“I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.” TryingChildrenSchoolLeftFeltSidesTermCommonProtectStonesCommon SensePragmatismErring Author:John B. Larson
“I put all the blame legally and morally on the actions of the terrorist, but America's secular and anti-Christian environment left us open to our Lord's decision not to protect. When a nation deserts God and expels God from the culture ... the result is not good.” HumorActionChristianAmericaCultureLeftNationsReligiousDecisionResultsLordEnvironmentProtectBlamePositive AtheismTerroristDesertSecularOur LordAnti Christian Author:Jerry Falwell
“While the Left seems obsessed with increasing taxes and spending even more money, conservatives have focused more heavily on the need for spending restraint and entitlement reform - primarily to preserve and protect the future of the Medicare program. Overlooked in all of this is the future of Medicaid.” NeedsSeemsLeftProtectTaxesProgramFocusedSpendingReformPreservesObsessedMore MoneyRestraintEntitlementMedicareOverlookedMedicaid Author:Fred Upton
“When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.” MomentsPastLeftProtectLetting GoAppreciateStrategySimplicityPresent MomentYearningPreoccupation Author:Jack Kornfield
“We must protect each other against the attacks of those self-appointed watchdogs of patriotism now abroad in the land who irresponsibly pin red labels on anyone whom they wish to destroy. ... [Academic professionals are the only person competant to differentiate between honest independents and the Communists.] This is our responsibility. It is not a pleasant task. But if it is left to outsiders, the distinction is not likely to be made and those independent critics of social institutions among us who are one of the glories of a true university could be silenced.” IfsPersonsMadeSelfLeftWishSocialSilenceResponsibilityLandHonestProtectGloryRedTasksIndependentInstitutionsCriticsUniversityLabelsPleasantDistinctionPatriotismCommunistAcademicOutsidersPinsDifferentiateIrresponsibilitySocial Institutions Author:Joel Henry Hildebrand
“How you prepare for a role is entirely your business in my point of view. There is little enough mystery anymore left in the world in the part of our profession, which should be clouded in mystery because it isn't in the public. You don't want the magician to show his tricks or how he did them do you? So I do think that is a very private thing that we actors should protect ourselves from.” ThinkingWorldWantShouldLittlesEnoughShowsActorsLeftViewsRolesMysteryProtectPoint Of ViewProfessionTricksMagicianCloudedPrivate Things Author:Christopher Plummer
“Leadership is a choice to protect the person to the left of us, and protect the person to the right of us, and sometimes that may come at a cost. It may cost us our benefits, it may cost us our comfort, it may sometimes cost us our perks, whatever it is, credit.” MayPersonsSometimesChoicesLeftComfortCostProtectBenefitsCreditPerks Author:Simon Sinek