Famous Quotes & Sayings

Significant educational investments will not only foster improvements in their health status, civic engagement and economic productivity, but also contribute to U.S. prosperity.

E. O. Wilson

She just embodied the generation of civic duty. Her zeal and passion never stopped. This isn't like a phase she grew out of.

Thomas Mallon

One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of civil society, I will write an essay. The responsibilities you feel as a novelist are literary ones, I think, not civic ones. And I think politicians are interesting to write about.

Robert Sternberg

Leadership and civic engagement are an important part of the Tufts education, ... People often get themselves into power who are very bright, but not necessarily wise, and maybe even foolish.

She's a wonderful mother and role model through her faith and civic involvement and a very special grandmother. She has five grandchildren, and each of them think they're her favorite.

Wole Soyinka

We Nigerians must reclaim our sovereignty, our civic entitlements.

This would be an excellent program for civic groups.

You have these periods when there's a major civic crisis that redefines civic life,

No one community is immune to it. We try to be vigilant and on top of our responsibilities. Fire, police, youth leaders, churches, different civic groups, parents, schools, and the kids themselves all have the responsibility to keep kids safe. We all own it.

Vaclav Klaus

But the Civic Forum has put me in a very visible position, and I expect that I will be in the parliament after the June elections.

Number one, that civic center's got to go,

Jim Calhoun

I don't want our kids playing the scoreboard because, quite frankly, we won't always be here at the Civic Center. In the second half we matched baskets and we won by five. I don't think we should do that. We should take more pride in what we're doing.

Hattiesburg has grown to support this civic chorus.

He understands civic society, and he understands duty. And once he makes a decision, it just happens, because he empowers the staff to do it.

We all have a civic duty, but money seems to motivate some people,

Steve Gunderson

There can be no dispute on the moral and civic responsibilities

The redesigned Honda Civic is a major improvement over the previous generation. The 2006 Civic is refined and economical, with fairly nimble handling and relatively comfortable ride.

We're trying to create excitement. Civic groups will be trying to help if we can show them that now we're doing something.

Nicholas Kristof

You no more have the right to risk others by failing to vaccinate than you do by sending your child to school with a hunting knife. Vaccination isn't a private choice but a civic obligation.

I renounce (asylum) for political, civic and patriotic reasons to return immediately to Ecuador and retake power,

Alan Bersin

We need new classrooms in places, notably in Los Angeles, where the civic disgrace of overcrowded schools must be dealt with.

Many young families today are two-income families. The time constraint that this puts on families makes it difficult for young leaders to be able to commit to being involved in civic life.

I think that was a horrific thing for a civic leader to say in a public broadcast. It would be really hard to hold a public office and harbor feelings like that.

Our mission is just two things, to restore hope and teach civic responsibility.

We have two concerns. One, the civic and environmental community was not part of the process and two, we don't feel the town did the extensive search they should have done.

We're really seeing the results now of what we've been marketing for two years. They're not the kind of events that get a lot of attention, but they're the kind of events that actually make a lot more money for the civic center.

Ben Bernanke

High levels of homeownership have been shown to foster greater involvement in school and civic organizations, higher graduation rates, and greater neighborhood stability.

We want council members who are going to support the police in doing their jobs; and who are going to make sure that the laws are enforced to make these absentee landlords maintain their properties,'' said Pete Witte, the Price Hill Civic Club president who helped organize the PAC. POWR PAC -

The construction boosted local employment, ... It boosted civic pride.

Wole Soyinka

an opportunity for Nigerian civic society, an opportunity for the Nigerian military, and an opportunity for the international community.

The names of our civic places reflect our values and our aspirations, ... It's wrong to sever the link between civic names and civic virtue.

Nick Hanauer

Prosperity in human society is misunderstood. The difference between a rich and poor society is the number of problems that society solves for its citizens. That means technological innovation is the source of all prosperity, but with every tech innovation, you also get disruption - ultimately, social and civic disruption.

Rather, it is the Egyptian people's unprecedented political engagement and a burgeoning civic movement demanding sweeping political change.