Underinvolvement Quotes & Sayings

In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't. — Michael Bloomberg

Over the past decade, child care costs have risen twice as fast as the median income of families with children. — Sheryl Sandberg

If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment. — Susan Sontag

God is a placebo for your own mortality. — Robert Barron

What could be more entrancing than a carefree nomadic existence camping, moving, exploring strange places and the ruins of forgotten empires, sleeping under canvas or the open sky, and giving no thought to the conventions and restriction of the modern world? — M.M. Kaye

The people of Texas are rightly proud of their own, just like the French and the Italians, but visiting artists have often been given a shot in the history of art. — Clifford Ross

Do not let the future disturb you, for you will arrive there, if you arrive, with the same reason you now apply to the present. — Marcus Aurelius

Many years ago, our father Ibrahim (AS) made a choice. He loved his son. But He loved God more. The commandment came to sacrifice his son. But it wasn't his son that was slaughtered. It was his attachment to anything that could compete with his love for God. So let us ask ourselves in these beautiful days of sacrifice, which attachments do we need to slaughter? — Yasmin Mogahed

These inferences are the signature characteristic of something called Theory of Mind. We activate it all the time. We try to see our entire world in terms of motivations, ascribing motivations to our pets and even to inanimate objects. The skill is useful for selecting a mate, for navigating the day-to-day issues surrounding living together, for parenting. Theory of Mind is something humans have like no other creature. It is as close to mind reading as we are likely to get. — John Medina

Classes and routines are first and foremost intellectual tools for reducing complexity. If they're not making your job simpler, they're not doing their jobs. — Steve McConnell

If a person, in a position of authority, wants someone to believe a lie, usually all they have to do is tell it to them. If they want someone to believe a ridiculous lie, all they have to do is tell it to them enough. — Derek R. Audette

Investment in reliability will increase until it exceeds the probable cause of errors, or until someone insists on getting some useful work done. — Arthur Bloch

With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I am the ocean." You should realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean of God. — Paramahansa Yogananda

One thing I've been thinking about is taking the social issues out of national politics. For example, if Georgia wanted abortion and Alabama didn't, that's going to be up to the people in Georgia. I can't sway them. Would I give them advice not to? Absolutely. Would I say it's wrong? Yes. — Joe Wurzelbacher

Change doesn't always mean progress, but the status quo isn't always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient. — Harsha Bhogle