Rob Reiner Quotes

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

I like talking about it, I like talking about world change. I like talking about things that you want to do in your community.

Being politically active is "more about doing things, not just standing for some platform or being involved in some political party."

I'm not sure if my involvement in causes, benefits, marches, and demonstrations has made a huge difference, but I know one thing: that involvement has connected me with the good people: people with the live hearts, the live eyes, the live heads.

I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities.

I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

I'm confident that the commitment of the co-chairs of the Ferguson Commission - along with the work of other local leaders and the Missouri General Assembly - will have a very positive impact as this community works to move forward.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.

Activism could be defined as activities engaged in by individuals to change there of others situation.

I think, in terms of activism associated with my films, be it 'Salaam Baalak Trust' or 'Maisha,' taking the idea of cinema as a way to change people, I feel heartened. I am glad that we have impacted thousands of lives.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

You can complain about problems, and you can suffer from the ramifications of issues that are social in nature and impact you, but the best thing you can do is get off your couch, get out of your home and go do something about it.

I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change.

Social actions means that you find an issue in your community, and you create an initiative to solve that issue or to help people.

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change.

When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.

I am not naive enough to believe that voting is the only way to bring about transformational change, just as I know that protest alone is not the sole solution to the challenges we face.

One doesn't have to be an activist and start a movement.

I consider myself an activist who governs.

Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'

We wanted to touch them with our action.