Issue Relevance Quotes

To some degree, as I move outside of the exclusive genre audience, the exclusive genre issues don't bother me as much. Maybe that's just speculation.

How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.

People need to understand what a party is about. And you can't define a party by an issue which will go, which is transitional.

I'm very struck by what you can do in a classroom. I've got 200 students. You don't do partisan politics in a classroom, that's not appropriate. But you want to give them a strong sense that these are the issues that matter.

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

Who really cares what a celebrity thinks on a given issue?

The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.

There's no question that the best way to get people to care about an issue is to humanize it.

We need to address issues our people think about and talk about. Because there is a feeling that Europe elites are addressing different issues. Not the ones that people care about.

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with.

The whole point of taking a job is that you connect with a character or with an issue.

I think generalizations of any sort are dangerous. I'll say, if that is the case - right now it's an American issue.