“From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're positive. They're good. He thinks he's got a good vision for America.” ThinkingWantRunningAmericaVisionIssuesHeard Author:Barbara Olson
“I think that's going to be an issue: Whether or not voters are going to get more of the same in a Clinton candidacy or whether she really is something unique and has something to offer apart from her husband.” ThinkingIssuesOffersHusbandUniqueClintonVotersCandidacy Author:Barbara Olson
“I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.” ThinkingIssuesUrgencySense Of Urgency Author:Jacob Lew
“But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.” ThinkingWorldNeedsCountryActingCasesIssuesUniqueEuropeStrategyDebtAround The WorldGlobesSovereign Author:George Papandreou
“If that's your definition of the Clinton faction, then I think that that seems to be in ascendancy. That might include a guy like John Edwards, who's just starting this new center in Chapel Hill to deal with issues of poverty and work.” IfsThinkingSeemsMightGuyDealsPovertyIssuesClintonStartingDefinitionsHillsFactionsChapelAscendancyChapel Hill Author:John Podesta
“Ultimately I think what people care about, particularly on an issue like Social Security, is not really what's right and what's left but what's right and what's wrong.” PeopleThinkingCareLeftSocialIssuesSecuritySocial Security Author:John Podesta
“I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.” PeopleThinkingBelieveRealFacesChurchViewsIssuesModernDrivingNoiseAwfulConventionalRevivalPersecutedMulticulturalOld TimeMulticultural Society Author:Trevor Phillips
“I'm not saying standardized tests are the worst ever, but there's an in-between and I don't think we're there yet. That's what I mean when I say I have an issue with it. There's no way a kid can learn in a class with 40 to 45 people. I had the power to get out of that system and pursue things that I wanted to do and I did that.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanKidsWantedClassIssuesWorstTestsPursue Author:Ashley Rickards
“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
“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 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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Black community, I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveWholeMomentsAmericaRememberMovingBlackIssuesRightsDoorsHonestOkayOpeningCivil RightsBlack PeopleHomophobia Author:Kerry Washington
“The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.” ThinkingShouldChristianCultureSpeakReligiousPovertyIssuesExtremesHypocrisyGlobal WarmingVotersChristian RightExtreme Poverty Author:Al Franken
“The American people want a balanced budget. They want Congress to stop this barbaric practice of perpetual deficit spending. It really, if you think about it, is a form of taxation without representation. We fought a war over that issue and we won that war.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWarFormPracticeIssuesCongressSpendingBudgetsPerpetualBalancedRepresentationTaxationDeficitBarbaricBalanced BudgetDeficit SpendingTaxation Without Representation Author:Mike Lee
“Yes, I love white, and I'd wear it all the time if I could. Some people think I have an issue with cleanliness, but to me it's just so pretty.” PeopleIfsThinkingWhiteIssuesIf I CouldCleanliness Author:Sandra Lee
“I feel like in America, we don't have a kid problem. You think about all these issues that these kids are dealing with, we have an adult problem. We have adults that do not place the priority on our kids to get a valuable education.” ThinkingFeelsProblemKidsAmericaIssuesAdultsValuablePriorities Author:Alonzo Mourning
“When was the last time you saw a documentary that fundamentally changed the way you think? ...Pandora’s Promise is built around what should be the real liberal agenda: looking at an issue not with orthodoxy, but with open eyes.” ThinkingWayShouldRealEyeLastsIssuesSawsChangedPromiseBuiltAgendasLast TimeDocumentariesOrthodoxyPandoraOpen Eyes Author:Owen Gleiberman
“One of my best friends growing up was gay. ... It’s never been an issue for me. ... I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay, because it just meant more women for me! ‘I don’t know why you guys have a problem with this thing! I think it’d be great! I wish everyone was gay!’ ... That’s always the way I thought about it. ... I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage, why shouldn’t they?” IfsThinkingKnowsWayProblemGuySufferingWishGrowing UpIssuesGrowingCollegeGayMy Best FriendFriends Growing Up Author:Donald Trump, Jr.
“I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.” ThinkingGivingBelievePartySupportIssuesStonesVoteElectionFoundationGreenCourt Author:Annie Lennox
“I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.” IfsThinkingLongRunningNaturalCitiesIssuesDevelopmentEconomicsAttractiveExpensiveNeighborhoodLong RunsSmarterEvidentSeattleCity Life Author:Stone Gossard
“Until the day I die, or until the day I can't think anymore, I want to be involved in the issues that I care about.” ThinkingWantI CanCareDiesIssuesInvolvedI Care Author:Janet Reno
“And in an issue with this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, I think you can see that we're very dismayed about it .” ThinkingKindResponsibilityIssuesBearsConcernCommitteesOversightDismayed Author:Dianne Feinstein
“It is easy and dismally enervating to think of opposition as merely perverse or actually evil -- far more invigorating to see it as essential for honing the mind, and as a positive good in itself. For the day that moral issues cease to be fought over is the day the word human disappears from the race.” ThinkingMindHumansEvilEasyRaceMoralIssuesEssentialsDisappearCeaseOppositionDissentInvigoratingMoral IssuesHoning Author:Jill Tweedie
“The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.” ThinkingWayImportantBigsGovernmentDifficultIssuesInternetTaxesTaxationThink Big Author:Milton Friedman
“The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.” ThinkingWayWritingHelpingStoriesWorryIssuesCostProjectsDirectProductionsDo The BestConstraints Author:Jose Padilha
“Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.” ThinkingYearsKindIssuesFeetBasketballMajorsMajorityFactorsGet BetterInjuryNbaPlayoffsDuncan Author:Bill Walton
“It won't be an issue. The area we're modifying will have more breakout space, but I don't think it exceeds 1,000 feet. It's space we already have in the building, the public lobby area, which, in reality, we use now for breakouts and breakfast.” ThinkingUseRealitySpaceIssuesFeetBuildingAreasBreakfastExceedModifying Author:Steve Olson
“Whatever you focus on during meditation, you psychically travel to and touch. In meditation, when you think of somebody, you actually go into their aura. That is the issue. Keep your meditation pristine, unalloyed.” ThinkingIssuesFocusMeditationAurasPristine Author:Frederick Lenz
“I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.” ThinkingGivingHumansWholeBitsIssuesDangerCreatingScientistLegsHuman Life Author:Tony Abbott
“I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength.” ThinkingIssuesSecurityPolicySupposed To BeForeign PolicyNational SecurityQualifiedBiden Author:John McCain
“I think from a moral issue, CEOs should not be making - whether it's 270 or 300 times more than their workers are making.” ThinkingShouldMoralIssuesWorkersCeoMoral Issues Author:Hillary Clinton
“I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to all sorts of different issues. And honestly, I don't think it's different for anybody. There's no right way to make sure your child will be emotionally and mentally healthier. It's just frustrating.” ThinkingWayChildrenDifferentMotherReadingIssuesDegreesOur ChildrenHonestlyYour ChildrenRight WayFrustratingBlogsSchizophreniaDysfunction Author:Vera Farmiga
“We need to encourage designers and agencies to be responsible. We need to make sure everyone is sensitive to the issues. But to calculate the girls' body mass - I personally think it is demeaning.” ThinkingNeedsBodyGirlIssuesMassResponsibleSensitiveAgencyDesignerBeing ResponsibleDemeaning Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I think the American people were saying we do not want to have further investigation. We want to close this off. They clearly made a separation between the personal conduct .. They want Congress to wrap it up, get it behind them, so we can get on to the issues that the president has been working with Congress.” PeopleThinkingWantHas BeensMadePresidentBehindsIssuesCongressSeparationInvestigationWraps Author:Roy Romer
“I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives.” PeopleThinkingImportantHelpingCareIssuesBalanceCentreWork Life BalanceLife Balance Author:David Cameron
“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.” ThinkingForceForgetOpinionIssuesViolenceWorstPaidContraryNakedFactorsCynicismIdealismWishful ThinkingReferee Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad enough that people are deciding to kill people, but at least they have perhaps some moral argument that they're doing it to ultimately defend their families or prevent some greater evil.” PeopleThinkingPersonsEnoughEvilMoralIssuesGreaterArgumentMachinesFundamentalsMoral Issues Author:Judy Woodruff
“I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have to stay inside this world, but when you are with the crew, on the outside, you are in the dirt, working through all the issues. It's just a different way of working, and I think I preferred it.” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentActorsSidesIssuesThis WorldCamerasDifferent WaysDirtCrewInteracting Author:Angelina Jolie
“Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as fellow truth-seekers-but also because I deeply appreciated the book's nuanced approach to contentious issues. This is an important contribution to current debates, one which should be read not only for its valuable content but also for its exemplary tone: warm, engaging, optimistic, and humble.” ThinkingWayShouldStillsImportantBookChristianReligiousIssuesGayApproachFellowsAtheistCurrentsHumbleValuableWarmNeighborDebateOptimisticFormerToneContributionEngagingAppreciatedSeekersChristian AtheistExemplaryContentiousImportant ContributionsTruth Seekers Author:John Corvino
“One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization, but that might really be because of some issue you're having with another element, which is making it hard for you to express character in a convincing way.” ThinkingKnowsWayHardCharacterMightIssuesOne ThingElementsWeaknessConvincingStrength And WeaknessCharacterizationBeginning Writers Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“I have a lot of respect for President Obama. I consider him a friend. I disagree with him on issues like the extension of tax breaks that Bush initiated. But I think history will judge a President Obama a lot better than many other contemporaries, given the fact that he came into office at a time when this country was in terrible, terrible shape.” ThinkingCountryFactsGivenPresidentBreakIssuesJudgingTerribleShapesTaxesOfficeDisagreePresident ObamaExtensionsTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“I don't watch TV. I think that tends to polarize us and diminish important issues.” ThinkingImportantWatchesIssuesTvsDiminishImportant Issues Author:Daryl Hannah
“I think it says something about our culture. We, maybe, need a massive therapy session so we can concentrate on what the real issues are. This contraceptive thing. My gosh, it’s so inexpensive. Back in my days, they used Bayer Aspirin for contraception. The gals put it between their knees, and it wasn’t that costly.” ThinkingNeedsRealUsedCultureIssuesKneesTherapyMassiveSessionContraceptionGalsInexpensiveAspirinContraceptives Author:Foster Friess