“Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share?” PeopleTodayAsksPayShareHappeningsFairsAngryCorporationsProfitableFair SharePolitics Today Author:Richard Trumka
“We have an electorate that doesn't always pay that much attention to what's going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather than the facts or truth or what's happening.” PeopleFactsSimplePayAttentionHappeningsSlogansElectorate Author:John F. Kerry
“I went to a school that was founded on a lot of very radical ideals of how education should be changed. But what's happening to schools like that sort of all over the country is in economic pressure they're becoming more and more preparatory because that's what people will really pay the money for private schooling for now.” PeopleShouldCountrySchoolPayEconomicChangedBecomingHappeningsIdealsPressureRadicalSchoolingBecoming MorePrivate School Author:Ezra Miller
“I think that we pay much more attention to fashion and our hair, skin and foreheads, our abdominal muscles and shoes than what is happening in the world. We willingly take that 'drug' and go along with that.” ThinkingWorldPayAttentionFashionHairDrugHappeningsSkinsShoesMusclesForeheadsAbdominals Author:Meryl Streep
“All writers who can claim to be called 'living' must be political in a sense. They must have what the Quakers call a concern to understand what is happening in the world, and must engage themselves, in their writing, to promote no comfortable lies, of the sort which people will pay well to be told rather than the truth.” PeopleWorldWritingWellsPoliticalLyingPayComfortableHappeningsConcernClaimsQuaker Author:Storm Jameson
“What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you.” MatterPayAttentionHappeningsPay AttentionPencilsExterior Author:Paulo Coelho
“Aesthetics is not an end in itself. But in our culture, which is becoming more multi-sensory and less respectful of God, we have a responsibility to pay attention to the design of the space where we assemble regularly. In the emerging culture, darkness represents spirituality. We see this in Buddhist temples, as well as Catholic and Orthodox churches. Darkness communicates that something serious is happening.” WellsEndsCultureSpiritualityChurchSpacePayAttentionResponsibilityDarknessDesignSeriousBecomingHappeningsCatholicCommunicateBuddhistPay AttentionTemplesOrthodoxAestheticsEmergingRespectfulBecoming MoreSensoryOrthodox Church Author:Dan Kimball
“I am always an optimist. The pessimists are the liars who refuse to admit what is happening. And I'll give you three things we could do this instant to help Mexico: legalize drugs, renegotiate NAFTA so that it pays a living wage, protects unions and protects the environment and stop Plan Merida which gives $500 million a year to the Mexican army, the largest single criminal organization in Mexico.” GivingYearsHelpingThreePayMillionsEnvironmentPlansDrugProtectHappeningsOrganizationArmyUnionsRefuseCriminalsInstantHelp MeLiarsMexicoOptimistMexicanThree ThingsPessimistLiving WageNaftaProtect The Environment Author:Charles Bowden
“Because jurors have an extraordinary amount of power over the situation and of the people and the story in front of them, they tend to pay pretty intense attention to what's happening.” PeopleStoriesPayAttentionSituationFrontsAmountHappeningsExtraordinaryIntenseJurors Author:Zephyr Teachout
“I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.” IfsGivingTryingPayAttentionSceneBandHappeningsPay AttentionLoathe Author:Mat McNerney
“There's certainly a lot of noise in the hip-hop world now [that] I don't pay active attention to, but to the extent that I represent some flavor of what's happening in hip-hop - it's subconscious.” WorldPayAttentionHappeningsHip HopActiveNoiseHipsHopsSubconsciousFlavor Author:Baratunde Thurston
“I think, year in, year out, Google is starting to get worse instead of better. I think this is happening to a lot of the web companies, is as their demand to increase the payload they deliver in ads increases, they end up degrading and corrupting their own services. And you can see it with Google Maps, you can see it with Google Directions, where somehow Uber is, you know, always one of the options. And it's becoming exactly what they said was what they never wanted, which is a pay-for service where the highest bidder gets the best results.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSaidEndsWantedResultsPayCompanyBecomingDemandHighestHappeningsIncreaseStartingMapsAdsGoogleThey SaidDegradingUberGoogle Maps Author:Tim Wu
“What happened to the men's boxing is happening to the women's boxing, but not all the time. Every now and then, you get some really great fights. It's a money thing and how many people are going to buy that pay-per-view for the fights. The UFC is eventually going to go that way.” PeopleMenWayFightingViewsPayHappenedHappeningsBoxingNow And ThenReally GreatUfc Author:Bonnie Canino
“The more I pay attention to what's going on inside, the more I realize that how I feel, and how I react to what I feel, really creates my reality. And the more in touch I can be, the better chance I have to control what's happening in my life.” FeelsI CanRealityRealizingChancePayAttentionHappeningsPay Attention Author:Ricky Williams
“Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.” WellsMeanForgetPayAttentionHappeningsPay AttentionHere And Now Book:Island Source: Island
“You don't read it in the sense of reading a message; it doesn't work like that. What's happening is that the Shadows are responding to the attention you pay them.” ReadingPayAttentionMessagesHappeningsShadowResponding Book:The subtle knife Source: The subtle knife