Participants Quotes

A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.

Interestingly, however, we found that participants consistently underestimated their intake of the candies on their desks yet overestimated how much they ate when the candies were farther away.

Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.

So many people are passive participants in their very short time of having a consciousness, and those who aren't inspire me. Like Malala Yousafzai or a ninety-two-year-old yoga instructor.

Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or emailing or Facebooking, there’s a kind of distance between the participants.

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast majority of Americans who are not participants.

Love can't be stolen without willing participants.

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

I like American history, so I was aware of the participants and a lot of it.

I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

War doesn't need more participants. It needs fewer participants.

I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.

At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.

. . . All these readers have placed themselves inside this story, not as spectators, but as participants, and so have looked at the world, not with my eyes only, but also with their own.

In general, 'the market' is smarter than the smartest of its individual participants.

As fathers, we should have a desire to be active participants in our children’s lives.