“Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.” WayWellsPoliticalValuesBeliefEnjoyShapesPerceptionAdvantageAttachmentPartisansIncumbentsBeliefs And Values Author:Thomas E. Mann
“RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.” WayBelieveValuesTurnsChallengesAudienceFiguresPossibilityInspireWillingUniqueCompellingInspire OthersPossibility Of Change Author:Frances O'Grady
“Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a face, nor would they get a commercial value, necessarily - and I don't mean that in a good way or a bad way.” WayMeanHardFacesValuesBehindsDirectorsLike MeProducersConvincingGood WayDon't Like Me Author:Amanda Plummer
“I think fashion is the best value way, the most affordable way in the 21st century, that men and women can express their personality...” ThinkingMenWayValuesCenturyFashionPersonalityMen And Women21st CenturyAffordable Author:Stuart Rose
“In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same way that Zuckerberg added wealth to the economy even for non-Facebook fans.” WayEndsSchoolValuesWealthEconomyFansBiggerAddEfficientZuckerbergSnobby Author:Amity Shlaes
“I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFilmValuesHumanityHollywoodStructureProductionsCharmImmenseDistractedHardwareBollywoodHollywood Films Author:Julian Sands
“I always had a struggle, which I still do, when you're playing a character and it's not necessarily your morals or your values. You're playing a character, but the way the media will sometimes ask you if these are your opinions, you know - they make you responsible for that, and I take issue with it because I don't believe in censorship.” IfsKnowsWayBelieveStillsSometimesCharacterValuesAsksMoralOpinionStruggleIssuesMediaResponsibleDon't BelieveCensorship Author:Katey Sagal
“Now, we don't get rid of it in round one because we don't think that that's politically smart, and we don't think that's the right way to go through a transition. But we believe it's going to wither on the vine because we think people are voluntarily going to leave it - voluntarily.” PeopleThinkingWayBelieveValuesSmartRoundsConservativeTransitionRight WayVinesConservative Values Author:Newt Gingrich
“Business has a way of talking about how to create value, which is in some way isn't bad... We just need to start thinking about if the value we want to create is consistent with all social and environmental well being.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsWellsValuesSocialTalkingEnvironmentalWell BeingConsistentWay Of Talking Author:Peter Senge
“One common way of judging whether housing's price is in line with its fundamental value is to consider the ratio of housing prices to rents. This is analogous to the ratio of prices to dividends for stocks.” WayValuesLinesCommonJudgingFundamentalsHousingRatiosDividends Author:Janet Yellen
“Dear God, please help me to love and value myself, and treat myself with loving care. Please help me to know that I deserve happiness (as we all do), and that I have the right to change my life in healthful ways. Thank you for supporting me as I stand in my power, strength, and love in my relationships and in my career, and for helping others to accept and support the changes that I need to make.” KnowsWayNeedsHelpingCareValuesAcceptingCareersSupportPleaseDeserveAnd LoveTreatsDearHelping OthersHelp MeThank YouDeservingDear GodChanging My LifeThank You GodGod Help MePower StrengthStrength And Love Author:Doreen Virtue
“The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to get influence over his countrymen in an honorable way, will seek to become a good public speaker.” IfsWayDesirePurposeValuesInfluenceYouthConversationSpeakersHonorableEloquenceCountrymenAmerican Youth Author:George Frisbie Hoar
“Purpose, or mission, is determined by the development of values, balance, ethics, humor, morality, and sensitivities. It manifests itself in the way we look at life.” WayLooksPurposeValuesDevelopmentBalanceMoralityEthicsMissionsDeterminedPurpose Of LifeSensitivity Author:Luci Swindoll
“American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are being manipulated in the most insidious way. Our emotions, personalities and core values are under siege from media and cultural forces too complex to decode. A continuous product message has woven itself into the very fabric of our existence. Most North Americans now live designer lives-sleep, eat, sit in car, work, shop, watch TV, sleep again. I doubt there's more than a handful of free, spontaneous minutes anywhere in that cycle. We ourselves have been branded.” PeopleWayHas BeensTodayLife IsValuesCultureForceSleepEmotionExistenceWatchesDoubtMinutesMediaCarTvsProductsPersonalityMessagesComplexesCoreDesignerShopsCyclesFabricConsumerismSpontaneousHandfulAmerican CultureWovenOverconsumptionInsidiousCore ValuesSiegeBrandedAuthentic LifeUnder Siege Author:Kalle Lasn
“Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake stops on the way to its true end, terminates in a value which does not exist, and thus frustrates all its deepest capacities for happiness and peace.” WayDoeEndsValuesCreaturesCapacitySakeConsumerismOverconsumption Author:Thomas Merton
“A wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God, and that the consequence is an inevitable doom. For a long enough time we have believed in nothing but the values arising in a mechanized, commercialized, urbanized way of life: it would be as well for us to face the permanent conditions upon which God allows us to live upon this planet.” WayWellsLongEnoughWould BeFacesValuesAttitudeConditionsPlanetsConsequenceEnvironmentalInevitablePermanentDoomEnough TimeWrong Attitude Author:T. S. Eliot
“For me, I was in school and I pushed myself to be a good student, just because that's the type of person I was, but I never had a connection to any of it. I don't think my brain functioned in a way that was at its height, when I was in school. I needed something like art to really value the way my mind works. I wasn't reaching my full potential by sitting in a classroom and reading from a book. My mind didn't work that way.” ThinkingWayMindPersonsArtBookSchoolValuesReadingBrainStudentsTypeNeededSittingConnectionsHeightReachingClassroomFull PotentialGood Students Author:Misty Copeland
“Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way.” WayLittlesValuesEmotionGps Author:David Brooks
“Escapism has value, even if I don't know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it's just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.” IfsKnowsWorldWayValuesDealsHealthyEscapism Author:Lev Grossman