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“Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.”

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Book:Course in General Linguistics

Source: Course in General Linguistics

“The evidence that at least one extraterrestrial civilization has visited Earth is extensive both in scope and detail. In its totality it comprises a body of evidence which at the very least supports the general assessment that extraterrestrial life has been detected, and that a vigorous program of research and serious diplomatic initiatives is warranted.”

Has Beens Body Earth Support Serious Civilization Research Evidence Program Details Initiative Scope Ufo Vigorous Assessment Totality Diplomatic Extraterrestrial Extraterrestrial Life

Author:Steven M. Greer

“This much is certain... No initiative put in place starting today can have a substantial effect on the peak production year. No Caspian Sea exploration, no drilling in the South China Sea, no SUV replacements, no renewable energy projects can be brought on at a sufficient rate to avoid a bidding war for the remaining oil.”

Source: Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage (New Edition)

“I think that we have to do everything we can to work together, Democrats and Republicans, and then if we go the initiative route like we have done in the past, go together.”

Ifs Thinking Done Together Past Republican Democrat Working Together Initiative Routes

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Religion, it stops people from thinking because they think all the answers are in that one book; it impedes progress; it justifies crazy people. Flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative.”

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Author:Bill Maher

“The president [George W. Bush] broke his bond with the public. Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn't matter. Legislative initiatives? It didn't matter. P.R.? It didn't matter. Travel? It didn't matter.”

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Author:Matthew Dowd

“Millions of people around the world suffer daily from the harmful health and environmental impacts caused by indoor cooking fires and inefficient cookstoves. Together with the Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves, we are taking action to address this critical problem and to promote a cleaner, healthier environment. I am pleased to celebrate the launch of this Alliance and proud to say that agencies from across the U.S. Federal Government will continue to play an important role in this initiative.”

“A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.”

Men Left Enjoy Scene Passing Passings Initiative Inertia Descending

Author:Guy Vanderhaeghe

“Ya know it's funny, what's happening to us. Our lives have become digital. Our friends, now virtual. And, anything you could ever wanna know is just a click away. Experiencing the world through second hand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self-discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on earth.”

“The unity of the human race, as envisaged by Bahá'u'lláh, implies the establishment of a world commonwealth in which all nations, races, creeds and classes are closely and permanently united, and in which the autonomy of its state members and the personal freedom and initiative of the individuals that compose them are definitely and completely safeguarded.”

World Humans States Individual Nations United Race Class Members Unity Human Race Establishment Initiative Creeds Autonomy Commonwealth Personal Freedom

Book:Race and Man: A Compilation

Source: Race and Man: A Compilation

“Senator Lugar will also travel to Libya for official meetings as a part of the president's initiative to move toward more normal relations reflecting that country's renunciation of terrorism and abandonment of its weapons of mass destruction and longer range missiles.”

“One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a-a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone.”

Humor Political Interesting Deals Taken Wall Phones Vampire Cells Devices Initiative Cell Phone Plugs Busting

Author:George W. Bush

“Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.”

Government Initiative

Author:Kim Campbell

“I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader.”

Persons Individual Change Leadership Situation Leader Vision Organization Convinced Persistence Initiative Transforming Catalyst That One Person Yeast Catalyst For Change

Book:Principle Centered Leadership

Source: Principle Centered Leadership

“We have little choice but to move beyond quality and seek remarkable, connected, and new. Remarkable, as you've already figured out, demands initiative.”

Littles Moving Choices Business Quality Demand Connected Remarkable Initiative

Book:Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

Source: Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?

“For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates, 18 x 24 format, artistic documents of the beautiful civil architecture of the 16th to the 19th century: the old hôtels, historic or curious houses, beautiful facades, beautiful doors, beautiful woodwork, door knockers, old fountains This vast artistic and documentary collection is today complete. I can truthfully say that I possess all of Vieux Paris.”

“We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can...in the acquisition of a new habit, we must take car to launch ourselves with as strong and decided initiative as possible. Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life.”

Life Action Success Suffering Strong Car Habit Decided Exception Rooted Initiative Acquisition Habitual New Habits

Author:William James

“The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to contribute to making their home town more environmentally sustainable. It is even less likely that visitors will gain any picture of what is being achieved. It is to solve this problem that the Green Map System has been developed.”

People Knows Has Beens Problem Home Individual Elements Perception Gains Towns Green Majority Solve Locals Maps Initiative Visitors Home Town

Author:Paul Burrell

“I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.”

Giving Mind Opponents Peace Of Mind Initiative

Author:Mikhail Tal

“No man [or woman] is free until he learns to do his own thinking and gains the courage to act on his own personal initiative.”

Thinking Men Gains Initiative

Author:Napoleon Hill

“Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.”

Essentials Wheels Initiative Wagons Hub Wagon Wheels

Book:The Law of Success

Source: The Law of Success

“It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth. Get involved in local activities, get involved in local initiatives, be involved in leadership positions because you can’t learn unless you are involved. And if you make mistakes that is alright too because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from learning, failing and rising again.”

“The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility to develop these to the maximum in all his people. This is the leader's highest priority.”

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Author:W. Edwards Deming

“The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.”

Life Important Life Is Change Responsibility Keys Important Things Initiative Taking Responsibility Prioritize

Author:Stephen Covey

“Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.”

People Thinking Needs Problem Leader Solutions Initiative Employers Business Leaders Solution To A Problem

Author:Stephen Covey

“I believe faith is a human universal. We are endowed at birth with nascent capacities for faith. How these capacities are activated and grow depends to a large extent on how we are welcomed into the world and what kinds of environments we grow in. Faith is interactive and social; it requires community, language, ritual and nurture. Faith is also shaped by initiatives from beyond us and other people, initiatives of spirit or grace. How these latter initiatives are recognized and imaged, or unperceived and ignored, powerfully affects the shape of faith in our lives.”

“Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.”

Inspirational Leadership Leader Position Workers Initiative

Author:Robert Foster Bennett

“The business world worships mediocrity. Officially we revere free enterprise, initiative and individuality. Unofficially we fear it.”

World Business Worship Excellence Individuality Enterprise Mediocrity Cynical Initiative Free Enterprise Business World

Author:George Lois

“I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war. I will continue to speak out for an end to the institution of militarism and war and for institutions built on international law and human rights and nonviolent conflict resolution.”

“Real change in society must start from individual initiative.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“This is a timely and relevant initiative. The environmental challenges facing Singapore and the region are becoming more complex. Tackling them will require inter-disciplinary approaches combined with a good understanding of science, economics and governance aspects. The NUS Bachelor of Environment programme will fill a much needed gap in the current framework. NEA is pleased to be a partner to this programme.”

“When you are leading, you have to take initiative.”

Initiative

Author:Michael Hyatt

“Americans have always believed that-within the law-all kinds of people should be allowed to take the initiative in all kinds of activities. And out of that pluralism has come virtually all of our creativity. Freedom is real only to the extent that there are diverse alternatives.”

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Author:John W. Gardner

“Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality.”

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Author:Allen Weinstein

“When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances.”

“And as long as America must choose, that long will there be a need and a place for the Democratic Party. We Democrats can run on our record but we cannot rest on it. We will win if we continue to take the initiative and if we carry the message of hope and action throughout the country. Alexander Smith once said, 'A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.' Let us continue to plant, and our children shall reap the harvest. That is our destiny as Democrats.”

Source: The Quotable Robert F. Kennedy

“All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.”

Needs Business Creativity Economy Computer Connections Social Media Sparks Initiative Social Networking Social Network Social Media Marketing Digital Media

Book:Wikinomics

Source: Wikinomics

“The American culture ideal of the "self-made-man," of everyone "standing on his own feet" seemed as tragic a picture as the initiative-destroying dependence on a benevolent despot. He felt and perceived clearly that we all need continuous help from each other, and that this type of interdependence is the greatest challenge to maturity of individual and group functioning.”

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Author:Kurt Lewin

“We look for people who are passionate about something. In a way, it almost doesn’t matter what you’re passionate about. What we really look for when we’re interviewing people is what they’ve shown an initiative to do on their own.”

People Way Looks Matter Passionate Initiative

Author:Mark Zuckerberg

“Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.”

Helping Environment Protect Innovation Environmental Locals Initiative Our Environment

Author:Gale Norton

“True progress lies in the direction of decentralization, both territorial and functional, in the development of the spirit of local and personal initiative, and of free federation from the simple to the compound, in lieu of the present hierarchy from the centre to the periphery.”

Spirit Lying Simple Progress Development Locals Initiative Centre Hierarchy Compounds Territorial Federation Periphery Decentralization

Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings

Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings

“Anarchism is the abolition of exploitation and oppression of man by man, that is, the abolition of private property and government; Anarchism is the destruction of misery, of superstitions, of hatred. Therefore, every blow given to the institutions of private property and to the government, every exaltation of the conscience of man, every disruption of the present conditions, every lie unmasked, every part of human activity taken away from the control of the authorities, every augmentation of the spirit of solidarity and initiative, is a step towards Anarchism.”

Source: The Method of Freedom: An Errico Malatesta Reader

“We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Britain of nations and regions.”

Should Government Nations Powerful Locals Eras Britain Regions Initiative Entering

Author:Gordon Brown

“I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder. If you look at it logically, it's something that was drilled into your head when you were a small child. It certainly was drilled into mine at that age. And you really can't be responsible when you are a kid for what adults put into your head.”

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Author:Bill Maher

“Let’s start with the most prominent ecological crisis of our time: global warming. When you look seriously at the numbers, you find that switching from a meat-based to a plant-based diet would do more to curb and reverse global warming than any other initiative.”

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Book:Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Source: Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

“When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.”

Source: A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works

“I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician”

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Author:Damon Albarn

“We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth, and if you ask me about those insoluble economic problems that may arise if the top is deprived of their initiative, I would answer 'To hell with them.' The top is greedy and mean and will always find a way to take care of themselves. They always do.”

Source: Another heart and other pulses: the alternative to the Thatcher society

“Actually, I have been very supportive of a very robust stimulus package from day one. I think this economy has to have a major stimulus initiative because the only group with liquidity is the federal government.”

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Author:Judd Gregg

“I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.”

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Author:Judd Gregg

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