“I'd really rather that nobody had a gun, and then nobody would have to worry about it. That would be more my theory. In America, there's this knee-jerk response that more walls and more guns make people safer, and I'm entirely suspect of that way of thinking.” PeopleThinkingWayWould BeAmericaWorryTheoryWallGunResponseKneesSuspectsWay Of ThinkingJerk Author:Ethan Hawke
“There are no free and democratic and wealthy countries in the world that have US rate of gun violence. We have to worry about loners and alienated people. We have to do better on mental health.” PeopleWorldCountryWorryViolenceGunMental HealthDemocraticRateWealthyLonerGun Violence Author:David Brooks
“I love women who are bosses and who don't constantly worry about what their employees think of them. I love women who don't ask, "Is that OK?" after everything they say. I love when women are courageous in the face of unthinkable circumstances, like my mother when she was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Or like Gabrielle Giffords writing editorials for the New York Times about the cowardice of Congress regarding gun laws and using phrases like "mark my words" like she is Clint Eastwood. How many women say stuff like that?” ThinkingWritingFacesLawMotherAsksStuffWorryStageNew YorkCircumstancesGunMarkCongressCancerPhrasesEmployeeCourageousBossCowardiceNew York TimesUnthinkableEditorialsGun LawPancreatic Cancer Author:Mindy Kaling
“In general, the musicians we met that made the most sense just said to do what feels right and try not worry about what other people think. I know that sounds stupid and simple. I feel like Neil Young has done that and he's still making albums. He's one of the people I really look up to as someone who has kind of stuck to their guns their whole career. Just making music for music.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDoneSimpleWorryStupidMusicianGunStuckLook Up Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.” PeopleHeartKidsPainSongCultureLossMusicWorryViolenceSadnessBrokenListeningGunMiseryScaredViolentVideoTeenagerRejectionFidelityKids Playing Book:High Fidelity Source: High Fidelity
“You can't start a fire Worrying 'bout your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark” IfsWorldLittlesFallDarkWorryFireGunDancingFalling Apart Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Like a fellow running from or toward a gun ain't got time to worry whether the word for what he is doing is courage or cowardice.” RunningWorryGunFellowsCowardice Author:William Faulkner
“The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns.” MenWorldMeanNationsPowerfulOpinionWorryGunFlowMost PowerfulSovietBentPublic OpinionDominanceEbb And Flow Book:The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher Source: The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher
“If the NRA keeps messing with the President's daughters, they're going to have to start worrying about Michelle Obama's guns.” IfsPresidentWorryDaughterGunGun ControlNra Author:Bill Maher