“People can't do much about the fate part, but we can certainly do a lot about the man part.” Quote by Malcolm Gladwell
“I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.” StuffBitsLaughingSmartCrowdsBellyElitistBelly Laughs Author:Steve Coogan
“I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.” WorldStillsBigsWishHalfTravelUnexplored Author:David Attenborough
“Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.” KnowsFeelsHeartStillsMy HeartFunctionGratefulBreathingI Smile Author:Nhat Hanh
“My stuff is my stuff. I do it for my own reasons, using my own peculiar set of guidelines. I'm not a student of the genre. I don't care what anybody else does.” DoeReasonCareStuffMy OwnStudentsDon't CareGenreI Don't CarePeculiarGuidelines Author:George A. Romero
“It would be very hard to write a serious drama and say some of these things. You can be much more abstract and allusive with horror, and it's very forgiving to the author. You don't necessarily have to take an absolutely positive position. You can just write whatever.” WritingHardWould BePositionSeriousDramaHorrorForgivingAbstract Author:George A. Romero
“I don't think people are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that's why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingOpportunityFictionOrdinaryAppetiteSmarterNon FictionLimited Time Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“When I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I think that's actually cool. Sometimes it's worrisome when you feel they badly misinterpret it, but it just says that they're thinking, and they're bringing their own interpretation to bear on it. [...] That's part of the wonderful thing about putting words into the world, and if I was worried about that, I couldn't be a writer.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsDifferentSometimesWonderfulMinesPerspectiveBearsDrawsWorriedInterpretationWonderful Things Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“What we do as a community, as a society, for each other, matters as much as what we do for ourselves. It sounds a little trite, but there's a powerful amount of truth in that, I think.” ThinkingLittlesMatterSoundCommunityPowerfulAmount Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“If you can't get your core audience to watch the show, it's very hard to then pull in enough people outside of your fan base to your network. The networks are just so branded now; USA can't really do a dark despairing drama and FX can't do a blue-sky show. People watch the networks they watch.” PeopleIfsHardEnoughShowsDarkWatchesAudienceSkyFansDramaBlueCoreUsaBlue SkyBranded Author:Warren Leight
“Anything is depressing if you dwell on it. The fact that religion could end the world? Yeah, I guess that could be considered depressing. But considering that there's also a lot to laugh at, I think it's a good balance.” IfsThinkingWorldEndsFactsLaughingBalanceYeahDepressingConsidering Author:Bill Maher