Quotes about Engagement

I seldom was ever off my seat on the bench during the game.

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.

I'm trying to build something where people will go every day.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

It's a lovely moment when everyone's part of something greater than the sum of its parts. That encapsulates what a comedy gig should be, with the comic as the lightning rod, the Norse mischief god, getting the audience to do something they wouldn't necessarily do.

Preaching on Sunday mornings is such a simple thing, and by complicating it, I think we all do ourselves and the audience a disservice. It is very simple. Here is the model: Make people feel like they need an answer to a question.

The student is to read history actively not passively.

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.

Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you have omitted every word that he can spare.

a good reader makes a good book