Direct Involvement Quotes

A lot of people have agencies to handle their social media, but I handle everything myself. That's why there are a lot of grammatical errors. When I write, it's all me!

We furthermore excommunicated all those Christians who shall hereafter have anything to do with the Saracens either directly or indirectly, or shall attempt to give them aid in any way so long as the war between them and us shall last

If I'm creating the composition, it's easier for me as an actor because I've just cut out the middle man. Because I've created the composition and now I'm in it, I already know exactly what I want to get out of it. So, bang!

We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming.

I've not seen an effective manager or leader who can't spend some fraction of time down in the trenches... If they don't do that they get out of touch with reality, and their whole thought and management process becomes abstract and disconnected.

The first rule of venture capitalism is hands-on experience. You have to get your hands dirty.

Instead of just being the person that's like: 'Gosh, that's cool that people are doing stuff and good luck. Do you need me to write a check? I can do that,' I've always just been very hands-on.

The Lord didn't make Lehi a mere spectator, watching and learning from afar. Instead, the Lord taught his prophet by taking him out of the bleachers and placing him right in the middle of the action.

The world doesn’t need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.

What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.

There's no substitute for rolling up your sleeves and working with the people who can make a difference. They get the benefit of your participation and you gain a direct understanding of the real problems and potential solutions, which makes you a more informed giver.

My own personal experience has become more first-hand.

I'm not a player to defend or run around. I want the ball.

The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial.

Everything I've done that I'm proud of is everything I've been the most hands-on with, so I'm just following that, really.

There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.

It is difficult to learn anything on the sidelines.

This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control.

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

I used to be very hands-on, but lately I've been more hands-off and I plan to become more hands-on and less hands-off and hope that hands-on will become better than hands-off, the way hands-on used to be.

I've always been interested in giving the audience a first-person experience in my movies.

I definitely only want to do charity work that I'm hands-on involved in. I don't want to get a dress on and go to a stupid event.