If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you really believe in it, you step aside. – Heather Brooke
It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. – Gregory Bateson
Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up. – Hal Sparks
Each year, every city in the world that can should have a multiday festival. More people meeting each other, digging new types of music, new foods, new ideas. You want to stop having so many wars? This could be a step in the right direction. – Henry Rollins
It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That’s when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn’t laugh. – Harry Shum, Jr.
The building of the International Space Station is something wonderful, and it will show us how to take the next step beyond low-Earth orbit. – Gregory H. Johnson
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. – Henry Knox
I take my dog to the vet a lot because he’s old and sick, and I always step on the scale when I’m there. Let’s just say shirts that were once button-able are no longer. I’m constantly being roasted by my wife. – Ike Barinholtz
Being a salesperson prepares you for just about everything in business: how to listen, empathize, and persuade; when to back off and when to step in; and, of course, how to close. – Jason Fried
We’re facing serious issues. We can either complain about it or try to step in and solve it. – James Lankford
Some movies you fall a step behind, and some you stay in the same place, make the same choices. And then sometimes there are people who know more than you but show you, and that’s the maximum you can hope for – doing that with someone who says, ‘I like you for what you are, and I want you to be in my picture.’ – Jake Gyllenhaal
I’m angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn’t have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in. – Janet Napolitano
My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that. – Jeremy Irons
If your record doesn’t sell that well, man, who cares? All the satisfaction I need… comes when I step out onstage and see the people. That’s awesome. I love that. – Harry Connick, Jr.
I decided that I was going to leave State House, and I was going also to step up and step aside so that I give President Peter Mutharika an opportunity to run the country without my interference. – Joyce Banda
You know those Navy SEALs, they weren’t Democrats and Republicans. They were just doing what was best for America. Wouldn’t that be a great country if all of you Americans were just like that? You followed orders, you marched in step and you followed my agenda. – Jonah Goldberg
Food is meant to be used as fuel for our bodies. If you’re using it for any other reasons, take a step back and ask yourself, ‘What’s up.’ – Jennifer Hudson
The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you’re responsible for everything, including the maitre d’s and the sommeliers – all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d’ and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches. – Joe Bastianich
Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don’t repeat that pattern. – Jillian Michaels
I don’t expect to find inspiration. It just sort of comes. Sometimes you step on a bug and you get inspired. – Iris Apfel
To act with a tennis ball and imagine it’s a tentacle, or if you’re in some kind of wilderness film and you go, ‘Okay, we can’t have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there’s a grizzly bear.’ I don’t know. They’re tough moments. – Joel Edgerton
If the federal government won’t secure the border, the State of Arizona will step in to complement federal efforts in a constitutional manner and protect the security of its citizens. – Jan Brewer