” PeopleThinkingTryingHardLosesTruth IsGains Author:Maya Angelou
“Through the years I've learned to gain the trust of humans. I'm really good at gaining the trust of animals and I have developed the same ability with humans. I don't make people feel wrong, I just make people aware. I have learned to make people laugh.” PeopleFeelsYearsHumansAbilityAnimalLaughingGainsI've LearnedI Have LearnedMaking People LaughThrough The Years Author:Cesar Millan
“The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.” PeopleMenHumansUseMightPainFormChristReligiousAcceptingChristianityEnvironmentImpossibleEmotionalGainsAreasAspectValuableSymbolsUnconsciousWildernessAssociationDeitiesDiscomfortReligious ExperienceHuman Form Author:Donald Glover
“I do think it's extremely important to acknowledge the gains that were made by the civil rights movement, the black power movement.Institutional transformations happened directly as a result of the movements that people, unnamed people, organized and gave their lives to.” PeopleThinkingMadeImportantBlackResultsRightsHappenedMovementGainsTransformationCivil RightsAcknowledgeOrganizedCivil Rights MovementBlack Power Author:Angela Davis
“Often young black people are looking towards the alternative economies. They are looking towards the drug economy.... the economies that are going to that apparently will produce some kind of material gain for them.” PeopleKindYoungBlackEconomyProduceMaterialsDrugGainsAlternativesBlack People Author:Angela Davis
“I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to write a novel that shows the points of view of people of different ages and personalities.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsDifferentShowsAgeAbleProcessViewsNovelTakenPersonalityGainsPoint Of ViewLife ExperienceWriting ProcessDifferent Ages Author:Kathleen Winter
“As your life goes on you should gain a deeper understanding of the world and the people moving through it; but that might be asking too much.” PeopleWorldShouldMightMovingUnderstandingToo MuchGoes OnGainsAskingDeeperLife Goes OnDeeper UnderstandingAsking Too Much Author:James Scott
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.” PeopleWould BeKidsYoungGamesParentGoalEmotionBehindsGroupsAchieveFootballGainsBiggerGood ThingsEnthusiasmChineseInstillAchieving Goals Author:Berti Vogts
“The first time you do anything, people always take a minute to try to figure it out, but once you witness it in person, the word starts to spread and it gains momentum year after year.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsPersonsMinutesFiguresGainsFirst TimeSpreadWitnessMomentum Author:Darren Criss
“You really need to give us much love as you possibly can. Be kind. Be of service to people, not for you to gain anything but just out of pure love. That's what people are lacking, that pure genuine love.” PeopleNeedsGivingKindPureGainsGenuineBe KindLackingPure LoveMuch LoveGenuine Love Author:DeLisha Milton-Jones
“If an angel should be winged from Heaven, on an errand of mercy to our country, the first accents that would glow on his lips would be, Beware! Be cautious! You have everything to lose; nothing to gain. We live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by the unrestrained and deliberate consultations of the people. Miracles do not cluster. That which has happened but once in six thousand years cannot be expected to happen often. Such a government, once gone, might leave a void, to be filled, for ages, with revolution and tumult, riot and despotism.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsFirstsCountryGovernmentMightHappensWould BeAgeHeavenLosesGoneHappenedRevolutionThousandSixAngelGainsMercyMiracleConstitutionFilledLipsExpectedOur CountryVoidAccentsThousand YearsDeliberateCautiousRiotDespotismFramedTumultClustersErrandsBe CautiousConsultation Author:Daniel Webster
“I calculated the total time that humans have waited for web pages to load. It cancels out all the productivity gains of the information age. Sometimes I think the web is a big plot to keep people like me away from normal society.” PeopleThinkingHumansSometimesBigsAgeInformationInternetNormalPagesGainsProductivityLike MePlotLoadInformation AgeWeb Page Author:Scott Adams
“It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.” PeopleNeedsDoneMotivationalEnergyLeaderDeserveGainsCreditLoyaltyExcitement Author:Robert Townsend
“Most people are just fat and because most bodybuilders juice, they can get away with eating what they want and just monitoring calories. It's a horrible misconception and often sends people down a path of fat gain that might ruin their motivation and drive. Fat cells never go away once created.” PeopleWantMightMotivationPathEatingGainsHorribleFatsRuinsCellsGet AwayGoing AwayJuiceMisconceptionCaloriesMonitoringBodybuilderMotivation And Drive Author:Scott Herman
“If people would stop objectifying abstractions (which they probably never will), or if they would stop objectifying the abstractions they make consciously (which they might learn to do), at least half the pseudo-questions befuddling the world today - as they have befuddled it since time immemorial - would vanish. And that would be a very, very great gain.” PeopleIfsWorldMightWould BeTodayHalfGainsAbstractionWorld TodayPseudoObjectifying Author:Cassius Jackson Keyser
“When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.” PeopleThinkingTermLossDecisionGainsOutcomesShort TermGains And Losses Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Because the math is, if you - 5 percent of a million is a lot more than 5 percent of a thousand. So yeah, someone who makes more money, numerically, it's gonna be higher. But the greatest gains, percentage-wise, for people, are gonna be at the lower end of our plan.” PeopleIfsEndsMillionsWisePlansHigherThousandPercentGainsYeahMathMore MoneyPercentages Author:Ted Cruz
“Our government is committed to helping our young people develop the skills and training they need to succeed. Through our Summer Company program, students can launch a business, become employers, and gain an advantage in the highly competitive global economy - all while still in school.” PeopleNeedsStillsHelpingGovernmentSchoolYoungCompanyEconomyStudentsSucceedSkillsSummerTrainingGainsAdvantageProgramCommittedEmployersGlobal Economy Author:Brad Duguid
“We all teach from that same frame of reference. We're like neighborhood - the people who have had the opportunity through this music to gain a platform and spread the message of this music, which is basically love in a form of communication that's honest and truthful.” PeopleFormOpportunityTeachHonestCommunicationMessagesGainsSpreadNeighborhoodTruthfulPlatformsFrame Of Reference Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Audiences, as they get smaller, can intensify their relationship with the product, and so can the creative relationship with the people that you are serving. The good news is that, the more shows there are, the less the conglomerates have to gain by breaking the will of each individual creative.” PeopleShowsIndividualAudienceCreativeProductsNewsGainsServingGood News Author:Dan Harmon
“I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of the fundamental objectives of Marxism is to remove interest, the factor of individual interest, and gain, from people's psychological motivations. Marx was preoccupied both with economic factors and with their repercussions on the spirit. If communism isn't interested in this too, it may be a method of distributing goods, but it will never be a revolutionary way of life.” PeopleIfsWayMaySpiritMotivationFightingIndividualInterestEconomicGainsMethodFundamentalsMiserySocialismObjectivesPsychologicalFactorsCommunismRevolutionaryDryRemoveGoodsNot InterestedAlienationMarxismRepercussions Author:Che Guevara
“The arts have long been an integral and vibrant part of our nation's cultural heritage. In its many forms, art enables us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and of our society. Providing us with a unique way to learn about people of other cultures, it allows us to discover all that we have in common. At its best, art can beautify our cities, encourage economic development and social change, and profoundly affect the ways we live our lives.” PeopleWayLongArtFormCultureNationsSocialUnderstandingCommonCitiesOur LivesEconomicDevelopmentUniqueGainsDeeperOur SocietyHeritageProvidingSocial ChangeEconomic DevelopmentOther CulturesCultural HeritageDeeper UnderstandingBest Art Author:William J. Clinton
“The market economy succeeds not because some people's interests are suppressed and other people are kept out of the market, but because people gain individual advantage from it.” PeopleIndividualInterestEconomySucceedGainsAdvantageMarket Economy Author:Amartya Sen
“Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?” PeopleKnowsShouldPleasureFashionGainsCharityCreditGuinea Book:Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)
“I liked that you have to sometimes get into a situation that might not be a comfortable one - so, overcome your fear and good things will happen - if you want someone to know something, or you have to really take charge and do it yourself and go for it. With the Boxtrolls, they want people to know they're not mean guys, but they're too scared to show anyone. They have to eventually work up the courage to show that and gain the confidence.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantMeanSometimesShowsMightHappensGuySituationComfortableGainsOvercomingGood ThingsScaredDo It YourselfMean Guy Author:Elle Fanning
“Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveCountryForceCausesEffortActivityGainsLogicRegardAimIsraelOccupationPalestineRuthlessSettlementApartheidLegitimacyCountries Of The World Author:Mahmoud Abbas
“Some people enjoy taking a light stroll in the morning and that gives them relief and that sort of feeling. That is what I gain by practicing, by swinging the bat.” PeopleGivingFeelingsLightEnjoyMorningGainsReliefBats Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“The more people challenge us, the more power we gain. We become stronger not under the tiny raindrops but under the huge hailstone!” PeopleChallengesHugeGainsStrongerTinyRaindrops Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Baseball in Canada is like soccer in the U.S. It is growing, and some people are starting to gain interest. The way that there are Americans playing high-level soccer, there are Canadians breaking into the Major Leagues.” PeopleWayInterestLevelsGrowingMajorsGainsBaseballStartingSoccerLeagueCanadaHigh LevelMajor League Author:Joey Votto
“It's a passion when you're doing it for other people and you're doing it for the people around you making the film and the people who are going to see the film, and the giving. When you start thinking about you doing it for some sort of self-gain, then I think it becomes an obsession. It becomes a negative experience.” PeopleThinkingGivingSelfFilmPassionGainsNegativeObsessionThinking About YouNegative Experiences Author:Stanley Kubrick
“While testimonies can come as dramatic manifestations, they usually do not. Sometimes people think they need to have an experience like Joseph Smith's vision before they gain testimonies. If we have unrealistic expectations of how, when, or where answers come, we risk missing the answers which come as quiet, reassuring feelings and thoughts that most often come after our prayers, while we are doing something else. These answers can be equally convincing and powerful.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsSometimesFeelingsPrayerAnswersPowerfulVisionRiskMissingQuietExpectationsGainsManifestationDramaticTestimonyConvincingOur PrayersReassuringJoseph SmithUnrealistic Expectations Author:Allan F. Packer
“We must end the iniquitous multi-taxing of the same money. It is not right to tax people's incomes, then their savings on that income, to tax the movement of assets through capital gains tax, stamp duty and tax them again through inheritance tax if they have the audacity to die.” PeopleIfsEndsDiesMovementDutyTaxesGainsIncomeSavingAssetsStampsInheritanceSavingsAudacityCapital GainsInheritance TaxCapital Gains Tax Author:Liam Fox
“Officers in the Church of Jesus Christ are called for two distinct purposes: First and foremost, to serve the people; and, secondly, to gain the development and enlarged understanding which always follow earnest service in a responsible position. It is an honorable privilege and a personal benefit to be allowed to serve in an official position in the Church; and an office, whatever it may be, should be accepted in a spirit of grateful appreciation.” PeopleShouldFirstsMayTwoSpiritPurposeJesusUnderstandingChristChurchPositionDevelopmentOfficeBenefitsGainsJesus ChristResponsibleGratefulPrivilegeAppreciationAcceptedOfficialsOfficersHonorableEarnest Author:John Andreas Widtsoe
“It would have to stand on the basis of what somebody had done to it and that would be the basis on which it would be judged. So it's a funny art form. You gain a great deal when you have good collaborators and sometimes people just don't understand what you've done.” PeopleArtSometimesDoneWould BeFormDealsGainsBasesJudgedCollaborators Author:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
“Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong'; patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.” PeopleMeanCountryGovernmentAmericaPoliticalSpeakMastersGainsIdealsServantAmerican Government Author:Robert A. Heinlein