Benjamin E. Sasse Quotes

In the midst of extraordinary prosperity, we’re also living through a crisis. Our communities are collapsing, and people are feeling more isolated, adrift, and purposeless than ever before.

Benjamin E. Sasse

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• I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.

  

  Idris Elba
  • People
  • Never
  • Explain

• The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Mobile Phones

• I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • People
  • Work
  • Country

• I would love to win the Champions League once again. Winning big trophies like the Champions League or the World Cup is usually making people think, 'The players are not hungry any more.' Still, that's not what I feel.

  

  Bastian Schweinsteiger
  • People
  • Think
  • Like

• I've seen a couple white girls coming to my concerts wearing head wraps, and I think they look so cute. It's kind of sad to see that people are really into separation, trying to separate everybody and making a clear division of 'us against you,' even with fashion. That sucks. It's not the way the world is supposed to be.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • World
  • Trying

• What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.

  

  Warren Stephens
  • People
  • Man
  • Investment

• My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

  

  Vince Vaughn
  • People
  • Father
  • Mom

• We have to change the way people look at scientists. Today, they are the nerds, the geeks. Instead, we want some of the cool kids to say, 'Hey, this is all right.'

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • Kids
  • Today

• You have to lead people to get excited and be passionate and be activated by what you do.

  

  Taylor Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • You
  • Lead

• I don't care what other people are doing.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Care
  • Doing

• It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.

  

  Yolanda Adams
  • People
  • Time
  • Song

• People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Want
  • Elections

• My dad is easily one of my biggest inspirations to play this game. To hear people talk bad about me, it hurt me because I know it hurts him, and that's not who I am. I know he raised better, and I know I want to do better.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • People
  • Game
  • Dad

• I've been really privileged to work for two presidents - President Obama and President Clinton - who are both people of faith, who value faith, and who respect that others have the same feelings in their own lives.

  

  Jack Lew
  • People
  • Work
  • Faith

• The thing is that the people of Pakistan have supported me. They don't think of me as Western. I am a daughter of Pakistan and I am proud that I am a Pakistani.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • Proud
  • Daughter

• This is the very contrary of dropping out. Most people can't wait to get home to their house or apartment and shut that door and turn on the TV. To me, that's dropping out.

  

  Leonard Cohen
  • People
  • Home
  • House

• The people taking care of our children and our parents, they deserve a good wage, good benefits, and a secure retirement. And, it’s crucial that every American have access to the education and skills they need to get the jobs of the future. So we will fight to make college tuition-free for the middle class and debt-free for everyone.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • People
  • Good
  • Children

• I try to encourage people to look at our past in a critical way because as our education, we have a great, great history. But in reality we are poorest in ethics and philosophy, so I try to raise people’s consciousness on how we deal with our past.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • People
  • Great
  • History

• 'Big Sky Mountain' is the story of Hutch Carmody and Kendra Shepherd, lovers with a history, and a lot of hurt pride. The book is about finding their way back to each other, growing as people, and inventing a life they can share.

  

  Linda Lael Miller
  • People
  • Life
  • Book

• I was the first in my family to graduate college.

  

  Duke Johnson
  • Family
  • College

• I think for a horror experience to be really scary, something has to be a bit of a shock and a surprise. It's like something you've never experienced before.

  

  Brian Reitzell
  • Experience
  • Scary

• You haven't time to think about the composition. In working directly from nature, the painter ends up by simply aiming at an effect, and not composing the picture at all; and he soon becomes monotonous.

  

  Auguste Renoir
  • Up
  • Time
  • Nature

• I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Life
  • Up
  • Home

• In the midst of extraordinary prosperity, we’re also living through a crisis. Our communities are collapsing, and people are feeling more isolated, adrift, and purposeless than ever before.

  

  Benjamin E. Sasse
  • People
  • Crisis
  • Communities