“In trying to get votes for the Superconducting Super Collider, I was very much involved in lobbying members of Congress, testifying to them, bothering them, and I never heard any of them talk about postmodernism or social constructivism. You have to be very learned to be that wrong.” TryingSocialHeardInvolvedMembersVoteCongressBotherPostmodernismLobbyingTestifyingConstructivism Book:Facing Up Source: Facing Up
“Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long history of short-term thinking and self-destructive behavior among my fellow comic book creators. No matter how many horror stories they have heard they won't even go so far as to hire themselves a lawyer when they need it. It breaks my heart. I am a very proud union member of the Writers Guild. And I can't imagine my fellow comic creators being able to pull something like this together.” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsHeartLongI CanBookSelfMatterStoriesAbleTogetherTermBreakImagineHeardProudMy HeartHorrorMembersBehaviorFellowsUnionsCreatorLawyerComicDestructiveComic BookShort TermSelf DestructiveBreaking My HeartHorror StoriesGuildsSelf Destructive BehaviorDestructive BehaviorShort Term Thinking Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.” IdeasCommunityHeardBearsProudMembersLgbtAmberLgbt Community Author:Amber Heard
“We have heard that we are all missionaries. Every member ... is or ought to be a missionary; ... as members of the Church, having pledged ourselves to the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ we become missionaries. That is part of the responsibility of every member of the Church” JesusChristChurchResponsibilityHeardOughtMembersJesus ChristMissionaryAdvancement Author:Joseph Fielding Smith
“I'm not a doctor, nor am I a member of the military. What I am is an appreciative, concerned American citizen, who was horrified when I heard about the horrendous rates of suicide (22 per day) and PTSD/TBI within our military. As such, I felt compelled to reach out to anyone who cared to listen, to try to help with this terrible situation. This is not just life and death - it is life and death for those who defend our freedom.” TryingHelpingFeltSituationHeardMilitaryCitizensTerribleMembersConcernedDoctorsSuicideRateLife And DeathReach OutPtsdCompelledAmerican CitizensAppreciative Author:Ken Wahl
“I have heard this a thousand times. Of course every state has the right to organize its security the way it deems appropriate. But the states that were already in NATO, the member states, could also have followed their own interests - and abstained from an expansion to the east.” WayStatesCoursesInterestHeardSecurityThousandMembersEastAppropriateOrganizeExpansionNato Author:Vladimir Putin
“What are a genuine pain in the ass are all the misconceptions and outright lies. I read somewhere that in 2004 I was homeless in Seattle and drinking heavily, which came as a shock since I've never been homeless and haven't had a drink since 1982. I've also heard SEVERAL times that I'm a card-carrying member of several white-supremacist groups, when the last group I belonged to was the Boy Scouts.” PainLastsLyingWhiteBoysHeardGroupsHavensDrinkMembersDrinkingGenuineAssCardsShockHomelessMisconceptionSeattleBoy Scout Author:Jim Goad
“People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you're not just speaking for yourself. You're speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school.” PeopleImportantSchoolVoiceHeardCitizensMembersVotingDiscouragedLatinoFamily MembersClassmates Author:Barack Obama
“Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent to make your voice heard.” MeanCareVoiceHeardMembersCongressConstituentsReelection Author:Ezra G. Levin
“The classic example I've used - I'm sure you've heard me say it before - was Mark Begich in Alaska who was here for a full six years and never had a roll call vote on an amendment on the floor of the Senate, which Dan Sullivan tells me he used on virtually a daily basis. So the notion that protecting all of your members from votes is a good idea politically, I think, has been pretty much disproved by the recent [Barack Obama] election.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensIdeasUsedHeardExampleMembersSixVoteBasesMarkElectionNotionBarackClassicGood IdeasSenateAmendmentsAlaska Author:Mitch McConnell