“We have a war on women, race wars. Income wars, age wars, religious wars, anything you can imagine. A house divided against itself cannot stand it. And it's going to be up to us, to people, to begin the focus on the positive things, on the things that we have in common and stop listening to those who are stoking the fires of division.” PeopleWarAgeHouseReligiousCommonRaceFireFocusImagineListeningIncomeDivisionDividedPositive ThingsReligious WarsHouse Divided Author:Benjamin Carson
“People sinking into self-pity and depression are dreary, but they can't get out of it by themselves. So every now and then, just sit there and listen, and listen, and listen. You're paying your membership dues in the human race.” PeopleHumansSelfRaceCompassionListeningDuesPityHuman RaceNow And ThenSelf PitySinkingDrearyMembership Author:Barbara Walters
“The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.” WholeVoiceRaceListening Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski
“They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they write down what I said?" In congressional races, 90 percent of the time the answer is, "Because you are boring and you don't have anything that makes me interested in listening to you. Why the heck should somebody write it down? There's nothing here worth hearing."” WantShouldWritingSaidAnswersRaceListeningPercentBlameBoringHearingJournalistCandidatesSay AnythingControversial Author:Roger Ailes