Issues Quotes

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

A lot of my effort is to get people to talk about gender in a new way and to see that sexism and gender issues are so ingrained in us.

Going after 'the bad guy' has not been a real issue for me.

If you're asking yourself why I have this success and you don't, don't be angry with me-stop and ask yourself what your issues are that are holding you back.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

I think that's very important for romantic comedies, that they do deal with [modern]issues.

When it comes to the fundamental issues that humanity faces, I think that solutions involve shifting consciousness towards cooperation.

We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.

I was always worried with comedy - what if I came to work and I wasn't in a funny mood? That hasn't been an issue.

I don't know about anyone else, but if I had problems or issues maybe I wouldn't feel as comfortable talking about them in a group.

This is probably as bad a day as the court has had on social issues since Roe vs. Wade.

I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe - but are the right thing to do.

Statehood for the District of Columbia is the most important civil rights and social justice issue in America today.

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.

The issues we address basically: We call for an emergency jobs program to address the emergency of climate change.

There are very complicated issues here [about NATO], and I don't want to give them short shrift.

I come from the school of being (stereotyped) since I was five years old. And I know that I should not be putting my personal issues on the table or letting them effect my work.

Marriage is a religious and state issue.

There will be fiscal issues that are appropriate to discuss.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

The heart and mind of every Muslim is affected by whether or not the Israel-Palestine issue is dealt with fairly.

People take issue with individual aspects of Wikipedia all the time. But it's kind of hard to hate the general idea of a free encyclopedia. It's like hating kittens.

All of my work in some way or another speaks to political issues according to the upbringing that I had, which was deeply rooted in principles.

I think Hillary Clinton has just got to try to be herself. And she's got to talk about the issues that Americans care about, which is what she's been doing.

I think I have sort of gravitated toward issues that I don't know the answers to, because that's what's more interesting for me to write.

I have always written about subjects that engage me - questions I can't answer myself. They apparently tend to be big moral and ethical issues!

Stem cell research has become such a polarizing issue in America... and I wanted to bring it down to the personal level, instead of the political.

I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years. And I just focused almost exclusively on my initiatives for national crime legislation, foreign policy issues.

Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.

If you want to play a cool punk club, that's great - but punk clubs don't have any toilet seats. After a while, little things like that become big issues.

I think the main issue is that a lot of the stars today are very addicted, and they simply feel more comfortable smoking as they act.

I deal with more practical issues of the Bible.

I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.'

I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

Terrorism is always one bad day away from being issue No. 1.

The American people have issues. They've got concerns. We need solutions, solutions to the issues that the American people care about that are built on our principles.

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

I would not run as a one-issue candidate. Anybody who does that is declaring himself to be marginal.

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.

Many times when people leave churches we think it's a doctrinal issue, but most of the time it's a leadership issue.

Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son.

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.

It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us?

Have respect for every person and every issue directed at you. Do not dismiss any encounter as insignificant.

The issue that a political campaign would make a human life into - you know - a political football, is unsettling.

Newspapers are even worse for me than ice cream; headlines, and the big issues that generate the headlines, are pure fat.