Betty Williams Quotes

Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference.

Betty Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 22, 1943

Topics

ChangeCommunityWaitingWorldDown

You know, artists don't really have all that much experience of life. We make a huge amount out of the small experience that we do have.

John Banville

LifeExperienceSmallYouKnowOut

Put simply, if an interface is poorly designed, I will not see the data I looked for, even if it is right there on the page.

Jeffrey Zeldman

DataPageWillRightSeeEven

To be a good personal manager, you have to be on the case, holding pop stars' hands.

Robert Stigwood

GoodStarsHandsYouPersonalPop

The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow you, as a business owner, to increase productivity and get the job done. The idea behind these systems, of course, is to quit needing your judgement or input in every area of the business.

Michael Gerber

BusinessJobBuildingToolsYou

Landscape to me is a planar thing, just a view. Environment is everything down to the ecosystem. Big difference.

Michael Heizer

MeViewEnvironmentLandscapeDown

Any ideas of 'other' are complicated, and otherness is relative to personal ideas of 'normal.'

Meshell Ndegeocello

IdeasComplicatedPersonalNormal

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

Meryl Streep

FaithTodayBlindSayActorWho

I think I discovered I wanted to be an actor when I got the first pay cheque.

Travis Fimmel

ThinkActorFirstPayGotI Think

As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

Robin Hayes

FightWarWinSpecialMoreRole

New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the uniqueness of it is that you never feel a foreigner. English is almost hardly ever heard in the subway. In fact, it's weird.

Mira Nair

HomeNew YorkPeopleCityWeirdYou

I would consider myself an inventor at heart, or reinventor.

Josie Maran

HeartMyselfWouldInventorConsider

My parents taught me to react quickly when temptation comes and to say 'No!' instantly and emphatically. I recommend that same counsel to you. Avoid temptations.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

ParentsMeYouTemptationSayReact

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