Quotes of: Our-people Keyword

At its most basic, the logic of 'meritocracy' is ironclad: putting the most qualified, best equipped people into the positions of greates responsibility and import...But my central contention is that our near-religious fidelity to the meritocratic mo...

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

My hope is that we can navigate through this world and our lives with the grace and integrity of those who need our protection. May we have the sense of humor and liveliness of the goats; may we have the maternal instincts and protective nature of th...

Vegan's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately

So many things that are so dramatic or exciting when you read about them actually happen so simply and quietly. We humans like to consider ourselves important to creation and to the world, and we expect that whenever death comes it should be with a c...

Westward the Tide

Satine: I'm sorry, Christian, I'm dying. Christian: No, you'll be alright Satine: I'm so sorry, Christian. I'm sorry. -brief pause- I'm cold. Hold me. -long pause- You've got to carry on without me, Christian. Christian: I can't carry on without you....

Moulin Rouge!

Senator Kelly: I have here a list of names of identified mutants living right here in the United States. Dr. Jean Grey: Senator... Senator Kelly: Here's a girl in Illinois who can walk through walls. Now what's to stop her from walking into a bank va...

X-Men

And If our God is for us, then who could ever stop us, and if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

Chris Tomlin: And If Our God Is for Us...

The body is not a task to be completed but a gift we receive from God himself.

Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter To Our Faith

Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives.

Excursions in my Mind

Our meeting was inevitable. Our love was terminal. But God and Goddess damn it, our daughter was no mistake at all.

Blood of Eden

One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we're idling in front of our computer screens.

Joshua Foer

And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music.

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Our worship of God is not a part of our lives; worship is our lives.

Hunger No More: A 1-Year Devotional Journey Through the Psalms

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

King Lear

Suffering reminds us of our brokenness, our humanity. It disarms us of our self-absorption and magnifies our need for one another.

Radically Ordinary

The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self - our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.

Mastery

Are not our lives too short for that full utterance which through all our stammerings is of course our only and abiding intention?

Lord Jim

This is, perhaps, the greatest challenge of our time – to love in the absence of any immediate rewards for our love.

The Love Mindset

If our thoughts can change our actions, reverse is also possible. Our Actions can Change Our Thoughts!

Open The Windows: To the World aound You

Our vision is sharp, our goals are clear, our resources are huge, our will is strong and we stand tall, ready to face the challenges ahead.

Unknown

Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.

Valerie Jarrett

Think about it, if we fed our passion the way we fed our fears, we would be achieving our dreams and making the most of our years.

Nikki Rowe