“And the desire to own property, to take for ourselves things which in no way belong to us, does not stop short at the sun. The air is already bought and sold as a commodity, by health resorts. And what of water? Or waterpower? Why should the earth be parceled out into private hands? Is it any different from the sun? No; the earth belongs to the people who live on it. God intended it for them, but it has been taken over by private individuals. Privare means to steal. Thus private property is stolen property - property stolen from God and from humankind!” PeopleWayShouldMeanDoeHas BeensDifferentHandsEarthDesireIndividualWaterSunTakenAirPropertyEnvironmentalStealingHumankindCommodityStolenResortsStewardshipPrivate Property Book:Eberhard Arnold: Writings Selected with an Introduction Source: Eberhard Arnold: Writings Selected with an Introduction
“To any honest observer, Zimbabwe's sin is that it has taken the position to right a wrong, whose resolution has been too long overdue--to return its land to its people.” PeopleLongHas BeensSinTakenLandHonestPositionReturnResolutionObserversZimbabweOverdue Author:Cynthia McKinney
“Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.” PeopleLooksKindFightingGivenTakenRightsMovementCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementCivil Right Movement Author:Jehane Noujaim
“This is the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration. There are a million people a year who legally immigrate to the United States, and people feel like we're being taken advantage of.” PeopleWorldFeelsYearsCountryStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTakenAdvantageImmigrationGenerousTaken Advantage Author:Marco Rubio
“Without books we're a very uneducated society. Think of the places books have taken us, the people we've been introduced to (fiction or non-fiction) and how books have allowed us to broaden our vocabulary.” PeopleThinkingBookFictionTakenVocabularyNon FictionUneducated Author:Tom Robinson
“I feel if I wanted to be taken seriously I have to study music the same way someone who wants to be a doctor would study medicine. You have to know your craft and by doing so I had to make sure to ignore what people were thinking as well.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantFeelsWellsWantedStudyTakenDoctorsMedicineCrafts Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“Working in a situation with men and women, and seeing women take on roles equal to the roles taken by men made you understand that, "Hey, these people can do things too." And I think it made me and other people in the movement realize that we're living in a community of equals. And that among those equals, they have equal rights. And we ought to respect their rights if they respected ours.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenMadeCan DoRealizingCommunitySituationRolesTakenRightsSeeingMovementOughtEqualMen And WomenHeyEqual Rights Author:Julian Bond
“I wanted to be a comedian, I wanted people to laugh at what I was saying, not to be staring at my boobs or wearing a skirt and show off my ... I just didn't think that that was the best way to get taken seriously in that world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayShowsWantedLaughingTakenBest WayComedianStaringSkirtsShowing Off Author:Chelsea Handler
“Teaching is another area I like to explore. I've had a lot of great role models and people who have taken the time over the years to help me - and the wheel turns.” PeopleYearsHelpingTurnsRolesTakenTeachingModelsAreasWheelsHelp MeRole ModelsGreat Role Models Author:Ralph Strangis
“Is driving a right? You are entitled to a driving license if you can abide by the traffic laws and drive responsibly. If your driving endangers the lives of others, that license will be taken away from you. So rights and responsibilities are inseparable. If you can't respect the rights of others, if by your belief and conduct you endanger the lives of other people, you are not entitled to any right.” PeopleIfsLawBeliefResponsibilityTakenRightsDrivingEntitledTrafficLicenseInseparableLives Of OthersAway From YouRights And Responsibilities Author:Ali Sina
“The internet has taken away a lot of personalization. A lot of people are writing articles and talking about being able to social network and making these connections but I don't think anything will replace the human connection making an actual conversation to somebody face to face.” PeopleThinkingWritingHumansAbleFacesSocialTalkingTakenInternetConversationConnectionsArticlesFace To FaceSocial NetworkHuman ConnectionPersonalization Author:Steve Mahoney
“The corporations have taken over. Even in the recording studio. Actually, the corporate companies have taken over American life most everywhere. Go coast to coast and you will see people wearing the same clothes, thinking the same thoughts, eating the same food. Everything is processed.” PeopleThinkingCompanyTakenEatingClothesStudiosCorporateCorporationsCoastAmerican LifeRecording StudioThinking The Same Author:Bob Dylan
“It's funny, when things go on the internet now and people say 'that's not real,' well, that's what painting's always done - it's taken things from the world and said, Look how much more real this is now.” PeopleWorldWellsLooksSaidRealDoneTakenPaintingGoes OnInternet Author:Margaux Williamson
“If you're a writer and you are at all inclined to speak as a Christian in some way, you realize very quickly that the conventional language is pretty much useless. It takes a long time to get past that, or it has taken me a long time. People in conventional Christianity have spoken lightly and sometimes frivolously of God for a long time. It's a word that needs to be used sparingly, in my opinion.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsLongSometimesChristianPastUsedSpeakLanguageRealizingChristianityOpinionTakenLong TimeUselessConventional Author:Wendell Berry
“I love being photographed, or I should say I love the art of photography. It's about people taking photographs of you, stealing them, and then presuming or assuming or captioning. Words can never be taken back, photographs can never be taken back, nothing can ever be taken back.” PeopleShouldArtLove IsTakenPhotographyAssumingPhotographStealingPresuming Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I think that the only choice that we have in life is whether we align ourselves with God or not. I think everything else is all taken care of for us. You know? If you choose to align with your source, with your spirit, then your life will go in a certain direction. If you choose to align yourself with your ego, and your false self, and the belief that who you are is what you accomplish and what other people think of you and what you accumulate, if you just go that route - the outer route, if you will, the outer path - your life will go in a different direction.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsDifferentSelfCareLife IsSpiritCertainChoicesBeliefPathTakenSourceEgoWho You AreAccomplishYou ChooseRoutesThink Of YouDifferent Directions Author:Wayne Dyer
“I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important.” PeopleThinkingFeelsImportantMomentsStoriesLaughingTakenSeriousStory People Author:RZA
“I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the same time I don't presume the worst and I don't see people coming at me with negativity. Until they do.” PeopleSelfTakenWorstFoolNegativity Author:Michele Bachmann
“A lot of people would say "well that's not a bad reputation. you sound like a pussy" and I would say yea. but I am passionate about music and being taken seriously about my music, so if you're going to mess with that, we have a problem.” PeopleIfsWellsProblemSoundTakenPassionateReputationMessPussyBad Reputation Author:Joan Jett
“A "name" no longer carries a film. People used to go to the cinema to see a "John Wayne film." And you don't have that thing happening now except in the rock world, which has taken the event out of movies.” PeopleWorldFilmUsedNamesTakenRocksEventsHappeningsThings HappenCinemaCarrieWayne Author:Elizabeth Taylor
“It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability. Nobody is afraid that the money they place in the US is at risk of expropriation or of in some other way being taken away. For this safety, the wealth holders of the world are willing to accept a lower rate of return.” PeopleWorldWayCountryPoliticalWealthAcceptingTakenRiskSecurityWillingReturnSafetyRateAttractiveInstabilityPolitical Instability Author:Milton Friedman
“It's interesting to see what people who you find talented come up with, so you work with them. Sometimes ideas come along quicker cause they'll come up with something and you'll be like, "It would have taken me forever to get to that point!" Because you're talking together, your brains are moving faster.” PeopleIdeasSometimesTogetherMovingCausesInterestingBrainTalkingForeverTakenCome UpFaster Author:Charlyne Yi
“I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to write a novel that shows the points of view of people of different ages and personalities.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsDifferentShowsAgeAbleProcessViewsNovelTakenPersonalityGainsPoint Of ViewLife ExperienceWriting ProcessDifferent Ages Author:Kathleen Winter
“Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with a cause they care about, while buying a great product, they will. That was how the RED Campaign was born, here in Davos.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsCareCausesBornChanceBusinessTakenProductsRedCampaignsBuyingAssociatesDavos Author:Bill Gates
“Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, "Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good." Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.” PeopleIfsWellsSidesTakenSpecialCoupleLikesSomething SpecialVery PopularSnobbish Author:Brian Eno
“The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.” PeopleWellsFactsArtistTakenNew Artists Author:Alessia Cara
“It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.” PeopleIfsKnowsHardYoungArtistKnow HowTakenFemalePopsPop MusicFemale Artists Author:Alessia Cara
“I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingLooksMatterLibertyTakenReaderMemoir Author:Augusten Burroughs
“The consequences of these institutions (The towns or districts, the congregations, the schools,and the militia.) have been, that the inhabitants, having acquired from their infancy the habit of discussing, of deliberating, and of judging of public affairs, it was in these assemblies of towns or districts that the sentiments of the people were formed in the first place, and their resolutions were taken from the beginning to the end of the disputes and the war with Great Britain.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensWarEndsSchoolEducationTakenJudgingHabitConsequenceTownsInstitutionsAffairBritainResolutionSentimentsDisputesAssemblyDiscussingInfancyCongregationGreat BritainMilitiaPublic Affairs Author:John Adams
“I've taken my cue from people here and from viewers, especially survivors-who said, 'When it's time to literally flip your wig, you'll know.'” PeopleKnowsSaidTakenSurvivorViewersFlipWigs Author:Robin Roberts
“Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to them--who answer for them.” PeoplePersonsActionAnswersResponsibilityTakenResponsibleMatureResponsible Person Book:The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories Source: The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories
“I think when people talk about civil liberties, they sometimes forget that action taken to protect the citizen against physical violence and physical attack is a blow in favour and not a blow against civil liberties.” PeopleThinkingSometimesActionForgetLibertyTakenViolenceCitizensProtectBlowFavourCivil LibertiesPhysical Violence Author:John Howard
“Eternal joy can never be taken from God's people. Therefore ambition, restlessness, and avarice can be put away for the first time as we rest more and more in the work of the Son of God.” PeopleFirstsJoyTakenSonAmbitionEternalFirst TimeAvariceRestlessness Author:Michael Horton
“When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.” PeopleFilmDecisionTakenAway From You Author:Ben Barnes
“Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.” PeopleImportantAmericaFormInterestDemocracyTakenAgreeImportant ThingsServingJustificationImperialismDemocracies HaveAdvocating Author:George Soros
“You buy a car or any other thing when you see someone else having it. So people will only buy a thing when they see a system in somebody's house and that takes time. The corporate people have taken the poor people for a ride. So that needs to break and the trust needs to be created that this system will actually work.” PeopleNeedsHousePoorBreakTakenCarCorporateTake TimePoor People Author:Ramon Magsaysay
“The people around whom I've lived most of my life, they're similar. They have same expectations of life that aren't exaggerated, they could be accomplished, they could get what they want. But they could not, too. It's not to be taken for granted. Even getting by, and being satisfied, barely, is hard.” PeopleWantHardTakenExpectationsSatisfiedGrantedAccomplishedExaggeratedTaken For Granted Author:Steven Conrad
“God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.” PeopleKnowsTakenSeriousGayMinoritiesPreferenceGod KnowsGay PeopleLumps Author:William Friedkin
“There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.” PeopleTwoSongTakenRecordsConversationGlassesVersions Author:Andrew Bird
“If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.” PeopleIfsHas BeensTwoDifferentReasonMotivationChoicesTakenFameOkayMachines Author:Alanis Morissette
“In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.” PeopleBigsPoliticalActorsViewsTakenFiveCrazyTelevisionPoint Of ViewTheatreOpeningParisMovie Author:Ingrid Bergman
“Canada, by others in the global family, is, for some reason, taken seriously. They have about 30 million people. They have some natural resources.” PeopleReasonNaturalMillionsTakenResourcesCanadaNatural Resources Author:Tucker Carlson
“My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him.” PeopleArtBookCareWantedYoungFatherLiteratureTakenGayBookstoresGay PeopleLiterature And Art Author:Margaret Cho
“So, we think about God far to easily and that's because of a lot of social, intellectual, and scientific changes that have taken place in the western world and that has made God very problematic for a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingWorldMadeSocialTakenIntellectualWesternWestern World Author:Karen Armstrong
“I once recommended [in a San Francisco Chronicle column] that a third arm - a plastic arm - be sewn at the base of the spine so that people could have a tripod to sit on while waiting in line, and it was taken seriously.” PeopleWaitingLinesTakenArmsThirdsPlasticSan FranciscoColumnsSpineChroniclesWaiting In LineTripods Author:Alan Abel
“We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenTwoFactsIssuesTakenMetsExtraordinaryAdopted Author:Judi Dench
“I worry more about the marketing that's taken hold since the 70s. The Jazz era, the Swing era, those were huge. Entire decades were named for music. In the 1940s - after World War II - changes in taxation, ballrooms closing, people moving to the suburbs, and the onset of target marketing and the confusion of commerce with art caused some things to happen as a result that have taken us away from jazz and what jazz offers us.” PeopleWorldArtWarHappensMovingResultsWorryTakenHugeOffersJazzMarketingDecadesConfusionErasWar Of The WorldsTargetWorld War IiSwingsWorld War ICommerceTaxationClosingSuburbsBallroom Author:Wynton Marsalis
“Individuality is vitally important. When people start to lose their individuality is when I believe they start to lose themselves. I think children are born with this message, and it shouldn't be taken away from them. I hope they walk away with it after seeing the film, and adults too. And I notice it also with myself, because the older I get, the more I embrace my own idiosyncrasies.” PeopleThinkingBelieveChildrenImportantFilmI BelieveBornLosesMy OwnWalksTakenSeeingMessagesAdultsEmbraceIndividualityIdiosyncrasies Author:Brittany Murphy
“It is also in despair of being able to understand or make any productive contribution to the highly organised chaos of our politico-economic system that large numbers of people simply abandon political and social committments. They just let society be taken over by a pattern of organisation which is as self-proliferative as a weed, and whose ends and values are neither human nor instinctive but mechanical.” PeopleHumansEndsSelfAblePoliticalValuesSocialNumbersTakenEconomicDespairChaosPatternsContributionProductiveAbandonWeedOrganisationLarge NumbersEconomic SystemsOrganised Author:Alan Watts
“Well, start waving and yelling, because it is the so-called Oxford comma and it is a lot more dangerous than its exclusive, ivory-tower moniker might suggest. There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. Oh, the Oxford comma. Here, in case you don't know what it is yet, is the perennial example, as espoused by Harold Ross: "The flag is red, white, and blue." So what do you think of it? Are you for or against it? Do you hover in between?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsHas BeensMightWhiteCasesTakenDangerousExampleDrinkRedBlueEmbraceFlagsTowersExclusiveYellingOxfordIvoryIvory TowerRed White And Blue Author:Lynne Truss