“So, I think it's important for us to be careful about the language we use, which is why I've been critical of Donald Trump. Disparaging women, disparaging hispanics, that's not a sign of strength. Making fun of disabled people... We're never going to win elections if we don't have a more broader unifying message.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantUseWinningLanguageFunTrumpMessagesElectionCarefulCriticalBe CarefulDisabledUnifyingDisparaging Author:Jeb Bush
“There are more than a few messages from lonely people wondering why they never find themselves described...I illustrated one, "How come no one ever misses me?" They kill me, those.” PeopleWonderMissingMessagesLonelyKill MeLonely PeopleMiss Me Author:Sophie Blackall
“I did have a couple of people asking me to illustrate their MC in a hope to widen the exposure, unfortunately the messages weren't a good fit, so I couldn't oblige. And I didn't really want to become a matchmaking service. Someone posted a missed connection "I like your blog" which was directed at me... that was kind of fun to stumble across.” PeopleWantKindFunLike YouCoupleFitMessagesConnectionsAskingExposureBlogsI Like YouMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.” PeopleThinkingKindPoliticalVoicePowerfulHeroMessagesOrdinaryTransformedStrifeOrdinary People Author:Viola Davis
“I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsHeartMomentsLyingTerribleMessagesArtistic Author:Adam McKay
“It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don't agree with that.” PeopleWholeHappensAmericaSupportCostMessagesAgreeProgressiveIndividualismPolls Author:Adam McKay
“And the fury in my community was just staggering. The young priests in the parish were behind the message. The older priests weren't necessarily, but they all followed the orders of the cardinal and read the letter. Every Sunday, 2,000 people came to mass at that parish. The following Sunday, the attendance dropped to 200, and never recovered.” PeopleYoungOrderCommunityBehindsMessagesMassLettersFollowingSundayPriestsFuryCardinalsStaggeringParishAttendance Author:Sara Paretsky
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent - in all caps PERMANENT - reduction of their same-sex attraction. How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that's what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent? That, I think, sets people up for unrealistic expectations and is something that I'm not willing to offer when we're sharing these types of messages or presenting what was presented to me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsSaidFallSexIssuesWillingTypePromiseOffersMessagesExpectationsPercentAttractionCuresInstancePermanentWhat IfPercentagesCapsReductionPresentingUnrealistic Expectations Author:Alan Chambers
“I think that if people get my music, then they get what my message is.” PeopleIfsThinkingMessages Author:Courtney Barnett
“So when we come across somebody who does understand this and makes an effort to try and explain it to us, some people freak out and turn that person into either an object of worship or, some people freak out and want to kill that person. I think it's because they know what's true but they don't want to know, they don't want to face up to what that actually means. So they're going to kill the messenger and hope that by doing so they'll destroy the message so they can go back to living their ordinary life again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingMeanPersonsDoeFacesTurnsEffortObjectsWorshipMessagesOrdinaryFreakMessengersOrdinary Life Author:Brad Warner
“Jesus was probably a guy who thought, "This thing that I've discovered can save the world and everybody is miserable without it." So he was probably a very kind and giving person and thought he had to give it to people, even if it killed him. He had to make sure they got the message, and he paid the ultimate price as they say due to his insistence.” PeopleIfsWorldGivingKindPersonsGuyJesusMessagesUltimatePaidDuesMiserableSave The WorldInsistence Author:Brad Warner
“Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people ask, "Does Adi want revenge?" - they mean violent revenge. But in Nozick's formulation, it is revenge. That is the essence of revenge.” PeopleWantMeanDoeAsksMessagesEssenceDefinitionsRevengeViolentDeliveringPerpetratorsExacting Revenge Author:Errol Morris
“Making prostitution legalized gives our society a message that sex is not sacred/private between two adults - that sex can be bought and sold just like any object. But prostitutes are people, not objects to be consumed, used and discarded like trash when they are no longer doing what each client/trafficker wants.” PeopleWantGivingTwoUsedSexObjectsMessagesAdultsSacredOur SocietyClientsTrashConsumedProstitutionDiscarded Author:Annie Lobert
“What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me.” PeopleThinkingImportantHappensYoungGirlProjectsMessagesImportant ThingsReachingTag Author:Petra Collins
“I think people are listening to our message of securing the homeland first, keeping the American people safe and improving our economic situation. I think those things are being received well, and we're moving forward here.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWellsMovingSituationEconomicListeningSafeMessagesMoving ForwardImprovingHomeland Author:Chris Christie
“I think we're going to win a very good share of those delegates. I think you've got major states coming up. And I think the important point is that people throughout this country are resonating to our message.” PeopleThinkingImportantCountryStatesWinningShareMajorsMessagesVery GoodDelegatesResonating Author:Bernie Sanders
“My music is very edgy and the energy is very raw, but I am also getting out this positive message without being a teacher. I don't want to hear anybody preach or teach things to me, especially when I was a kid. But there are messages that people are grabbing onto without me even realizing that they are messages.” PeopleWantKidsEnergyRealizingTeachTeacherMessagesMusic IsEdgyGrabbingBeing A TeacherPositive Messages Author:Shane Bunting
“I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus on what's going on between people and relationships. I think so much is happening in the world at the moment, so many changes politically and culturally, writers are writing about that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantWritingPlayMomentsFocusMessagesHappeningsCommunicate Author:Sean Mahon
“So you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.” PeopleThinkingMayChildrenTurnsGrowsParentDarkGrowing UpColorDrugMessagesDressesSuicideMajorityAlcoholCommitEtcDrugs And AlcoholDark Colors Author:Bernie Siegel
“I just wanted to get the message that God had put into my heart into another form, because I knew the print media would reach a different group of people.” PeopleHeartDifferentWantedFormGroupsMediaMy HeartMessagesPrintPrint Media Author:Joel Osteen
“When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.” PeopleHeartMayWalksLordWatchesMessagesTheaterRingsBagsDeceivingPopcornMovie Theater Author:LeCrae
“I think the artist has an ability to draw pictures for people to where they can process these messages that otherwise they wouldn't be open to hearing.” PeopleThinkingArtistProcessAbilityMessagesDrawsHearing Author:LeCrae
“You can definitely aid the message that you want to send to people by what scent you're wearing.” PeopleWantMessagesAidsScent Author:Lara Stone
“Do yourself and your family a favor: Decide right now that you will write a self-help book someday. I'm serious. A self-help book is a great way to capture what you think makes a good person, a good life and a good world. It's also a "forever document" that you can pass down to future generations. We need more people sharing positive messages and books with the world. Why not be one of those people?” PeopleThinkingWorldWayNeedsWritingPersonsBookSelfHelpingForeverGenerationsSelf HelpSeriousRight NowMessagesFavorsOur FamilySomedayWhy NotCaptureGood LifeDocumentsFuture GenerationGood PersonSelf Help BooksHelp BookPositive Messages Author:Brendon Burchard
“When people decide that a certain way of faith is destined and inevitable, hatred and intolerance follow. Instead of saying, 'The Light is within you, choose the Light,' the message becomes 'Agree with our version of history or we'll kill you.'” PeopleWayLightCertainMessagesHatredAgreeVersionsInevitableYou ChooseWithin YouIntoleranceDestined Author:John Twelve Hawks
“If I could say something about Capricornia, and it came out in your previous report, there is no doubt that the end of the mining boom has led to an economic downturn in central Queensland, and that is why people in Capricornia, and elsewhere in central Queensland too, are so desperate for a government that will protect their jobs and create new opportunities for jobs in the future. And that is why [Malcolm] Turnbull government's message of jobs and growth and its six point economic plan is so important to them.” PeopleIfsImportantEndsGovernmentJobsOpportunityGrowthDoubtPlansEconomicProtectSixMessagesNo DoubtDesperateIf I CouldReportsElsewhereMiningNew OpportunityQueenslandDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:George Brandis
“People are beginning to understand my vision and my message because finally people are beginning to allow me to be heard.” PeopleVisionHeardMessages Author:John Kasich
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“Just the same as I mix each track to connect them together to build a story, it's the same with the message, each scripture and passage is building up a story and a testimony in a way that's going to connect with people.” PeopleWayStoriesTogetherBuildingMessagesTrackScripturePassagesTestimonyBuilding Up Author:Robert Hood
“One of my favorite things is when I get letters and video messages from fans or people who have attended one of my workshops that say things like "because of your workshop, I finally have the confidence to go after my dream/love myself/have the strength not to listen to anyone telling me I can't do the things I really want to do!"” PeopleWantI CanDreamFansMessagesLettersMy FavoriteVideoFavorites ThingsWorkshopsLove Myself Author:Rachele Brooke Smith
“[Hunt for the Wilderpeople] people seem to be just finding it hilarious in Sundance. I would think that judging on the feedback I get; it's a very warming film. It's not sentimental, but people are sort of heart warmed by a message that's pretty rare.” PeopleThinkingHeartSeemsFilmJudgingFindingsMessagesSentimentalHuntsFeedbackSundance Author:Sam Neill
“Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we can, communicating our fears, our hopes ... Day in day out, week after week and year after year, people kill each other.” PeopleYearsWellsWeekPlanetsMessagesCommunicatePassingPassings Author:Elie Wiesel
“I'm convinced, that when you are a footballer you are a symbol. You have to be a superman in some ways, to send messages to people all the time, to the youth all the time.” PeopleWayYouthMessagesConvincedSymbolsFootballer Author:Emmanuel Petit
“Just come to Brussels after a Council meeting. Do you know what happens? Every head of government holds his or her own press conference. They all say the same thing, in 24 languages: I was able to push through my agenda. And if the result is anything other than what they desired, the message is: Brussels is to blame. It has been this way for over 20 years. These messages stick with people, and that's deadly for Europe.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayYearsHas BeensGovernmentHappensAbleLanguageResultsMessagesEuropeBlamePressesSticksMeetingsAgendasDo You KnowConferencesCouncilPress ConferencesBrussels Author:Martin Schulz
“The idea for Not For Sale originated as a simple brand to tell as many people as possible about what we are trying to achieve - "people are not for sale". The brand is a straight forward message and communicates the mission clearly.” PeopleTryingIdeasSimpleAchieveMessagesCommunicateMissionsBrands Author:David Batstone
“Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.” PeopleYearsMindFirstsHardStoriesAbleJoyDifficultAnimalWatchesApproachMessagesOrganizationMiseryAverageDeeperDuesCoreVideoOpeningSellingEngagedRescueAgonyBackwardsInvolvementHappy EndingsHeartbreakingShortageHeartwarmingHard CoreAnimal RescueRescue Me Author:Elayne Boosler
“Connect with people, visibly and loudly showcase initiatives that reduce greenhouse gases emissions, nurture youth leaders, or spread the message by raising awareness through campaigns. I am convinced that your contributions will ensure that climate change solutions safely power our - and especially your - future.” PeopleLeaderAwarenessYouthMessagesSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeSpreadConvincedCampaignsContributionInitiativeNurtureYour FutureEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesShowcaseRaising Awareness Author:Christiana Figueres
“It's a real message. Snapchat has put an antenna [on me] and the whole world has got to see me. You either like it or you don't. I've been blessed with people that like it. Again, I'm just being me. The key is to always be you. That's the key.” PeopleWorldRealWholeKeysMessagesBlessedWhole WorldBe YouJust BeingBeing MeAntennaJust Being MeSnapchat Author:DJ Khaled
“The message is every genre, every person, is the real message. Some people just say it in different ways. What I learned today is that not only do I respect you and always have, but I'm also so inspired. I'm so motivated. I really appreciate it.” PeopleWayPersonsDifferentRealTodayMessagesAppreciateInspiredGenreDifferent WaysMotivatedI Respect You Author:DJ Khaled
“All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment. So merely changing formal religious affiliations will often not help much. On the other hand, in pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!” PeopleNeedsTryingHelpingHandsRunningChoicesReligiousJusticeCompassionHonestyLike YouBenefitsMessagesDemocraticCuriousContentmentFormalLove And CompassionDemocratic SocietyAffiliation Author:Dalai Lama
“I want the vetting to be solid. But I also want to bring these people in because not bringing them in sends a message, right, to the Muslim world and plays into the ISIS narrative and the Al Qaeda narrative, right, that this is a war between religions. And we can't have that.” PeopleWorldWantWarPlayMessagesNarrativeAlsIsisAl QaedaMuslim World Author:Michael Morell
“I have often felt like I was the only one fighting against female genital mutilation. There is still a huge taboo surrounding the topic, because it involves the most private parts of the female´s body. But whenever I feel like this is too much for me to do, I read e-mails and messages I receive every day from people thanking me for speaking up for them, for giving them a voice. These messages let me know that I am not alone, and that what I do is worthwhile.” PeopleKnowsGivingFeelsStillsBodyFightingFeltVoiceToo MuchHugeMessagesFemaleLet MeWorthwhileMailTopicsNot AloneTabooSpeaking UpMutilationPrivate Parts Author:Waris Dirie
“There are so many messages and lessons that I have been taught that I would want to share with people. Perhaps one that is very present in my mind now is the concept that we are all living on this one tiny planet that we call Earth. It is very small and is not getting any bigger, but the amount of people living on this planet continues to grow at a rapid rate.” PeopleWantMindHas BeensEarthGrowsShareTaughtPlanetsAmountLessonsMessagesConceptsBiggerRateTinyRapidsLiving On Author:Yanni
“To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people.” PeopleRealEyeSupportInspireMessagesRootsGrassActivist Author:Ted Cruz
“If there's not a message that people care about, they're not going to work on the campaign.” PeopleIfsCareMessagesCampaignsGoing To Work Author:Ted Cruz
“I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFeelsImportantStoriesUseAmountMessagesMusic IsSpreadPopsPlatformsPop Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I think there is always new people that have never heard the gospel before that need to have it because the gospel - which is the death, resurrection of Christ and the message of his forgiveness - is the only hope for a person knowing that they will go to Heaven and then finding the meaning and purpose they search for in life.” PeopleThinkingNeedsPersonsPurposeHeavenChristKnowingHeardFindingsMessagesResurrection Author:Greg Laurie
“The gospel is only good news if it gets there on time. I think if we don't deliver this message, it's negligence of the highest order. It would be like if you were walking down the street and a house was on fire and you heard screams coming from inside and you just kept walking. How irresponsible is that? At the very least, call 911 but better yet, you might run in and try to save the people.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingMightWould BeRunningOrderHouseFireHeardStreetsWalkingMessagesNewsHighestScreamGood NewsIrresponsibleNegligence Author:Greg Laurie
“Banning the burkini doesn't produce terrorists. But it does make the people who are already alienated, who are already disenfranchised, I many cases, economically disenfranchised in a place like France in many of those neighborhoods, and make them say, ah, ISIS's message is true and real.” PeopleDoeRealCasesProduceMessagesTerroristFranceNeighborhoodIsisDisenfranchised Author:Michael Leiter