Effective Response Quotes

A credible and effective response to climate change - which protects future generations from an unacceptable level of risk - needs the involvement of all countries.

Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer.

Silence is often the most eloquent answer to our critics.

You've got to be able to act when it's necessary to act. And you've got to be able to act where the threat is.

The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

If a person says or does something that we consider offensive, our first obligation is to refuse to take offense and then communicate privately, honestly, and directly with that individual. Such an approach invites inspiration from the Holy Ghost and permits misperceptions to be clarified and true intent to be understood.

The American people should be informed about what kind of capability terrorists have inside the United States. They should be informed of why we are not using information to do a more effective job of dealing with terrorists.

No" is a complete sentence.

If we do more with less, our response will be adequate to take care of everybody.

If I could simplify the whole game of power and strategy in one equation, it would all hinge on the capacity to see events around you exactly as they are. The closer your mind is to reality, the better your strategies, your responses in life.

Whimpering never kept a leaking vessel from foundering. Vigorously manning the pumps has. Get busy with your head and hands, not your chin.

There are things in our lives that take up an enormous importance and that become very dominant effects in our biography. And that comes out of a variety of reasons, but fundamentally comes out of how that particular experience connects with your effective systems of response.

The point is that you want to have a system that is responsive.

There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

It's raining on Republican farms. It's raining on Democratic farms. So our response must be quick, effective and non-partisan.

When under attack, it is necessary to evaluate the situation and to decide instantly upon a proper course of action, to be carried out immediately with all the force you can bring to bear. He who hesitates is indeed lost. Do not soliloquize. Do not delay. Be decisive.

Rebut the negative, and the opposing campaign has not merely lost a skirmish, it has suffered almost irreparable damage. An effective rebuttal makes it hard for the campaign whose ad is destroyed to be believed about anything ever again.

Because of the power of neuroplasticity, you can, in fact, reframe your world and rewire your brain so that you are more objective. You have the power to see things as they are so that you can respond thoughtfully, deliberately, and effectively to everything you experience.

To stay back from an intervention is not always a good solution.

As a press secretary and on 'The Five,' I've learned that I have a choice in how I answer a question. There's combative or productive - I get to take my pick.

The faster you get back to people, the less brilliant you have to be.

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

If you get asked a really tough question and you give a really good answer, you come off looking really good.

Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.