“I always use given and simple elements, I don't want to add or subtract anything.” WantUseGivenSimpleElementsAdd Author:Domenico Gnoli
“I might add, the whites who came here only say 50 years ago as immigrants have come into this country, they have set up businesses. They've developed these businesses into an industry.” YearsCountryMightIndustryYears AgoAddImmigrants Author:Malcolm X
“If I may add, for instance, [Martin Luther] King and these others will say that they are fighting for the Negro to have equal job opportunity. How can people, a group of people, such as our people, who own no factories, have equal job opportunities competing against the race that owns the factories?The only way the two can have equal job opportunities is if black people have factories as, as well as white people have factories.” PeopleIfsWayWellsMayTwoJobsFightingOpportunityBlackWhiteRaceGroupsKingsEqualAddInstanceBlack PeopleFactoriesCompetingLutherJob Opportunities Author:Malcolm X
“I might add how in the world can you say, or can anyone say, that it will dignify the American Negro to beg in or wade [?] in or plead in when the people in Hungary didn't beg in? They were freedom fighters. And they fought for their freedom.” PeopleWorldMightAddFighterWadeFreedom FighterHungary Author:Malcolm X
“Most people have no idea how much goes into designing a typeface. Twenty-six letters in the alphabet, usually with two versions of each, upper and lower case. Punctuation and alternate characters and numbers - let's not forget numbers - can add another 40 or so.” PeopleTwoIdeasCharacterForgetNumbersCasesDesignSixLettersTwentiesAddVersionsNo IdeaAlphabetPunctuationTypefaces Author:Michael Bierut
“Each step is not too improbable for us to countenance, but when you add them up cumulatively over millions of years, you get these monsters of improbability, like the human brain and the rain forest. It should warn us against ever again assuming that because something is complicated, God must have done it.” ShouldYearsHumansDoneBrainStepsMillionsRainAddAssumingComplicatedMonstersForestsHuman BrainCountenanceImprobableImprobability Author:Richard Dawkins
“Look at Donald Trump: He loves to call out individual reporters by name, which leads to major problems in those reporters' lives. I certainly don't want to add to that myself.” WantLooksProblemNamesIndividualTrumpMajorsAddReportersMajor Problems Author:Megyn Kelly
“Perhaps I can also add something about the rural setting of Remember You're a One-Ball! The countryside is a place - in mythological and perhaps in very real terms - of mixed innocence and sin. It is seen by townsfolk as idyllic, lazy, free of urban crime and social problems. But those who grow up in the country can tell stories that often surprise those who grow up in the towns.” I CanRealCountryStoriesProblemRememberSocialGrowsTermSinGrowing UpCrimeBallsTownsAddSurpriseSettingSettingsInnocenceLazyUrbanCountrysideRemember YouRemembers YouSocial ProblemsIdyllic Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.” PeopleIfsCoursesLeftMillionsNewsWingsAddVideoPostsQueensReportsGossipSitePublicationKittenLeft WingAdorableSoundtracksBloggersCelebrity Gossip Author:Bill Keller
“Man, I wouldn't know where to begin on education reform, but one thing we have to do is add teacher accountability WITHOUT stressing standardized test scores.” KnowsMenTeacherOne ThingTestsStressAddReformScoreAccountabilityEducation ReformTest Scores Author:Raheem Jarbo
“You get [something] in your body that is the suffering or the problem, and then you [add] a second one, which is worry. In both cases, [it is] pointless.” ProblemBodySufferingCasesWorryAddYour BodyPointless Author:Matthieu Ricard
“I love to not defend ever and to open my mind and take in what can always add to me, not take away from me.” MindAdd Author:Byron Katie
“I choose jobs quite selfishly. I do them for me and the exploration you get to go on with a character... seeing how they react in certain situations, how they develop. If audiences enjoy it, then that's the cherry on top. You don't expect it but it's really nice when it happens. It adds to it and enhances the overall experience.” IfsCharacterHappensJobsCertainEnjoySituationAudienceNiceSeeingGoes OnAddExplorationReally NiceCherries Author:Elaine Cassidy
“You have to write a book because you believe it has helped you, because you believe it has helped others personally and you are dying to share with it others because you know it will add value to their lives. You write it for them like a gift. You don't want anything from them. You don't want them to do anything for you. You don't even care if they all share the book with their friends, they don't all have to buy them. You're just dying to share this idea with people. Your challenge is to write it in a way that is compelling, enjoyable to read so that they will get the idea.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantWritingBelieveBookIdeasCareValuesChallengesShareDyingAddCompellingEnjoyable Author:Simon Sinek
“I'm not suggesting that the entire nation can't be successful, but there's something to it when you have 150 cable channels and the Internet at your fingertips and video games and all kinds of ADD-addled devices like my iPhone and your BlackBerry and things that keep us busy.” KindGamesNationsSuccessfulInternetAddBusyVideoAll KindsBeing SuccessfulDevicesCablesIphoneSuggestingFingertipsBlackberries Author:Jim Courier
“When you add just a little bit [of Tabasco] at the end, what you taste is the spectrum between the cooked chile flavor and the kind of nearly raw, just kind of fermented chile flavor at the end.” KindLittlesEndsBitsTasteLittle BitAddFlavorSpectrumChileTabasco Author:Mario Batali
“What moved us was not so much what would it do for South Africa, but there has been a great keenness on the Continent that the location of the Pan African Parliament must add to its credibility. And, so we said, fine, it's a contribution to this process of the democratisation of the African Continent.” Has BeensSaidProcessFineMovedAddSouthContributionContinentsSouth AfricaLocationParliamentCredibilityAfrican ContinentKeenness Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The downfall of democratic institutions in Russia doesn't add to the self-confidence of either [Vladimir] Putin or his friends, as the loss of power could lead to repercussions in Russian society.” SelfLossInstitutionsAddDemocraticSelf ConfidenceRussiaPutinDownfallRepercussions Author:Garry Kasparov
“I like to wear classic silhouettes and add a punch to it. I'll wear a high-waist legging and a super-crop top or a see-through top with a nice bra underneath. And I just always try to mix it up with heels or something.” TryingNiceAddClassicHeelsCropsBrasSilhouettesCrop Tops Author:Serena Williams
“You have six math Ph.D. Caucasian gentlemen from the Northeast of the country, great. You put one more in the mix, you haven't added much. It's only when you add something different that you really are able to accomplish more.” DifferentCountryAbleHavensSixAddAccomplishMathGentlemanCaucasian Author:Sallie Krawcheck
“Smart mobile phones connect you with 1 billion users worldwide, basically for free - you don't pay for the phone, you don't pay for the Internet, you don't pay for the wireless connectivity. Social networks let you add a new customer or a new agent, again for free.” SocialPayInternetSmartAddPhonesCustomersBillionsAgentsUsersNew AgeMobileSocial NetworkWirelessMobile Phones Author:Geoffrey Moore
“Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That's the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.” StillsBitsPaintingCoupleAddNotesThrillChords Author:Paul McCartney
“That means we get other countries to play by our rules. You add up all the countries that we have trade agreements with, we have a surplus with them. You add up the countries we do not have a trade agreement with, that`s where a massive trade deficit comes from. So our goal is to get free trade agreements, and that means we get other countries to play and live by our rules so we can level the playing field.” MeanCountryPlayGoalLevelsFieldsTradeAddAgreementLive ByMassiveOther CountriesDeficitFree TradeSurplusPlaying FieldsTrade Agreements Author:Paul Ryan
“David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like "Dictionary" and "Failed Revolution." "Dictionary," in particular, functions against narrative in many ways - each of the definitions are their own mini-story or prose poem, and the collection of them adds up to create a different effect than the traditional Freytagian Pyramid story.” WayDifferentStoriesAbilityEffectsParticularRevolutionFunctionAddDefinitionsBrilliantAdmireTraditionalNarrativeProseCollectionsDictionaryPyramids Author:Alexander Weinstein
“We were scripted, (although) I chose my own passage of scripture but I thought, I'm just going to add my own little thought about rain. And I said Mr. President [Donald Trump], in the Bible, rain is a sign of blessing, and it's my prayer God will bless you, your family, your administration and that God will bless the United States of America. And then I read my scripture but I wanted him to know that God always used rain as a sign of blessing.” KnowsLittlesSaidStatesWantedAmericaUsedPresidentMy OwnPrayerUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBlessingRainAddScriptureGods WillAdministrationOur FamilyBlessPassagesUnited States Of America Author:Franklin Graham
“The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, but whether, as Franklin Roosevelt said, we provide enough for those who have too little.” LittlesSaidEnoughProgressAddAbundanceFranklin Author:Mark Shields
“I love making my Instagram look cohesive - look like a Tumblr page almost. When they all make sense colorwise, or when you add those white borders to them, it makes them look cleaner. Clean and precise.” LooksWhitePagesAddCleanMake SenseBordersPreciseInstagramCleanersLove Making Author:Ariana Grande
“I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value.” ThinkingTryingI CanImportantValuesAreasAddMy Time Author:Jeff Bezos
“Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.” WellsLittlesSaidEnoughProgressFailingTestsAddAbundanceReconciliationPackagesFranklin Author:Patrick J. Kennedy
“When you're shopping, too, you feel like you're designing as you're shopping. You're like, 'I love this, but I wish it was shorter or I wish it was purple. I wish it was a different fabric,' you know. It starts there, but then when you have to start from scratch, it really comes with an idea first, and then... you want to tweak and then you come up with something else and you want to add to it or change. It's fun. It's like an ocean - you can do whatever.” KnowsWantFeelsFirstsIdeasDifferentFunWishCan DoDesignLike YouOceanAddCome UpShoppingFabricScratchesPurpleTweak Author:Rihanna
“Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning martial arts from us. But about a decade ago, Hollywood began bringing in a number of our action choreographers, including two from my own stunt crew, where they became martial arts directors. Now, a decade later, Hollywood has learned it all, so when you look at the action films they're making now, they all use our action, our martial arts, and then add to that their own technology which is ten times better than ours, and it has to leave us dumbfounded: how did they film that?” PeopleLooksKindArtTwoUseActionFilmMy OwnNumbersTechnologyDirectorsTenHollywoodAddIncludingDecadesErasMartial ArtsCrewOur ActionsFrenzyChoreographersKung FuAction FilmsArt Director Author:Jackie Chan
“My best advice to working women is just try what you think right now will be best for you and your family - and if it doesn't work, then change it. And look for ways to cut corners to add to your sanity.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLooksCuttingAdviceRight NowAddCornersOur FamilySanityBest AdviceWorking Women Author:Jane Park
“In the last generation we've moved past a U.S.-Mexico relationship that while friendly on the surface, and demilitarized for the most part, really was not a genuinely cooperative relationship. As a result of the U.S.-Mexico War in the 19th century, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, half of what was Mexico was severed and became much of the western part of the United States. To add insult to injury, most Americans never knew that, and most Mexicans have never forgotten it.” WarStatesLastsPastUnitedResultsHalfUnited StatesGenerationsCenturyMovedAddWesternForgottenSurfaceInsultInjuryFriendlyMexicoTreaties19th CenturyCooperativesInsult To InjuryGuadalupe Author:Alan Bersin
“[Simon Segars ] came by a few times.I told him, "If you understand the future of the internet of things that much, then you should add more engineers and go on the offensive." Simon had explained to analysts and others that he intended to do that sort of forward-looking investment, but he said it's tough for a listed company considering its share price falls if profits drop.” IfsShouldSaidFallCompanyShareGoes OnInternetToughAddInvestmentProfitEngineersConsideringOffensiveAnalystsShare Price Author:Masayoshi Son
“On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is already more powerful than the rest of the world combined; attack in Syria, send forces to Syria, start bombing. Who knows what could be next?” KnowsWorldHandsNextForcePowerfulMilitaryBalanceAddNuclearSyriaExpandingBombing Author:Noam Chomsky
“We live in a time when people are increasingly skittish about evangelism - Christians and non-Christians alike. People are suspicious of evangelism, and misunderstand it, which contributes to our reluctance to share the gospel. When you add our fear of others' reactions as well as our natural laziness to the equation, it's not hard to see why we make such little progress in sharing our faith.” PeopleWellsLittlesHardChristianNaturalProgressShareAddReactionsLazinessEquationsSuspiciousEvangelismReluctance Author:Mark Dever
“I don't really play overseas stuff. I'm a bit of a dinosaur in that way. You gonna improve on a Les Paul or Fender Stratocaster? Those are perfect designs, and there is nothing to add really.” WayPlayStuffBitsPerfectDesignAddDinosaurs Author:Frank Stallone
“You have to not worry or doubt or punish yourself. All the worry, doubt and punishment will not add one second to your life, you know?” KnowsWorryDoubtAddPunishment Author:Louie Anderson
“In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actions to assure the survival and success of their organizations. This is how leaders add value to their organizations. They lead them to success by exercising good judgment, by making smart calls when especially difficult and complicated decisions simply must be made, and then ensuring that they are well executed.” WellsMadeActionFacesValuesDifficultDecisionLeaderExerciseDemandJudgmentSurvivalSmartOrganizationPressureAddComplicatedUncertaintyAmbiguityGreat TimesGood Judgment Author:Warren G. Bennis
“The Keystone pipeline would add to our domestic supply. It would help us with energy independence.” HelpingEnergyIndependenceAddPipelineKeystonesEnergy IndependenceKeystone Pipeline Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My greatest influences are actually probably a set of different teachers. And these teachers, most prominently at my high school, but also a few others, helped kind of instill in me, thinking thoughts about how life is meaningful in terms of how we all kind of live in a network of people and how you interact with those people is part of what makes life essentially meaningful and then kind of concepts to think about, how do you add value to other people's lives? How do they add value to yours? And how do you kind of form a community together in the network?” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentSchoolTogetherFormLife IsValuesTermCommunityTeacherInfluenceHigh SchoolConceptsAddMeaningfulAll KindsInstill Author:Reid Hoffman
“Everyone, you know, during crises times, is much more focused on, okay, how do we get the boat completely seaworthy, sailing along well, and everything going well? And so as long as you're communicating how the general strategy of the company and how the work they can do to add to that and to make that more successful and the thing that they can contribute to that, that is generally very motivating for employees in crisis times.” KnowsWellsLongCan DoCompanySuccessfulOkayCrisisStrategyAddCommunicateFocusedBoatEmployeeSailing Author:Reid Hoffman
“That's the only way that I can figure out how to live, is to say, "Well, I don't know what this adds up to, but I can do the best I can."” KnowsWayWellsI CanCan DoFiguresAddDo The Best Author:George Saunders
“Research is always a very necessary part of my process because all of my books to this point have been historical. Time spent in the library adds to one's wealth as a writer or artist.” Has BeensBookArtistProcessWealthResearchAddHistoricalLibraryTime Spent Author:Floyd Cooper
“I try to use models at least for the main characters because of the nature of my art. I tend to focus on the humanity of my subjects, the details of expression that add a certain reality to the work. Real faces = real art. That's the goal anyway.” TryingArtRealCharacterUseRealityFacesCertainHumanityGoalFocusSubjectsExpressionModelsAddDetailsMain Characters Author:Floyd Cooper
“They say you have to get and stay sober for yourself, and of course I agree with that, but I've really appreciated the added stakes of having someone relying on me for survival. My daughter makes me want to do right. That doesn't mean I won't relapse again. It's happened to me before. But she adds a layer of love in my life that I've never known.” WantMeanCoursesKnownHappenedSurvivalDaughterAgreeAddMy DaughterStakesLayersSoberAppreciatedRelapse Author:Joshua Mohr
“I think the accurate description for the George W. Bush administration is a military plutocracy. Having lived and worked in the United States, I must add that I don't want to make too much of the distinction between the Bush regime and its predecessors. I don't see a great deal of difference.” ThinkingWantStatesDifferencesUnitedDealsUnited StatesToo MuchMilitaryAddAdministrationDistinctionDescriptionRegimesAccuratePredecessorsPlutocracy Author:John Pilger
“I think UKIP [ UK Independence Party] and the BNP [British National Party] are very, very English concerns. If they gather strength they're going to add to this schism between Scotland and England.” IfsThinkingPartyConcernEnglandIndependenceAddBritishScotlandSchismUkip Author:Irvine Welsh
“I truly think any preparation you do only helps and adds dimension and complexity to the work [as an actor].” ThinkingHelpingActorsAddPreparationComplexityDimensions Author:Tom Hiddleston
“Not everyone would choose to pay the costly price of being a great artist. To many, the riches of life are quite different. A skill in day-to-day living which adds up to a happy, love-filled life is success. You can have this and other riches, too. The choice is yours.” DifferentLife IsArtistChoicesPaySkillsFilledAddRichesDay To DayGreat ArtGreat ArtistHappy LoveDay To Day Living Author:W. Clement Stone