“I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?” ThinkingNeedsKindAsksMilitarySeriousBasesJustifyEngagement Author:Albert Wynn
“What I'm doing when I'm doing my speaking engagements is that I'm delivering serious material with humor. So, instead of delivering humor without a particular point other than to entertain people, I'm delivering comedy in a serious way.” PeopleWayComedyParticularSeriousMaterialsEngagementDelivering Author:Andy Andrews
“It is one thing for the institution to offer space for serious engagement, in thought and action, and to encourage free and independent use of such opportunities; it is something else for the university to become engaged as an institution, beyond a fairly narrow range where true consensus exists, and even that raises questions.” UseActionOpportunitySpaceOne ThingSeriousOffersIndependentRaisesInstitutionsUniversityRangeEngagedEngagementConsensusThoughts And ActionsRaises Questions Author:Noam Chomsky
“A sustained engagement with the world, a sense of how it was and how it ought to be, and what has been lost, is imperative to good writing - I just don't know how you can be a serious writer without it.” KnowsWorldWritingHas BeensLostKnow HowSeriousOughtEngagementImperativesGood Writing Author:Pankaj Mishra