“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'” WayChildrenSaidIdeasSchoolLostPresidentInterestAttitudeTeacherGroupsExampleOffersUnionsDareDuesProtestNew IdeasRepresentingFederationTeachers Unions Author:Mitt Romney
“To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience. Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy of group therapy, and the prevailing sentiment of the mental health profession, are sufficiently strong that it would be difficult to defend the adequacy of the inpatient unit that attempted to operate without a small group program.” Would BeStrongDifficultGroupsOffersEvidenceProgramMental HealthProfessionTherapySentimentsUnitsPrevailingSmall GroupsEfficacyAdequacyGroup Therapy Book:Inpatient Group Psychotherapy Source: Inpatient Group Psychotherapy
“Consider, I pray, whether you are not renouncing all shame and sincerity to advance such principles. Because a comet appears in a group of stars which the ancients thought fit to call the Virgin, therefore, shall our women be barren, or have frequent miscarriages, or die old maids. I know of nothing which hangs so ill together! To offer such things in seriousness, shows the greatest contempt of mankind, and the most scandalous lying impunity.” KnowsShowsTogetherLyingDiesStarsPrinciplesGroupsAtheismMankindPrayingFitOffersShameIllPositive AtheismContemptSincerityVirginsI PraySeriousnessMaidsBarrenImpunityCometsScandalousMiscarriageOld Maids Author:Pierre Bayle
“[The Republicans] offer . . . a detailed agenda for national renewal. . . . [On] reducing illegitimacy . . . the state will use . . . funds for programs to reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, to promote adoption, to establish and operate children's group homes, to establish and operate residential group homes for unwed mothers, or for any purpose the state deems appropriate. None of the taxpayer funds may be used for abortion services or abortion counseling.” MayChildrenStatesUseHomeUsedMotherPurposeGroupsRepublicanOffersProgramAbortionAppropriateAgendasFundPregnancyAdoptionRenewalTaxpayersReducingCounselingWedlock Author:Newt Gingrich
“What did exclusivity ever have to offer but a distorted, unrealistic view of the world? People who stuck only to their own kind were scared people.” PeopleWorldKindViewsGroupsOffersScaredStuckExclusivity Author:Naomi Shihab Nye
“When we signed with Warner Bros., they knew what they were getting. They knew they weren't going to get some easily manipulated prepackaged pop group. That was not going to happen. What they wanted, I think, was the integrity that we had to offer. What they wanted was the kind of street cred or cache that R.E.M. could bring to them and the chance that we would give them a hit or two. What happened was we gave them a bunch of hits. And we became huge.” ThinkingGivingKindTwoHappensWantedChanceHappenedGroupsStreetsHugeIntegrityOffersPopsBunchBrosWarner BrosCache Author:Michael Stipe
“If I'm out to dinner with a group of friends, and somebody offers to pay for the check, I immediately reach for my wallet. Inside is a note that says, "Say thanks!"” IfsHumorFunnyPayGroupsOffersNotesDinnerChecksThanksWalletsGroup Of Friends Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Solitude offers a lot that being coupled or being in a group does not. It helps us learn what we are capable of.” DoeHelpingGroupsOffersSolitudeCapable Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“Naturally, we will continue to offer very powerful vehicles in the future. Nevertheless, no other manufacturer has reduced the CO2 emissions of its fleet as substantially as the BMW Group.” PowerfulGroupsOffersVehicleNeverthelessVery PowerfulEmissionsCo2BmwCo2 Emissions Author:Norbert Reithofer
“Every novel deals with social problems. It can't help it because the protagonist must come in conflict with his group. So the author has to offer an analysis of how the group and the protagonist fit. Otherwise, the reader will just say, "This makes no sense," and will put it away.” HelpingProblemSocialDealsNovelGroupsReaderFitOffersConflictAnalysisProtagonistsSocial Problems Author:Jane Smiley
“Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product or service fulfills. While products come and go, basic needs and customer groups stay around, i.e., the need for communication, the need for transportation, etc. What market need do you supply?” NeedsShouldTermGroupsProductsCommunicationOffersCustomersDefinedEtcComes And GoesTransportationBasic Needs Book:Mission Possible: Becoming a World Class Organization While There's Still Time Source: Mission Possible: Becoming a World Class Organization While There's Still Time
“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
“I felt like there was a void in the marketplace in girl groups. Musically, there is something truly exciting about harmonies in one song. A group has more to offer.” SongGirlFeltGroupsOffersExcitingHarmonyVoidMarketplaceGirl Groups Author:Kelly Rowland
“The good news is that because terrorist groups rely so heavily on the internet, it offers new avenues for the U.S. and its allies to fight them.” FightingGroupsInternetOffersNewsTerroristRelyAlliesGood NewsAvenuesTerrorist Groups Author:Dina Temple-Raston
“Desktop publishing was a big innovation that meant small groups or even poor societies could do their own publication without the capital investment in a major printing press. That's a big difference. Same is true of more advanced technologies - it can offer plenty of liberatory possibilities - can - but whether it does or not or whether it serves for coercion depends on socioeconomic decisions.” DoeBigsDifferencesDecisionPoorTechnologyGroupsPossibilityDependsOffersMajorsInnovationPressesInvestmentPlentyPublishingCoercionPublicationPrintingSmall GroupsPrinting PressDesktopAdvanced TechnologyCapital InvestmentDesktop Publishing Author:Noam Chomsky
“I offer early Christianity as a case-study to show that the phenomena that we group under "religion(s)" comprise a somewhat artificial category, and that "religions" are not "all the same."” ShowsChristianityCasesStudyGroupsOffersCategoriesArtificialCase Studies Author:Larry Hurtado
“I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.” WritingBelieveAmericaRomanceI BelieveSupportGroupsInformationOffersNetworking Author:Nora Roberts
“We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's place but that no one can replace either. It offers no definitive explanation of our destiny but links us inextricably to life. Its tiny secret links remind us of how paradoxically happy we are to be alive while illuminating how tragically absurd life is.” KnowsWritingHumansKindBookLife IsReadingHouseHuman BeingsSecretDestinyAliveGroupsOffersTinyAbsurdMortalsExplanationLinksCompanionshipOur DestinyIlluminatingSociable Author:Daniel Pennac