“In a free society, a large degree of human activity is none of the government's business. We should make criminal what's going to hurt other people and other than that we should leave it to people to make their own choices.” PeopleShouldHumansGovernmentChoicesHurtActivityDegreesCriminalsFree SocietyHuman Activity Author:Barney Frank
“As long as you're not hurting anyone, your choices are your choices.” LongChoicesHurt Author:Miley Cyrus
“Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.” WayRealSelfSpiritChoicesBeliefSidesHurtTechnologyProgressDangerousDrugShadowMachinesAccountsSafetyMedicineLifestyleExpensiveLazySophisticatedSelf RelianceRelianceSafety NetLifestyle ChoicesShadow Side Author:Andrew Weil
“It's easy to explain away evil. We have a free choice, and our greatest blessing is also our greatest curse, because I don't always make good choices. Other people make bad choices. I make bad choices. And sometimes we hurt other people. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes unintentionally.” PeopleSometimesChoicesEvilEasyHurtBlessingCurseFree ChoiceBad ChoicesGreatest BlessingsGood Choices Author:Rick Warren
“I think normally people think that they're afraid to die but I actually think people are more afraid to live. People are more afraid to make the choices that they want because they're very hard decisions to make in order to be happy. I think a lot of people are really afraid of that. It's easy to be in a band because you have a lot of things to hide behind so that's really not always living...that doesn't always constitute as living life the way you want. But at times you have to make decisions that sometimes hurt others in order to live.” PeopleThinkingWayWantSometimesHardOrderDiesChoicesEasyHurtDecisionBehindsBandLive LifeHard Decision Author:Gerard Way
“It's your choice, what you do with the moment. If you're stuck in a traffic jam, you can get angry and honk your horn, or listen to Mozart. But when you have a very specific expectation of how things should be, then, of course, you end up hurting yourself.” IfsShouldEndsMomentsChoicesCoursesHurtExpectationsAngryStuckTrafficHornsJamTraffic JamHurting Yourself Author:Deepak Chopra
“Everyone makes moral choices that better themselves and hurt someone else along the way - and whether or not the means justify the ends. And that, to me, is universal.” WayMeanEndsChoicesHurtMoralUniversalJustifyHurts SomeoneMoral Choices Author:George Clooney
“I believe that a lot of people in our society today, people who have been hurt and even people who haven't been hurt, get their worth and value from what they do, what they look like, what they own, what kind of job they have, what kind of house they live in, how much money they have, what social circles they're in, what level of education they have, especially even how other people respond to them. They feel better about themselves if everybody is giving a smiling nod to the way they look and all their choices.” PeopleIfsWayGivingFeelsBelieveLooksKindHas BeensTodayJobsValuesChoicesHouseI BelieveSocialHurtLevelsHavensCirclesOur SocietyFeel BetterBeen HurtSociety Today Author:Joyce Meyer
“I woke up my pop in the middle of the night 'cause the boogie man's under my bed. My pop is this big, huge man, nothing can hurt him. I went running into his bedroom like, 'Daddy, Daddy, the boogie man's under the bed!' Pop opens one eye, he's like, 'Is the boogie man bigger than me?' 'Well, no Daddy, he's not.' 'Well, you got your choice: you can deal with the boogie man or you can deal with me.'” MenWellsHumorBigsEyeRunningFunnyNightChoicesCausesHurtDealsMiddleHugeBedBiggerPopsBedroomDaddyMiddle Of The NightBoogie Author:Adam Ferrara
“Reality is much more complex than any judgment of right and wrong encourages you to believe. When you really understand the ethical, spiritual, social, economic, and psychological forces that shape individuals, you will see that people's choices are not based on a desire to hurt. Instead, they are in accord with what they know and what world views are available to them. Most are doing the best they can, given what information they've received and what problems they are facing.” PeopleKnowsWorldBelieveProblemRealitySpiritualDesireChoicesIndividualGivenForceSocialHurtViewsEconomicInformationShapesJudgmentComplexesAvailablePsychologicalEthicalAccordWorld View Author:Michael Lerner
“We have a choice to make during our brief visit to this beautiful blue and green living planet: to hurt it or to help it.” HelpingInspirationBeautifulMotivationChoicesHurtPlanetsBlueGreenGreen LivingBlue And Green Author:Ray Anderson
“One of the most painful things for me was Jay Leno, Jay Leno going back on the air and saying to people that it was a choice between his writing staff and his crew, I think that really hurt a lot of show runners, because it was never a choice between our writers and our crew.” PeopleThinkingWritingShowsChoicesHurtAirPainfulStaffCrewRunnersPainful Things Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“And it is this sense that some of us have to contribute to the culture, to the society in ways that may hurt financially, so what? We do it because we are born to do it, we feel we have no other choice and so be it.” WayFeelsMayChoicesCultureBornHurt Author:Gunther Schuller
“It is about something personal and specific, because when the John McCain campaign in 2008 decided to elevate Sarah Palin from total obscurity to make her his vice presidential running mate, they knew they were making a big strategic gamble.They knew they were taking a big risk and it turned out in the end to be a bad choice. It hurt John McCain`s chances.” EndsBigsRunningChoicesHurtChanceRiskDecidedVicesCampaignsPresidentialMatesIt HurtsStrategicObscurityGambleVice PresidentMccainPalinBad Choices Author:Rachel Maddow
“Think about the number of times someone will say to herself, "I want to get out of this circumstance, but I'm too afraid. I'll lie about how happy I am in this marriage, and I'll put up a front." But she's betraying everything that's in her heart. She's making choices that are harming her, and that's why she's hurting. Her intuition is trying to tell her that.” ThinkingWantTryingHeartLyingChoicesHurtNumbersFrontsCircumstancesIntuitionBetrayMaking Choices Author:Caroline Myss