“If the Democrats feel they have lost the public's confidence in their stewardship of national security, then the threat of Iran offers a Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, or John Kerry an opportunity to get out front now and pledge support for a united effort - attacking Bush from the right about too tepid a stance rather from the predictable left that we are 'hegemonic' and 'imperialistic' every time we use force abroad.” IfsFeelsUseOpportunityLostLeftForceUnitedEffortSupportSecurityFrontsOffersThreatClintonDemocratIranNational SecurityAttackingStewardshipPledgePredictableDeanStanceJohn Kerry Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“When you retire for the night offer grateful homage to God for being with you all day long.” LongNightOffersGratefulRetiringHomage Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“If Christ seldom makes offers without demands, He also seldom makes demands without offers. He offers His strength to enable us to meet His demands.” IfsChristOffersDemand Author:John Stott
“The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose.” AnswersOffersTricksSurvivingInterrogationNooses Book:The Impossible Knife of Memory Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory
“Don't offer God partnership when he wants penitence. Don't present him with lip service when He wants your life.” WantOffersLipsPartnershipLip ServicePenitence Author:William Henry Houghton
“The problem with being linear minded is that you would ask this at all! You assume that you must do one or the other. Plan or not plan. How about planning to walk in a certain direction until the "now" offers you another plan?” ProblemCertainAsksWalksPlansOffersAssumingPlanningLinear Author:Lee Carroll
“Often they [writers on the study of management] have a point of view based upon intuition and experience. They then offer a cadence of two-paragraph examples carefully selected to "prove" their theory, and then they write "one size fits all" books. The message is, "If you'd do what these companies did, you'd be successful too."” IfsWritingTwoBookViewsCompanyStudySuccessfulExampleTheoryFitOffersProveMessagesManagementSizeIntuitionPoint Of ViewBeing SuccessfulParagraphSelectedCadenceOne Size Fits All Author:Clayton Christensen
“I think the impacts of 9/11 on academic freedom vary greatly depending on locale and time (softening with the passage of time), and even within the same community, and likely within the same schools. This variability makes it difficult to offer generalized responses without accompanying caveats.” ThinkingSchoolDifficultCommunityOffersImpactResponsePassagesAcademicVaryPassage Of TimeVariabilityAcademic Freedom Author:Richard A. Falk
“I do think there is an enhanced awareness of insecurity and vulnerability that induces anxiety that creates pressure on teachers and administrators to offer simplistic explanations and to be resistant to expressions of attitudes that can be viewed as unpatriotic, which is further interpreted as applicable to any tendency to challenge the government when it claims to be acting overseas to avoid repetitions of 9/11 or to encroach on domestic freedom to identify suspicious persons and behaviors.” ThinkingPersonsGovernmentChallengesActingAttitudeTeacherAwarenessExpressionOffersBehaviorAnxietyClaimsPressureTendenciesExplanationVulnerabilityInsecurityRepetitionSuspiciousAdministratorsUnpatriotic Author:Richard A. Falk
“Hamas retains the right to defend Gaza by the use of the weaponry at its disposal, and is thus not committed to nonviolence, but it does offer the possibility of greater peace and stability for both Israelis and Palestinians if the label of "terrorism" was abandoned and the search for accommodation was commenced in good faith.” IfsDoeUseGreaterPossibilityOffersCommittedTerrorismLabelsStabilityAbandonedNonviolencePalestinianGazaHamasGood FaithAccommodationsWeaponry Author:Richard A. Falk
“We live in an era where each of us has a massive catalog of film and television available through the internet at the swipe of a finger. To get folks out of their homes for a piece of art or entertainment, I think you need to offer something they can't get on Netflix or Amazon.” ThinkingNeedsArtHomeFilmPiecesTelevisionInternetOffersFingersFolksEntertainmentAvailableErasMassiveAmazonNetflixFilm And Television Author:Nick Blaemire
“Because of the nature of my background in modeling, I'm really used to using the best products around. And I just wanted to offer the same sort of high quality products to my customers. I think they deserve it.” ThinkingWantedUsedQualityProductsOffersDeserveCustomersBackgroundsModelingHigh Quality Author:Kam Williams
“I want people to take me seriously as an artist and to hear that I have something to truly say and to offer.” PeopleWantArtistOffersTake Me Author:Darren Fletcher
“I see my poems as interlinked. No poem gives an answer. It may offer other questions, it may instigate other questions that then become poems.” GivingMayAnswersOffers Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I don't think being a musician makes me a role model at all. But I do believe that I have responsibility to offer people a helping hand when and if I can, just the same way that others have helped me. I think that it's important to keep that cycle going, and to give back to whatever your personal definition of community is.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayGivingBelieveI CanImportantHelpingHandsCommunityResponsibilityRolesOffersMusicianModelsDefinitionsCyclesRole ModelsGiving BackHelping Hand Author:Thalia Zedek
“I like the notion of guiding, because I can offer advice through my own experiences, tastes and beliefs. But it's all in that individual's hands.” I CanHandsIndividualBeliefMy OwnAdviceTasteOffersNotionBecause I Can Author:Erol Alkan
“I'm sure that there are many situations in life that are going to offer the same risks and pitfalls that you have to get past. That's just life.” PastSituationRiskOffersPitfallsSituations In Life Author:Erol Alkan
“I think the boy should pay. 'Cuz that's just the way it works on a first-date. But if he doesn't offer, then I will pay... and then just not go out with him again.” IfsThinkingWayShouldFirstsPayBoysOffersCuzFirst Date Author:Pixie Lott
“Because music wasn't free yet, they wouldn't really offer MP3s so you had to buy things to see if you liked it or not. Which is crazy if you think about how much music you bought and then didn't even like the stuff. It was a different world where bands made money off their music.” IfsThinkingWorldMadeDifferentStuffCrazyOffersBandDifferent WorldsMp3 Author:Marnie Stern
“A lot of times people would offer me movies and, because I'm a car freak, I'd look in a magazine and say, 'How much is this car? If you give me this car I'll show up and do the movie' I call 'em 'sports car flicks'.” PeopleIfsGivingLooksShowsSportsCarOffersGive MeMagazinesEmsFreakSports Cars Author:Ice T
“If it's in your personality to get out and talk to people, then you get to see what it is that city has to offer, through the people. A lot of the times with your own eyes you don't get to see that.” PeopleIfsEyeCitiesPersonalityOffers Author:Chali 2na
“I don't think our lives actually unfold with morals attached to them, or meanings that are easily extracted, or jokes designed to generate sympathy. I wanted to do the opposite - to offer up a life whose meanings can only be perceived through a tangle of desires, confusions, and textural details.” ThinkingWantedDesireMoralOur LivesOffersJokesOppositesDetailsConfusion Author:Kevin Brockmeier
“Most of my formal choices are a combination of everything I learned about form - semiotics, linguistics, and the history of style experimentations tethered to literary movements (formalism, deconstruction, modernism, and postmodernism), and the basic principal of breaking every rule I ever learned from a patriarchal writing tradition that never included my body or experience, and thus has nothing to offer me in terms of representation.” WritingBodyFormChoicesTermStyleMovementOffersTraditionCombinationPrincipalRepresentationFormalModernismExperimentationLinguisticsPostmodernismDeconstructionSemiotics Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“Obama wants to build such things as smart electrical grids and high-speed rail lines, which will offer big environmental improvements. Another obvious thing is that large-scale project financing is virtually frozen, so a lot of renewable energy projects are on hold. If the system doesn't get unclogged before the developers run out of cash, they will be cancelled. Money matters, and we are racing against time.” IfsWantMatterBigsRunningEnergyLinesOffersProjectsSmartEnvironmentalObviousSpeedImprovementScalesRacingCashFrozenElectricalRailRenewable EnergyFinancingDevelopersLarge ScaleGridsHigh SpeedObvious ThingsMoney MattersHigh Speed Rail Author:Denis Hayes
“The prosecution makes all the important decisions: what's charged, how much is charged, whether you can get a decent offer. Every defendant becomes an informant today.” ImportantTodayDecisionOffersDecentProsecutionImportant DecisionsInformants Author:Lynne Stewart
“Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.” WantRealChoicesAmountOffersImperfectParticipating Author:Darryl Pinckney
“The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection of all the other useful possibilities a day offers. I make obeisance to the story, its characters, and the muse with burnt offerings.” SoulCharacterStoriesPossibilityTruth IsOffersMy SoulDawnRejectionWrestlingOfferingMuseSystematicNothing But The Truth Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.” ThinkingWayChanceMorningOffersConversationWake UpEvery MorningNew WaysNew Beginnings Author:Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
“I don't think you need to watch Arrow and Flash to appreciate what it is Legends has to offer. The beauty of this show - and they do this on Flash, and they did this on Arrow - is that we do spend time on character. We do spend time on backstory. We do take a moment in between the sci-fi special effects to tell you who these people are, so that when something happens to them, you actually care.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMomentsCharacterShowsHappensCareWatchesSpecialEffectsOffersAppreciateThings HappenLegendsSci FiFlashEnd TimesSpend TimeArrowsSpecial Effects Author:Wentworth Miller
“I disagree that we need to contemplate eliminating ourselves in order to move forward. Sure, I think a good dystopian story can serve to steer us on the right path toward a better world. But we also need stories that offer solutions to our problems that are realistic, and workable today.” ThinkingWorldNeedsStoriesProblemTodayMovingOrderPathOffersSolutionsMoving ForwardRealisticDisagreeContemplatingDystopianSteersRight PathEliminating Author:Annalee Newitz
“With my students, I don't offer any simple tips like that, maybe because my own process is pretty messy, but when we workshop we talk a lot about the deeper subject, which is what the story or novel is about. I think defining a narrative's themes can lay bare a narrative's tensions.” ThinkingStoriesProcessMy OwnSimpleNovelSubjectsStudentsOffersLaysDeeperNarrativeTensionThemeDefiningMessyWorkshops Author:Edan Lepucki
“The greatest thing about form and convention is that it saves you from having to reinvent the wheel. Now, whether you mount the wheel to a horse carriage or a Formula One racing car, make it plain or give it spinning rims, those are all craft decisions. But the fact of the wheel remains: it will turn if you set it down. That's what I mean about the beauty of the gifts genre can offer.” IfsGivingMeanFactsFormTurnsDecisionCarOffersHorseRemainsCraftsGenreWheelsFormulasRacingConventionsSpinningCarriagesRace CarRimsFormula One Author:Chris Abani
“I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted. We often wake up in our lives and wonder how we got there. But the characters I create, the people I am drawn to, are quite extraordinary (and not always in wholesome ways), and they offer us the chance to understand who we really are and how we became who we are.” PeopleThinkingWayCharacterChanceWonderOur LivesOffersOrdinaryWake UpExtraordinaryDisappearGrantedWho We AreBackdropTaking Things For Granted Author:Chris Abani
“We need to finally be proactive in enlightening people from Islamic cultural groups. And this applies to immigrants already here as well as to current refugees. The German constitution stands above the Sharia. Schools need to offer classes on gender equality. You also have to offer an alternative to young men with a penchant for violence.” PeopleMenNeedsWellsSchoolYoungClassViolenceGroupsOffersConstitutionCurrentsGenderAlternativesYoung ManIslamicImmigrantsRefugeeEnlighteningGender EqualityProactiveSharia Author:Alice Schwarzer
“More succinctly put, Inspirational Psychology offers ways to live, learn about, and practice love.” WayPracticePsychologyOffersWay To Live Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“Our tenants now are companies like Uber, the taxi service, Meituan.com, China's version of Groupon - and a large number of startups. These companies operate in a modern way, just like their customers: They go on the Internet, look for an offer and take it.” WayLooksNumbersCompanyModernGoes OnInternetOffersChinaCustomersVersionsLarge NumbersTaxiTenantsUber Author:Zhang Xin
“I have the feeling that the magazine can reach many more people than it reaches and has something to offer that not everyone knows who should know it. That's why we're starting an app, and that's why we do the blog. But editorially, I think it's mainly a matter of keeping your eyes peeled. You just really don't know what's going to come along.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldMatterFeelingsEyeOffersStartingMagazinesBlogsApps Author:Lorin Stein
“The narrative image has more dimensions than the painted image - literature is more complex than painting. Initially, this complexity represents a disadvantage, because the reader has to concentrate much more than when they're looking at a canvas. It gives the author, on the other hand, the opportunity to feel like a creator: they can offer their readers a world in which there's room for everyone, as every reader has their own reading and vision.” WorldGivingFeelsHandsReadingLiteratureOpportunityRoomsVisionPaintingReaderOffersComplexesCreatorNarrativeComplexityDimensionsCanvasDisadvantages Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“I wanted to be an artist after all, and my teachers told me these were the best authors the 20th century had to offer. But these books sucked. They were so boring and sloppy and plotless. And Bob Dylan's lyrics seemed nonsensical to me - almost like he had just gotten high and written down whatever random thoughts occurred to him.” BookWantedArtistTeacherWrittenCenturyOffersBoringBob20th CenturyDylanSloppyNonsensicalSo BoringRandom Thoughts Author:Simon Rich
“Different types of sex work are differently supportive. If I were working in a strip club, I would be competing with my colleagues, and while there would be support, there would be financial motivation not to offer too much support.” IfsDifferentWould BeMotivationSexSupportToo MuchTypeOffersFinancialClubsColleaguesCompetingSupportiveSex Work Author:Molly Crabapple
“It isn't so much that I choose the roles - I mean, I guess there's a little bit of a selection process - but it's more just what people offer you.” PeopleMeanLittlesBitsProcessRolesOffersLittle BitSelection Author:Owen Wilson
“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, "I want a book. I want that kind of attention."” IfsKnowsWantKindSaidBookDifferentWantedNamesVoiceAttentionSpecialBrotherFineOffersUniqueMy FamilyOur FamilyMy BrotherMy SisterAmbitiousCarolinaNorth CarolinaDifferent VoicesRaleigh Author:David Sedaris
“We are facing another economic meltdown. The ecosystem, on which the human species depends for life, is being destroyed at a rate that has not even been anticipated by climate scientists. We don't have a lot of time left. So either we get out and fight or we're finished. Fear is the only thing the Democratic Party has to offer - fear that the Republican Party is worse.” HumansLife IsFightingLeftPartyEconomicDependsRepublicanOffersScientistDemocraticClimateSpeciesRateFinishedDestroyedRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyEcosystemsHuman SpeciesTime LeftMeltdowns Author:Chris Hedges
“I'm working with wind, solar, and biofuels companies as well as with organizations like ACORE [American Council On Renewable Energy], Growth Energy, and AREDAY to raise public awareness and seek practical technological solutions to reduce our reliance on fossilized carbon. My book Don't Wait for the Next War will be out in October, where I will offer my prescription for America's growth, responsible development, and security.” WellsBookWarAmericaNextEnergyWaitingGrowthCompanyAwarenessSecurityWindDevelopmentOffersSolutionsOrganizationResponsibleRaisesPracticalsTechnologicalCarbonCouncilRelianceOctoberPrescriptionsRenewable EnergyBiofuels Author:Wesley K. Wark
“For every show that we do, anyone that rides public transit, bikes, or walk, we offer them a $5 voucher at the merch table. It gets people using the infrastructure in the area. Hopefully, the venues where we play will lobby city council and say, we need bike paths, sidewalk repair. That stuff affects so many people's lives.” PeopleNeedsPlayShowsStuffWalksCitiesPathOffersAreasTablesHopefullyBikeCouncilInfrastructureSidewalkVenuesVouchersCity Council Author:Ben Sollee
“Emotional pain rarely comes up for me now. When it does, for sure, I feel it. But then, fortunately, through my life experience and my practices, I'm able to see it for what it is, and I'm able to use the techniques that yoga and Ayurveda have to offer us.” FeelsDoeUseAblePainPracticeEmotionalOffersYogaCome UpTechniqueLife ExperienceEmotional PainAyurveda Author:Brad Willis
“I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.” PeopleTwoDifferentRealFactsChoicesPartyPrinciplesWatchesOffersLimitsMajorsAlternativesStatus QuoFlavorSidelinesFrayChallenging Status QuoChallenging The Status Quo Author:Gary Johnson
“There were so many great teachers that had so much to offer. The idea of being rigid, why would you do that? People have their things, but why be rigid with any education when you can take things from here and take things from there?” PeopleIdeasTeacherOffersGreat Teacher Author:Johnny Depp
“I've had some offers from furries - people that want to have sex with dudes in furry suits. I've had some interesting requests. There's some great fans.” PeopleWantSexInterestingFansOffersSuitsRequestFurryGreat FansSome Interesting Author:Jason Gann
“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