“I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential, passion and confidence.” WorldFeelsChildrenWisdomPassionNatureCommunityLeadershipEducationResponsibilityFamilyHistoryGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyHealthDutyEthicsStrategyHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyOur WorldInherentHumaneCivilityIntangibleHumane Society Author:Masiela Lusha
“Even here in America, we felt the cool, refreshing breeze of freedom when Nelson Mandela took the seat of Presidency in his country where formerly he was not even allowed to vote. We were enlarged by tears of pride as we saw Nelson Mandela's former prison guards invited, courteously, by him to watch from the front rows his inauguration.” CountryWisdomRealityAmericaPoliticsFeltCommunityLeadershipJusticeClassWatchesHistorySawsGenerationsFrontsTearsPrideEqualEthicsVotePrisonUnityHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyFormerSeatsPresidencyInvitedBreezeEqual RightsCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceRefreshingNelsonInaugurationPrison GuardsMandela S Author:Maya Angelou
“Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.” WorldHumansMomentsWisdomRealityAblePainRememberCommunityLeadershipComedyHuman NatureHealthDespairCapableLaughterUnityInspiredIndividualityWaveInsightConnectedTreasureUncertaintyTragicFragileFlawedTranscendenceMournRobinsUnspeakable Author:Glenn Close
“The mayor of Sochi is now saying that there are no gay people in Sochi. So the only thing that is flaming over there now is the Olympic torch.” PeoplePoliticsCommunityLeadershipClassComedyHuman NatureGayEqualEthicsHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyEqual RightsMayorsTorchesGay PeoplePartisanshipSochi Author:David Letterman
“Here's a woman, a real pioneer for other women looking for careers in stand-up comedy. And talk about guts - she would come out here and sit in this chair and say some things that were unbelievable - where you would have to swallow pretty hard... but it was hilarious... the force of her comedy was overpowering.” RealHardForceLeadershipCareersHistoryComedyGenerationsFashionHuman NatureIndividualityGutsChairsFree SpeechUnbelievablePioneersStand Up ComedyOverpowering Author:David Letterman
“The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening to book selling, the future is happening to book selling.” PeopleBookRealityCommunityLeadershipTechnologyGenerationsMediaIndustryEvolutionInternetHappeningsCapitalismStrategyPropertyIndividualitySocial MediaComplainingSellingIdeologyConsumerismFree MarketAmazon Author:Jeff Bezos
“The Congressional Budget Office is a reactionary socialist institution which does not believe in economic growth, does not believe in innovation, and does not believe in data that it has not internally generated.” BelieveDoeRealityPoliticalPoliticsGrowthLeadershipMoneyPartyTechnologyEconomicPolicyOfficeCapitalismInnovationInstitutionsIndividualityIdeologyDataBudgetsFree SpeechSocialistPolitical PartiesFree MarketEconomic GrowthReactionariesPartisanship Author:Newt Gingrich
“For the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote. And once again, Nate Silver completely nailed it. The guy is amazing.” FirstsGuyHousePoliticsNatureLeadershipWhiteHistoryDemocracyComedyGenerationsPolicyFirst TimeVoteIndividualityChosenIdeologyWinnerVotingSilverOnlineWhite HouseTurkeysFarmingPardon Author:Barack Obama
“I...understand that age is kind of awesome. I am fortunate enough to know women like Gloria Steinem - who I think is one of the most stunning women on the planet - [who] doesn't touch her face. Diane Keaton, Annette Bening - all of these fabulous, fearless women who are flawless - they embrace it!” ThinkingKnowsKindEnoughWisdomRealityAgeFacesScienceNatureLeadershipGenerationsFashionHuman NaturePlanetsHealthEmbraceIndividualityIdeologyFearlessFortunateFabulousStunningFlawlessGloria Author:Jennifer Aniston
“There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.” FeelsMeanWisdomRealityPainLeadershipHuman NatureCryHealthSorrowStrategyIndividualityIdeologyKeep Going Author:Elizabeth Smart
“[Pope Francis] is a humble man. He lives the faith out in his own personal life. ... He's here to be a shepherd; he isn't here to be a scold. I think that's a good thing for the church and for the world, frankly.” ThinkingMenWorldWisdomReligionCommunityLeadershipChurchEthicsGood ThingsIndividualityHumbleIdeologyPopePersonal LifeShepherdsHumble Man Author:Rick Santorum
“I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.” KnowsWayHeartWisdomRealitySongPoliticsSpeakCommunityLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolenceGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsGunSickStrategyTiredUnityHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologySpokesFree SpeechCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceGun ViolenceSo Sick Author:Snoop Dogg
“I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.” PeopleStatesRealityWould BeDiesPoliticsLeadershipWorkWalksForgetUnitedWatchesUnited StatesComedyImagineHuman NaturePolicyRiversAskingIndividualityIdeologyBoredVotingSenateAmendmentsDiplomacyChamberForget ItCivilityBangingWatch MeBored To Death Author:Chris Christie
“The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn't necessarily agree with, but they give you credit for looking them in the eye and telling them the truth.” PeopleGivingHardProblemRealityEyePoliticsPresidentCommunityLeadershipHuman NatureHealthRight NowAgreeIndividualityCreditTelling The TruthJerseyNew JerseyHard Truths Author:Chris Christie
“I'll tell you...why Wonder Woman worked. Or Bionic Woman. Or any of those [shows] really. It was because it wasn't about brawn...it was about brains. And yes, she happened to be beautiful, she happened to be kind of extraordinary in some way, but she wasn't a guy. And I think that, [now], they...put out a female hero, and all they are doing is changing the costume from a man to a woman...they're not showcasing any of the tremendous dichotomies than women possess in term of softness and toughness, sweetness and grit, inner and outer strength.” ThinkingMenWayKindShowsRealityBeautifulGuyTermCommunityLeadershipBrainWonderHistoryGenerationsHappenedFashionHuman NatureHeroFemaleStrategyExtraordinaryIndividualityIdeologyBe KindSweetnessCostumesGritToughnessSoftnessDichotomyWonder WomanBionics Author:Lynda Carter
“America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f__k'. And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f__k'? It's like when they bleeped 'molly' at the VMAs. Look what I'm doing up here right now, and you're going to bleep out 'molly'?” ThinkingLooksShowsWisdomBodyRealityAmericaGuyPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyComedyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyRight NowEthicsCookingStrategyHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologyCooksFree SpeechCivilityAcidPartisanship Author:Miley Cyrus
“Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.” LongMotivationalRunningTermLeadershipPayStandingStrategyIndividualityBeing YourselfLong RunsStanding OutShort TermFitting Author:Seth Godin
“I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way.” WayWantWisdomBodyUniverseBlackCommunityLeadershipJusticeClassHistoryViolenceGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsTiredUnityIndividualityNakedIdeologyBeatenBlack WomenEqual RightsI'm Tired Author:Bell Hooks
“It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.” SpeakCommunityLeadershipJusticeEthicsSilentInjusticeHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyFree SpeechComplacencyDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.” ThinkingRealityPoliticsLeadershipJusticePartyTechnologyDemocracyHuman NaturePolicyEthicsDeserveStrategyPrisonHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologyTeaFree SpeechPenaltiesDeath PenaltyDisobedienceTea PartyInappropriateCivil DisobedienceThird PartiesSnowden Author:Rand Paul
“You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I'd been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I'd be still waiting.” IfsKnowsStillsWisdomWaitingBlackLeadershipWorkRolesHistoryPolicyLike YouEqualModelsFemaleIndividualityIdeologyRole ModelsSovietForeign PolicyEqual RightsSpecialists Author:Condoleezza Rice
“You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?” KnowsShouldSaidHelpingWisdomGovernmentGirlFatherSpeakWaitingVoiceCommunityLeadershipJusticeEducationHistoryRightsViolenceEqualEthicsEncouragementArmyRaisesStrategyHuman RightsIndividualityTerrorismIdeologySpokesFree SpeechShould IWomens RightsEqual RightsCivilityDisobedienceSpeaks OutCivil Disobedience Author:Malala Yousafzai
“I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.” GivingBelieveWisdomRealityI BelieveCommunityLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolenceGenerationsHuman NatureGunIndividualityIdeologyPensFree SpeechCivilityDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Malala Yousafzai
“[Wendy] Davis [pursued] higher education, as her campaign website says, with 'the help of academic scholarships, student loans, and state and federal grants.' Now that she is in a high-profile and hotly partisan race, it has come out that she also benefited from the moral and financial support of her second - now ex - husband. In the process, though, behavior we would expect and hardly notice in a man is being portrayed as freakish and problematic in a woman.” MenStatesHelpingWisdomRealityPoliticsProcessCommunityLeadershipJusticeMoneyRaceEducationMoralFamilyHistorySupportGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyStudentsHigherHusbandEqualBehaviorEthicsStrategyFinancialIndividualitySocial MediaCampaignsIdeologyGrantsAcademicExesLoanEqual RightsPursuedWebsiteScholarshipProfilePartisansHigher EducationPartisanshipStudent LoanWendyHigh ProfileEx HusbandFinancial Support Author:Liza Mundy
“The really great athletes make their news on the field, not off the field.” WisdomRealityLeadershipClassHistoryHuman NatureFieldsNewsStrategyIndividualityAthleteReally GreatCivilityGreat Athlete Author:Jimmy Haslam
“In any conflict area, it is always the women who are the first point of attack. But I think the more they have seen of oppression and violence, they have gotten more brave, more strong, more fearless than they were. You see this refusal to just keep quiet and do as you are told.” ThinkingFirstsWisdomStrongCommunityLeadershipHistoryViolenceGenerationsQuietConflictEqualSpringAreasBraveHuman RightsIndividualityTerrorismOppressionFearlessEqual RightsRefusalDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceArab Spring Author:Fatima Bhutto
“We are not seeking revolution. We just want democracy.” WantPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyViolenceGenerationsPolicyRevolutionEqualStrategyUnityHuman RightsIndividualitySeekingIdeologyForeign PolicyFree SpeechEqual RightsDisobedienceCivil Disobedience Author:Joshua Wong
“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.” LeadershipForgetProgressIndividualityFishesStreamsSwimNever ForgetBelief In SelfOver Confidence Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.” LongLeadershipTakenDoubtGratitudeHealthyMarkAffairIndividualityAppreciationCertaintyGrantedMathematicalConformityNow And ThenQuestioningConformThank YouThankfulDoubtedNonconformityTaken For GrantedThankful GratitudeConformistExpressing GratitudeThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksgiving GratitudeGratitude And ThanksQuestion MarkThankful For YouExpress AppreciationGratitude For LifeNonconformistQuestions AskedGratitude For WorkConformity And IndividualityTook For GrantedThings To Be ThankfulLife AppreciationWork Appreciation Author:Bertrand Russell