“I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.” KnowsMadeDifferencesNumbersIssuesGroupsParticularConcernedLatino Author:Charles Rangel
“If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongStatesProblemCareRunningEnergyUnitedClassUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMiddleCleanProsperityHealth CareBudgetsCandidatesMiddle ClassTransitionLong RunsDeficitRestoringClean EnergyEconomic IssuesBudget Deficit Author:Christina Romer
“The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I knew that people would rather hear the Ramones songs.” PeopleShouldPlaySongThreeIssuesMaterialsAlbumsRamones Author:Dee Dee Ramone
“There are moderates in Israel. There are moderates in Iran, there are moderates in the Republican Party, moderates in the Democratic Party. What we need to do is we need link all of these moderates together and to figure out a way by which this particular coalition can speak to important issues to marginalize the voice of the extremists.” WayNeedsImportantTogetherSpeakVoicePartyIssuesFiguresParticularRepublicanDemocraticIsraelIranLinksRepublican PartyModeratesDemocratic PartyExtremistCoalitionsImportant Issues Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“There are thin girls with infertility issues, normal sized girls with infertility issues and overweight girls with infertility issues. Unless your doctor tells you your weight is affecting you in some way... once the doctor rules it out, that's really not it.” WayGirlIssuesNormalDoctorsWeightOverweightInfertility Author:Giuliana Rancic
“I am not involved in any 'issues' because it's too sensitive for me - or my wife - to get involved. Every time we express an opinion it becomes a whole thing in itself. And the whole purpose of living in the countryside was to get away from hundreds of people. My wife fell off a horse, and suddenly there are hundreds of people around.” PeopleWholePurposeOpinionIssuesWifeInvolvedHorseMy WifeSensitiveGet AwayGet InvolvedCountryside Author:Guy Ritchie
“As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day.” WellsChildrenHomeMotherTalkingIssuesWork OutGenderPartnersPlentyFirmGender EqualityStay At HomeLive Every Day Author:Hilary Rosen
“There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that.” RealTogetherOpportunityTalkingIssuesPolicyInvolvedAreasCriticalWorking TogetherEnforcementPublic PolicyFacilitateNew BusinessBusiness Opportunity Author:Hilary Rosen
“People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.” PeopleWantProblemCasesIssuesEmotionalFootballTypeInvolvedCourtEncountersGet InvolvedAmerican LifeOasisPro FootballCourt Cases Author:Pete Rozelle
“I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times.” IssuesAll TimeDaddyTissues Author:Ryan Reynolds
“When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.” ShouldGovernmentIssuesPolicySticksIntentionOperationsSensitiveExposedGoing OutResigned Author:Scott Ritter
“We know what happens to little black boys that have no dads; we've heard that, we get it. But no one is really saying that young women who are born without fathers have real serious issues especially when their mother had no father and the mother has issues.” KnowsLittlesRealHappensYoungMotherFatherBlackBornBoysIssuesHeardSeriousDadYoung WomenSerious IssuesBlack Boy Author:Karrine Steffans
“Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.” WantCertainIssuesAmountCeaseImmortalityFabricFabric Of Life Author:Shane Smith
“I've actually suffered from allergies my entire life. My mom had allergies, so I was aware of what an issue they can be. Many people allow their allergies to affect their lives. As a mom with two kids and two jobs, I just can't let allergies slow me down. It's a day to day thing that can really be remedied by finding the right medication.” PeopleTwoKidsJobsIssuesMomFindingsMy MomDay To DayMedicationAllergiesTwo Jobs Author:Alison Sweeney
“In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.” ProblemFeltViewsIssuesConcernUrgesCompellingUneasy Author:Andrei Sakharov
“The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.” Has BeensRealShowsSocialIssuesHairGenreDeclineSocial IssuesJerryMetamorphosisTalk Shows Author:Cristina Saralegui
“I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal with deep social issues, and that's the kind of stuff that I love, as an audience member.” YearsKindPlayActorsSocialStuffDealsAudienceIssuesStageMembersDrivenReally GreatSocial IssuesStage Actors Author:Danny Strong
“Sure, it is apparent that presidents are looking at polls, but they are also stepping up on issues. President Clinton stepped up on tobacco. He shaped the polls on the tobacco issue.” PresidentIssuesClintonPollsTobaccoPresident Clinton Author:Donna Shalala
“I was a big and un-ironic fan of Dear Abby when I was a kid in Chicago. I think I sort of internalized her. So I have this inner Abby: cranky, proper, folksy yet scathing, with a beehive hairdo. But that's my issue.” ThinkingBigsKidsIssuesFansDearChicagoIronicAbbyCrankyHairdosBeehives Author:George Saunders
“I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveStillsSometimesCharacterValuesAsksMoralOpinionStruggleIssuesMediaResponsibleDon't BelieveCensorship Author:Katey Sagal
“I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors.” ThinkingDealsIssuesSouthCurrentsRegimesKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanNorth KoreanSouth KoreaDefectors Author:Kim Young-sam
“I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York - lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc.” WorldChallengesCitiesIssuesNew YorkDrinkThirdsSizeFocusedEtcMassiveNew York CityIronicTrafficAirportsInfrastructureMikeJamMayorsThird WorldTraffic Jam Author:Mark Skousen
“Mitt Romney and I don't agree on every issue and certainly housing is one of them. When you look at what is going on here in Southern Nevada, you can't say you got to let the housing market hit bottom. We have been bouncing along the bottom for years. And the fact is we have to do everything possible to: 1) keep people in their homes and 2) get people who are out of their homes back into their homes.” PeopleYearsLooksHas BeensFactsHomeIssuesRepublicanAgreeBottomSouthernHousingRomneyNevadaHousing Market Author:Joe Heck
“I think that it has to be a very humane approach to this issue, and we have to come up with solutions to it. But we also have to do something about the drugs that are coming across our southern border that are killing our kids... I think there are some people who want to leave this country and return to the country they came from, but obviously it requires a broader solution that that, and we all know that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantCountryKidsIssuesReturnRepublicanDrugApproachSolutionsKillingCome UpBordersSouthernHumane Author:John McCain
“Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase debate. He did this. He waited until it was a done deal that we would increase the debt ceiling, and more money would be spent, more money borrowed and then spent on bigger government. And then he came out and he made a statement, that he didn't like the deal after all. You know, you can't defer an issue and assume that the problem is going to be then avoided.” HeartMadeDoneProblemGovernmentWould BeDealsIssuesRepublicanBiggerIncreaseAssumingDebtDebateStatementsBlessMore MoneyAvoidedRomneyCeilingsBorrowedDebt Ceiling Author:Sarah Palin
“We have endless books about whether Jesus existed, or whether the Jesus we have learned about is really accurate and historical or mythical. We have endless complicated tracts on fine technical issues, but we don't explore Jesus' way to happiness and peace, or try to understand his feelings about God and creation of how he views our relationship with God, or his attitude toward human weakness. Understanding these things could help us immensely in our own search for inner peace and a meaning to life.” WayTryingHumansBookHelpingFeelingsJesusUnderstandingViewsAttitudeChristianityIssuesCreationFineWeaknessHistoricalComplicatedInner PeaceEndlessChristian LifeAccurateOur RelationshipRelationship With GodMeaning Life Author:Joseph Girzone
“There's degradation of the environment. But the real issue is the degradation of one's inner environment.” RealHumanityIssuesEnvironmentBuddhismDegradation Author:Frederick Lenz
“My fiancee's brother-in-law was recently paralysed in an accident and it really brought home the fact that thousands of young people live with spinal injuries. It's an issue I wish had more coverage.” PeopleFactsHomeLawYoungWishIssuesBrotherAccidentsInjuryIn-lawsCoverageBrother In LawFiancee Author:Gary Lineker
“I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.” IssuesEnvironmentalHumanitarianInvolvementPhilanthropistEnvironmental Issues Author:Julian Lennon
“I was always worried with comedy - what if I came to work and I wasn't in a funny mood? That hasn't been an issue.” IfsIssuesComedyMoodWorriedWhat If Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.'” ThinkingIdeasWould BeWantedIssuesRightsGood IdeasVenuesSwamps Author:Joel Silver
“I've known a lot of very religious people. My mother is very religious, but she was also very - is very private about it. She - when I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. So I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.” PeopleMotherChurchReligiousKnownGrowing UpIssuesGrowingBelieverBackgroundsFlamboyantPersonal Issues Author:Michael Shannon
“And books that were published in much larger numbers than Selfish, Little are hard to find. And publishers who wanted to publish my last few works have them stuck in limbo while new distribution ideas and legal issues and fears are blown away.” LittlesBookIdeasHardWantedLastsNumbersIssuesSelfishStuckPublishersDistributionPublishBlown AwayLimbo Author:Peter Sotos
“I don't have to deal with the issues of the daily news cycle.” DealsIssuesNewsCyclesDaily News Author:Ron Suskind
“Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.” ThinkingWorldWayI CanTodayCultureNationsCommunityIssuesChangedRelevantAmerican CultureOur CommunityAfrican CultureJamestown Author:Tavis Smiley
“The blanket assertion that corporations are people obfuscates the complex issues at play in the changing business world. Corporation are institutions. People are people.” PeopleWorldPlayIssuesInstitutionsComplexesCorporationsBlanketAssertionBusiness World Author:Don Tapscott
“If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as a universal option.” IfsThinkingReasonIssuesUniversalWesternCatholicismReviewsCelibacy Author:Pope Francis
“I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I don't think people of faith ought to shrink away from being in the public arena.” PeopleThinkingWayChristianViewsIssuesOughtShapesApologizingArenaShrinksWorldviewWorld ViewChristian Worldview Author:John Thune
“When you're the president of the United States and you know that the biggest issue facing you is this cliff that we're about ready to head over if we don't get this spending and debt situation under control, it's very irresponsible not to take the action that is necessary to fix the problem.” IfsKnowsStatesProblemActionPresidentUnitedSituationUnited StatesIssuesReadyDebtSpendingCliffsIrresponsible Author:John Thune
“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.” UseChurchIssuesClearTeachingSonGayMethodRelatedAbortionGay MarriageContraceptives Author:Pope Francis
“I never felt that the naming issue was all that important, but I was obviously wrong, judging by how many people felt. I tell people to call it just plain Linux and nothing more.” PeopleImportantFeltIssuesJudgingLinux Author:Linus Torvalds
“I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.” TryingWellsHardTalkingIssuesPolicySpeechHatsBubblesNot Talking Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I brag on the Democratic Party. We're libertarian on social issues, it's live and let live. Fiscally, we're conservative and responsible, and were environmentally conscious.” SocialPartyIssuesConsciousResponsibleDemocraticConservativeLibertarianSocial IssuesDemocratic PartyBragLive And Let Live Author:Mark Udall
“But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program.” ThinkingWantDonePresidentIssuesTakenProgramDemocratReformBudgetsAddressesEntitlementMedicarePensionTenureSeniority Author:Antonio Villaraigosa
“My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men, it happens every day. The more you know the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.” IfsKnowsMenHappensOpportunitySpeakChanceIssuesWorstEffectsMy FriendsDiedProfoundCancerThreateningChances AreSpeaks OutDealing With ItProstateProstate Cancer Author:Tristan Wilds
“My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It's strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing the end.” ChildrenEndsParentDifficultIssuesStrangeAgingBeginning Of Life Author:Amy Waldman
“I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and roles. So both my nonfiction and my fiction have been pretty much exclusively about that.” WayHas BeensFictionRolesIssuesExpectationsMotherhoodNonfictionConsumedFiction And NonfictionSocietal Expectations Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward