“I'm not going to get establishment support. I'm not going to get the support of the governors and the senators, with few exceptions, and many of the major organizations.” SupportMajorsOrganizationExceptionEstablishmentGovernorsSenators Author:Bernie Sanders
“Since I shoot, record audio and edit, I was able to begin the filming without hiring a crew and create a sample to show broadcasters and grant organizations.” ShowsAbleRecordsOrganizationGrantsCrewHiringEditsSampleAudioBroadcasters Author:Chris Hegedus
“Every organization, no matter who it is, just follow the money.” MatterOrganization Author:Robert Reich
“Every time I meet an ambassador, I bring to the a table a list of NGOs I think are acting against Israel, promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) or denouncing our soldiers. I ask from them to stop contributing to these specific NGOs. But, unfortunately, it does not help. I do not want countries that are friends of ours to contribute to such organizations.” ThinkingWantDoeCountryHelpingAsksActingOrganizationTablesSoldierIsraelListsPromotingSanctionsContributingAmbassadorsBoycott Author:Ayelet Shaked
“I am saying that I am trying to minimize the donations to these groups by talking to diplomats. The transparency bill also has the purpose of enabling the Israeli public and members of Knesset to know whose interests certain organizations represent.” KnowsTryingPurposeCertainInterestTalkingGroupsMembersOrganizationBillsIsraeliTransparencyEnablingDiplomatsDonation Author:Ayelet Shaked
“Many organizations help businesses to stay on top of what's changing or likely to change. It's important for executives and managers who focus on a company's health coverage to stay up-to-speed on what's happening, and it's important for those in the C-suite to understand the changes to factor these new variables into their strategic planning calculus.” ImportantHelpingCompanyFocusHappeningsOrganizationSpeedPlanningFactorsManagersExecutivesStrategicCoverageVariablesStrategic PlanningCalculusHealth Coverage Author:John E. McDonough
“No organization is going to be successful unless it places a high value on its employees and engages them in the work that it's doing.” ValuesSuccessfulOrganizationEmployeeBeing Successful Author:Mary Burke
“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
“My mother died of ovarian cancer; I support organizations that raise awareness of this silent killer. Women's shelters - Jenesse Center in L.A. and the Primo Center in Chicago. Kovler Diabetes Center in Chicago.” MotherSupportAwarenessOrganizationDiedRaisesSilentCancerChicagoKillersShelterDiabetesMother DiedOvarian Cancer Author:Regina Taylor
“I'm an ambassador for Best Friends [Animal Society], an incredible organization that's devoted to the welfare of animals - in particular, trying to help make every animal shelter a no-kill shelter. My two dogs were rescues, and I'm a firm believer in finding every dog or cat a home.” TryingTwoHelpingHomeAnimalDogParticularFindingsCatOrganizationIncrediblesBelieverFirmWelfareRescueDevotedShelterAmbassadorsTwo DogsAnimal Shelter Author:Patrick Fabian
“Goodness is also about interacting with people, brands, companies and organizations who are invested in sustainable and ethical practices. What's the point of using products that are ruining our Earth? It doesn't make sense.” PeopleEarthCompanyPracticeProductsGoodnessOrganizationBrandsMake SenseEthicalInteracting Author:Sophie Heyman Uliano
“I try to support any and all animal causes or organizations out there if they are good and reputable. Sadly, there are a lot of people and organizations that raise money but don't do much or don't have good intentions. I've worked with organizations such as Marine Animal Rescue in Southern California.” PeopleIfsTryingCausesAnimalSupportOrganizationRaisesIntentionCaliforniaSouthernRescueMarineGood IntentionsSouthern CaliforniaAnimal Rescue Author:Alison Eastwood
“As a mother, anything to do with my children, whether it's supporting their school or programs that support their education and enrichment. As a wife, anything that my husband is passionate about and helps to support. As a community member, anything that supports the Vail Valley, the place that I call home. As a friend of the founder and true believer in their mission, an organization called First Descents. They provide adventure camps to young adults and adults with cancer or who have survived cancer.” FirstsChildrenHelpingHomeSchoolYoungMotherCommunitySupportWifeAdventureHusbandMembersAdultsProgramOrganizationYoung AdultPassionateCancerMissionsBelieverMy ChildrenMy HusbandCampsValleysFoundersSurvivedDescentTrue BelieverEnrichment Author:Trista Sutter
“Kusewera, an organization that fosters orphanages in Africa and the Philippines and encourages through creative play and education. Anything and everything that supports cancer research. East West Players, the oldest and biggest Asian American theater in the U.S.” PlaySupportCreativePlayerResearchOrganizationTheaterWestCancerEastAsianPhilippinesAsian AmericanOrphanageAnything And EverythingCancer Research Author:Reggie Lee
“Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things. They're a wonderful and balanced group of people and I'm grateful for their support. Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that's a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.” PeoplePresidentChurchDecisionSupportWonderfulGroupsTypeInvolvedDirectorsMembersOrganizationGratefulLocalsBoardsDecision MakingAssociationBalancedMinistrySupportiveMembershipCounselorBoard Of DirectorsExodus Author:Alan Chambers
“If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey to Australia, now has tons of hip-hop artists. The music and artistry have moved way faster than the corporatization of the music. You do need organization and opportunity for these artists to express themselves, and I don't think it has to come from a corporate co-signing.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsDifferentCountryArtistOpportunitySpeakPlanetsDiversityOrganizationMovedHip HopRapHipsFasterCorporateHopsAustraliaTurkeysArtistrySigningEthnicityHip Hop Artist Author:Chuck D
“I do not like to encourage personalized politics, so we would not like it to be thought that just because certain political personalities were attacked, this means the situation is very grave. The true gravity of the situation comes from the fact that ordinary members of the NLD are repressed all the time. We don't want a completely paralyzed political organization, while a select few leaders are protected by international attention.” WantMeanFactsPoliticalCertainAttentionSituationLeaderPersonalityMembersOrdinaryOrganizationInternationalGravesGravityProtectedSelectRepressedParalyzedPersonalized Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“And as Craig Brown - he's an English humorist, not a comedian but he's just a writer and humorist - I'm quite a fan of. I heard him talking in a rather similar way on the radio. He said I'm the sort of person - I can't remember exactly what he said, but it was rather interesting - he said I'm the sort of person that can be reduced to tears in an empty church and feel like I'm the CEO of the Devil's organization in a full one, and I tend to feel like that as well. I love empty churches and going into them looking around, but I'm not a churchgoer at all.” WayFeelsWellsPersonsSaidI CanRememberChurchInterestingTalkingHeardFansTearsDevilEmptyOrganizationRadioComedianBrownCeoHumorists Author:Nick Lowe
“And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. They keep our UN representatives on a very short leash. She did as she was told, and voted as she was told.” StatesAdviceOrganizationInternationalDepartmentRepresentativesSecretaryAssistantsLeashes Author:William A. Rusher
“He is someone who is involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a fundamental way. Let's start with who Dani Dayan is. He was the former head of one of the main settler councils, the Yesha Council, which is a kind of umbrella organization for settlements in the occupied West Bank. Now, you know, for some countries this might not be an issue, but Brazil has made a point of its policies on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.” KnowsWayKindMadeCountryMightIssuesPolicyInvolvedConflictOrganizationFundamentalsWestFormerPalestinianCouncilIsraeliBrazilSettlementUmbrellaSettlersIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
“Ebola has killed almost 12,000 people and at least 500 health workers. So it affected the entire population. And as you know, the World Health Organization was accused of not having declared an epidemic soon enough. And that's when we saw Ebola rampaging through Sierra Leone, Liberia and, to a lesser extent, Guinea.” PeopleKnowsWorldEnoughSawsOrganizationWorkersPopulationAffectedAccusedEpidemicsGuineaSierraEbolaSoon EnoughWorld HealthSierra LeoneWorld Health OrganizationHealth Workers Author:Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
“Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.” WayHardLeaderOrganizationOne Way Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.
“Where we have a different background [with Hillary Clinton] on this issue is we differ on the war in Iraq, which created barbaric organizations like ISIS.” DifferentWarIssuesOrganizationClintonIraqBackgroundsIsisBarbaricDifferent Backgrounds Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think there's where we can enlist the veterans service organizations, the veterans of America, because, yes, let's fix the V.A., but we will never let it be privatized, and that is a promise.” ThinkingAmericaPromiseOrganizationVeteran Author:Hillary Clinton
“I had the privilege and the honor of chairing the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. And it is interesting to me, you know, Republicans give a lot of speeches about how much they love veterans. I work with the American Legion, the VFW, the DAV, the Vietnam Vets, and virtually every veterans organization to put together the most comprehensive piece of the veterans legislation in the modern history of America. That's what I did.” KnowsGivingTogetherAmericaInterestingPiecesModernHonorRepublicanSpeechOrganizationAffairPrivilegeVietnamSenateCommitteesLegislationVeteranComprehensiveLegionVetsModern HistoryVietnam Vets Author:Bernie Sanders
“Look at all of the out-of-wedlock births that are going on, particularly in our inner cities. I have been speaking at a lot of the non-profit organizations that support organizations that support these women so that they don't have an abortion, so that they have the baby.” LooksHas BeensCitiesSupportBabyBirthOrganizationProfitAbortionInner CityWedlockNon Profit Author:Benjamin Carson
“There are many levels of organization in nervous systems. Hence we aim to explain mechanisms at one level in terms of properties and dynamics at a lower level, and to fit that in with the properties at the higher levels.” TermLevelsHigherFitOrganizationAimPropertyNervousMechanismNervous SystemHigher LevelDynamics Author:Patricia Churchland
“It's not going to do anything. And it really is disappointing because the president has an opportunity here to work with organizations like the NRA, who have actually done a lot of significant work when it comes to actually keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. Hillary Clinton can attack the NRA all she wants, the fact is that the NRA has a higher approval rating than Hillary Clinton does when it comes to trustworthiness, that's for sure.” WantDoeDoneFactsHandsOpportunityPresidentHigherGunOrganizationClintonCriminalsSignificantApprovalRatingDisappointingTrustworthinessNraApproval Rating Author:Katie Pavlich
“With respect to trust, people tell me that it is essential for organizational functioning. Maybe, but most surveys of trust find that trust in leaders is low and nonetheless, organizations role along quite nicely.” PeopleLeaderRolesEssentialsLowsOrganizationSurveysOrganizational Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations, and even employees without much remorse or maybe even hesitation.” CircumstancesBenefitsCommitmentOrganizationMedicalObligationInstanceEmployeeShedRemorseHesitationPension Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“It [9/11 event] transcended the political and moved into the metaphysical. There was a kind of cosmic, demonic quality of mind at work here, which refused to have any interest in dialogue and political organization and persuasion.” MindKindPoliticalInterestQualityEventsOrganizationMovedDialogueCosmicPersuasionMetaphysicalDemonic Author:Edward Said
“There isn't a clear goal in sight. Osama bin Laden's organization has spun out from him and is now probably independent of him. There will be others who will appear and reappear. This is why we need a much more precise, a much more defined, a much more patiently constructed campaign, as well as one that surveys not just the terrorists' presence but the root causes of terrorism, which are ascertainable.” NeedsWellsCausesGoalClearRootsOrganizationSightIndependentTerrorismCampaignsTerroristDefinedPreciseBin LadenSurveysOsama Bin LadenSpunRoot CauseClear Goals Author:Edward Said
“Even an organization that doesn't do much work internationally will benefit from a culturally intelligent strategy to innovation. Working across different generations, business units, regions, and functions are all factors that can also influence the innovation process.” DifferentProcessGenerationsInfluenceBenefitsOrganizationFunctionIntelligentInnovationStrategyFactorsRegionsUnitsDifferent Generations Author:David Livermore
“Given the increasing diversity among customers and employees, organizations that attend to cultural intelligence are more successful.” GivenSuccessfulDiversityOrganizationCustomersEmployee Author:David Livermore
“When you start paying attention to diversity, you notice it (and notice its absence!). And based on the culture of your upbringing and the culture of your organization, you may or may not be primed to think consciously about innovation.” ThinkingMayCultureAttentionDiversityOrganizationInnovationAbsencePay AttentionUpbringing Author:David Livermore
“The phrases and language used everyday in an organization can in fact affect the way your team makes decisions and conducts themselves.” WayFactsUsedLanguageDecisionTeamOrganizationEverydayPhrases Author:Kevin Allen
“Once you demonstrate to your team that you put them on the same plane of priority as yourself, you will create an environment, and a culture that will make your entire organization flourish.” CultureEnvironmentTeamOrganizationPrioritiesPlanes Author:Kevin Allen
“It was also never wanting to be part of any group or movement or anything that was the done thing. I hated organization. When you have a group, you have a leader who is going to put down the rest of the group.” DoneLeaderGroupsMovementOrganizationHated Author:Rei Kawakubo
“First, define your credo- the belief system of the organization. Secondly, define your real ambition, or where do you want to go as a collective community.” WantFirstsRealBeliefCommunityAmbitionOrganizationCollectivesBelief SystemsCredo Author:Kevin Allen
“Rest assured that our work is not over because our work has never been only hunting Nazi war criminals. The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an institution, a worldwide institution, engaged in combating anti-Semitism, bigotry, racism. And unfortunately, did we say goodbye to genocide after Hitler died in the bunker? No, we didn't. So in such a world, I'm afraid there will always be a need for organizations like the Simon Wiesenthal Center.” WorldNeedsWarRacismOrganizationDiedInstitutionsCriminalsEngagedGoodbyeBigotryGenocideHuntingNaziAssuredSaying GoodbyeAnti SemitismBunkers Author:Marvin Hier
“When we started, I was delivering meals to people in Atlanta. We were a direct-care organization. And it was - people needed meals, they needed transport, they needed medication, they needed buddy systems. They had a death sentence. There was AZT, and that was just prolonging the agony, basically. Now people, of course, if they are on antiretrovirals, they face a lifetime of health, basically. I mean, it doesn't - it's I would say in the 99 percent certainty bracket that if you are on that medication, you will have a healthy life.” PeopleIfsMeanCareFacesCoursesNeededHealthyPercentDirectOrganizationLifetimeSentencesCertaintyMealsAgonyBuddyTransportMedicationDeliveringHealthy LifeAtlantaDeath SentenceBracketsProlonging Author:Elton John
“Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement levels have started to do a lot more educative efforts within their organizations to understand the kind of threat we're facing. They've given up on the federal level.” ThinkingWellsKindImportantStatesLawCertainGivenLevelsEffortOrganizationThreatImprovementLocalsPocketsLaw EnforcementEnforcementGiven Up Author:Michael Scheuer
“The FBI continues to be a broken, anachronistic organization, but state and local law enforcement officials are much more attuned to the kind of threat we're facing. I think that's very hopeful, but it's a long-term process.” ThinkingKindLongStatesLawProcessTermBrokenOrganizationThreatLocalsLong TermOfficialsHopefulLaw EnforcementEnforcementFbi Author:Michael Scheuer
“He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in the Islamic world. It's multiethnic, multilinguistic, multinational. He is a combat veteran, three times wounded. He has a huge reputation in the Islamic world for generosity and leadership. He's a man who speaks eloquent, almost poetic Arabic, according to Bernard Lewis.” MenWorldRunningThreeSpeakCenturyHugeUniqueOrganizationReputationGenerosityCombinationOddIslamicPoeticCombatWoundedCeo21st CenturyVeteranTheologianThree TimesBin LadenEloquentOsama Bin LadenMultinationalsCombat Veterans Author:Michael Scheuer
“In terms of Iraq, al Qaeda valued Iraq because we destroyed a government it wanted destroyed and because we put soldiers on the ground and forces that they could attack. Al Qaeda is basically an insurgent organization that was formed on the model of the Afghan groups. And being bred in that war, they value a contiguous safe haven as much as anything else.” WarGovernmentWantedValuesForceTermGroupsHavensSafeModelsOrganizationSoldierIraqDestroyedAlsAl QaedaInsurgentSafe HavenAfghan Author:Michael Scheuer
“Initial incompetence is not a reason to be dismissive of capabilities. Al Qaeda itself was incompetent when it started as a terrorist organization. And clearly it's gone from blowing themselves up to knocking down the World Trade Center.” WorldReasonGoneOrganizationTradeTerroristAlsCapabilityInitialsKnockingAl QaedaIncompetenceIncompetentWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Michael Scheuer
“The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime of issues. You just deal with it as you go along. It'll keep on happening until people reorganize the organizations.” PeopleDealsCreativeIssuesHappeningsOrganizationLifetimeCome UpCorporateCreative PeoplePsychopathic Author:Kevin Shields
“The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was interested in. And then people said if you do that you'll hit glass ceilings all the time, because you are not Ghanian or Nigerian and that's the way to progress though a multinational organization like that. In any event, they said do five years' legal experience and come back. And after five years I decided to stay where I was. So I am really an accidental lawyer.” PeopleIfsWayYearsSaidWantedNationsUnitedFiveProgressEventsDecidedOrganizationGlassesLawyerFive YearsThey SaidRefugeeUnited NationsCeilingsMultinationalsGlass Ceiling Author:John Gimlette
“The idea is to use minor events that are believed to be related to a terrorist organization, so graffiti is one of them, banners and leaflets are others, but also a lot of minor crimes if you can connect them with the group - credit card fraud, thefts - these types of things have been used to support them.” IfsHas BeensIdeasUseUsedSupportGroupsEventsCrimeTypeOrganizationCreditTerroristCardsRelatedFraudMinorsTheftCredit CardBannerGraffiti Author:Kim Rossmo
“However, the religious extremists, especially the pro-Taliban organizations, they mobilized and instigated the Islamists to come on the streets and put pressure on the government to stop any reform on the blasphemy law.” GovernmentLawReligiousStreetsOrganizationPressureReformExtremistTalibanBlasphemyIslamists Author:Shahbaz Bhatti