Jeffrey Kluger

What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering.

American Writer

Lecrae

America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come out so successful, and we don't tell the story of all the bystanders of that choice.

American Musician

Natasha Rothwell

When I was a teacher, I definitely noticed bullying happening, and I noticed people choosing to be quiet when they should speak up. And so for me, as a teacher, it wasn't just about advocating for students who were being picked on but trying to teach the bystanders how to speak up and not be afraid.

American Actress

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

You have to figure out how you can step forward and affect your own life. I think that sense of empowerment is actually really positive, specifically for the young generation because they've been bystanders in their own lives for a while.

South Korean Director

Jhumpa Lahiri

I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now.

American Author

Elliot Cowan

I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I do think that theatre can contribute to a certain analysis and commentary on our own world.

English Actor

Jane Curtin

New York is a wonderful place to shoot. The bystanders are great. They are enthusiastic. They respect the process, and you get the energy of the city.

Ted Wheeler

My job is to protect the safety of everyone... protesters, counter-protesters, and bystanders alike.

American Politician

Hugh Mackay

Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives.

Australian Scientist

Howard Schultz

American Businessman

Bystanders may witness events without taking part, often providing useful information.

Witness Role

Being a bystander means you're there but not engaging in the main event.

Non-Participant

In emergencies, bystanders can be critical by calling for help or providing aid.

Emergency Situations

Bystanders might not participate but can still be impacted by the actions of others.

Indirectly Affected

Bystanders can sometimes face unintended risks or damages in conflicts.

Potential Harm

A bystander is often considered innocent and uninvolved in the cause of a situation.

Innocent Affected

 in our families and our friendship circles and every other way. So there's so many reasons why we need men to speak out. It seems obvious saying it out loud, doesn't it? Now, the nature of the work that I do and my colleagues do in the sports culture and the US military, in schools, we pioneered this approach called the bystander approach

Jackson Katz: Violence...

 What happens if I fall over the side? Stop being a bystander in your own life, stop looking at what you're doing and start taking part." This day, for me, was the day that my whole life started. I learned to navigate in two days -- and this is someone who hates numbers and sees them as hieroglyphics.

Stop being a bystander...

 And then, of course, we have the bystander. And how do you get these three different characters within the family? It's kind of fascinating to think that elephants really are just like us. And so I got curious about this and I thought, "Well, what if you measure

The family structure of...

 engaging in that kind of behavior. So why are the stakes higher for this? Well, this could also be a bystander at a rally who managed to record a video of a police officer beating a non-violent protester who's trying to let the world know what's happening.

Del Harvey: The...

 as something that will create the impression that there will be political cost, there will be a political price to be paid, for allowing genocide, for not having an heroic imagination, for not being an upstander but for being, in fact, a bystander.

Samantha Power: Shaking...

 says that even in small numbers, when there's consistency over time, change can happen. In the online world, we can foster minority influence by becoming upstanders. To become an upstander means instead of bystander apathy,

The price of shame PIPE...

 going to make a decision will I be a perpetrator a bystander or someone who's part of the solution and each time you make that decision and whichever role you will play you're exercising a muscle and like any muscle

Bullying must end now PIPE...

 to bystanders in the workplace regarding sexual harassment -- to recognize and interrupt these incidences; to confront the perpetrators to their face; to help and protect the victims. This is my shout-out to

How we can end sexual...

 now her left thigh is being skewered by the Bears Massud canines with handlers minutes away bystanders ripoff tree branches and try to save the helpless woman now grab a branch and take the place of a

In the Mouth of a Polar...

 that in an emergency can be quickly separated into a pair of protective face masks. One to save your life, one to save the life of some lucky bystander.