“Books are frozen voices, in the same way that musical scores are frozen music. The score is a way of transmitting the music to someone who can play it, releasing it into the air where it can once more be heard. And the black alphabet marks on the page represent words that were once spoken, if only in the writer's head. They lie there inert until a reader comes along and transforms the letters into living sounds. The reader is the musician of the book: each reader may read the same text, just as each violinist plays the same piece, but each interpretation is different.” IfsWayMayBookDifferentPlayLyingSoundBlackVoicePiecesHeardAirReaderMusicianPagesLettersMarkMusicalScoreInterpretationFrozenAlphabetViolinist Author:Margaret Atwood
“Hey, guess what? Turns out the free market? Not so free. Wall Street was hit hard Monday when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America, and insurance giant AIG neared a collapse of its own. Basically, if your commercials air during golf tournaments, you're done.” IfsHardDoneAmericaTurnsAirStreetsBrotherWallGolfHeyGiantsCollapseMondayFree MarketTournamentsBankruptcyGolf TournamentsLehman Brothers Author:Amy Poehler
“There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.” IfsWritingMeanI CanBookFeelingsAttitudeRichAirMinesLots Of MoneyWriting A BookGhastly Author:Terry Pratchett
“Now that I know what goes into making a pilot, keeping it on the air, and keeping your fans, I'm at a point now where I do a pilot and just hope for the best. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out.” IfsKnowsAirFansWork OutPilotsHoping For The Best Author:Laura Prepon
“If God is Mother, then we need only gather together with people and adore her through rituals intended to satisfy the female soul, ritual involving dance, fire, water, air, earth, songs, music, flowers, and beauty.” PeopleIfsNeedsSoulEarthTogetherMotherSongWaterFireAirFlowerFemaleRitualAdoreInvolving Author:Paulo Coelho
“I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses and carbon from the air. And if we don't do that we are looking at some range of catastrophe.” IfsThinkingNeedsAirScientistAgreeClimateRangeCarbonCatastropheEmissionsGreenhouses Author:Margaret D. Klein
“If you created a place in air where they're breathing and running around in, and then they speak in that fictional milieu, it's perfectly authenticated because the whole world relies on you, who've made it possible.” IfsWorldMadeWholeRunningSpeakAirWhole WorldMade ItBreathingRelyMilieu Author:Fred D'Aguiar
“I used to be surprised and a little annoyed when characters would reappear in my mind, itching to be in another story. Now I realize it's part of the deal, that you create these people out of thin air but then, if you do it right, they actually live.” PeopleIfsMindLittlesCharacterStoriesUsedRealizingDealsAirUsed To BeAnnoyedThin AirItching Author:Peter Orner
“Sometimes when reading aloud to my husband, I'll start crying. It completely stuns me. As if the words in my body and on the page - in relation to each other - are cocooned against my own feelings about what I'm writing until they're loosed in the air and become their own. Then I realize what I may or may not have done.” IfsWritingMaySometimesDoneFeelingsBodyReadingRealizingMy OwnAirCryHusbandPagesRelationMy HusbandReading Aloud Author:Julianna Baggott
“When there is enough oxygen in the air for everyone, no one is going to take to violence in order to access it. But if there were not enough of it for everyone then people would result to violence in order to get it. Therefore we have to improve the conditions to have better human beings.” PeopleIfsHumansEnoughOrderHuman BeingsResultsViolenceAirConditionsAccessOxygen Author:Shirin Ebadi
“If you've got a stick hitting a drum and you're programming it on a computer, it's so much more interesting than a sample playing back - it's something in the air, that's the magical ingredient.” IfsInterestingAirComputerSticksProgrammingIngredientsHittingSample Author:Aphex Twin
“The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.” IfsSelfProblemGuyAirIntentionDrinkingArroganceRighteousnessSoberDrankSelf RighteousnessDrinking Problem Author:Bradford Cox
“My mom will never march in a gay pride parade with a big sign. She is very private. She lives in Chattanooga. She tries so hard to understand me and my life. But she said to me once, "Leslie, if I live to be 105 I'll never understand this need you have to air your dirty laundry. Why can't you just whisper it to a therapist?!" She doesn't understand.” IfsNeedsTryingSaidHardBigsAirPrideMomGayMy MomDirtyMarchNeed YouTherapistsParadesLaundryUnderstand MeGay PrideLeslieDirty Laundry Author:Leslie Jordan
“You never know when you're on a show if you're actually going to love it. For the episodes that I'm not in, I read them, but I try to just forget it, as long as it isn't important to my character. That way when the episodes air I get to watch it like a fan and actually enjoy it.” IfsKnowsWayTryingLongImportantCharacterShowsEnjoyForgetWatchesAirFansEpisodesForget It Author:Fiona Gubelmann
“The moment before I jump is filled with anxiety and what-ifs. But then as soon as I enter the air, I'm filled with this calmness and that's the main attraction to it. That's why I do these death-consequence pursuits or arts.” IfsArtMomentsAirAnxietyConsequenceFilledAttractionPursuitCalmness Author:Dean Potter
“If you repeat something enough it can literally physically change the air particles around you and it can infuse the air with this sacred sound vibration, or it can change your material body, like transform your flesh to spirit. These are all beliefs within the Hare Krishna philosophy we were brought up with.” IfsEnoughPhilosophyBodySpiritBeliefSoundAirMaterialsSacredFleshRepeatsParticlesVibrationsKrishnaHaresHare Krishna Author:Taraka Larson
“I prefer music but sometimes if there's on talk radio - someone might be on that I like. I listen to the old - to "Air America," down at the - liberal talk shows and things like that I find kind of nice, their criticizing the conservatives. I find that quite relaxing, entertaining, but music, a lot of music.” IfsKindSometimesShowsMightAmericaNiceAirRadioCriticizeEntertainingTalk ShowsTalk RadioAir America Author:Robert Barry
“You take for granted the details that make something look real. It can still look fabulous, but if you add a light switch, a vent, or the notion of air conditioning, it can look real.” IfsLooksStillsRealLightAirAddNotionDetailsGrantedFabulousConditioningAir Conditioning Author:James Pearse Connelly
“If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and peel our vegetables now - and with good reason, as we can't be sure our soil is not contaminated with pesticides and herbicides.” IfsReasonWaterAirConsciousSoilVegetablesDirtAdequateVitaminsBacteriaPesticidesHerbicides Author:Sharon Gannon
“[Brad Furman] is incredibly collaborative, man. He's so respectful of talent, he has so much admiration for talent. He nurtures you, he lets you give input. Of course we'll debate if we disagree, that's just a healthy atmosphere to air your differences.” IfsMenGivingCoursesDifferencesAirTalentHealthyDebateAtmosphereAdmirationDisagreeNurtureRespectfulInputBrad Author:John Leguizamo
“Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe and the culture supports them, sometimes they never have to think about it at all.” IfsThinkingTryingSometimesCultureWhiteSupportAirPrivilegeBreatheConvinceRacistWhite Privilege Author:Nate Parker
“A good writer preserves an air of freedom in his prose, so that the reader won't know how a story will end - even if he's reading a history book.” IfsKnowsBookEndsStoriesReadingKnow HowAirReaderPreservesProseGood WritersHistory Books Author:Thornton Wilder
“I guess if you're that thin and that small you don't need to take up too much space or breathe that much air. You just keep on going.” IfsNeedsSpaceToo MuchAirBreathe Author:Truman Capote
“I think that there's an important point to make if you're running for president, which is that you tell the American people how you would handle a crisis. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying here's what I would do in terms of air power, in terms of dealing with the enemy. Donald Trump never says a word. He just says, "I've got a secret plan." He impugns the president .” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantRunningPresidentTermSecretEnemyPlansAirTrumpCrisisClintonHandleAir Power Author:Eric Bolling
“Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [ abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights] very much because Donald Trump and the general election is sucking all the air out of the room - if people aren't paying attention to their state, they're certainly not paying attention to what's happening in other states.” PeopleIfsStatesFactsStuffRoomsAttentionRightsAirTrumpHappeningsElectionPay AttentionAbortionVotingLegislatorsRight To VoteAbortion RightsGeneral ElectionsMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Lizz Winstead
“If you look at a character as a mountain over there that you have to climb, then I think you've lost 50 percent of the air.” IfsThinkingLooksCharacterLostAirMountainPercentClimbs Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.” IfsWritingLittlesBitsStepsAirSeriousBearsSceneLittle Bit Author:Park Chan-wook
“I think Jeff [Van Gundy] is really, really good and fun to listen to. And I would be disappointed if - I know he offered to not be a part of the broadcast - he wasn't on the air. We'd all miss something. I think the [brother situation] adds the human element.” IfsThinkingKnowsHumansWould BeFunSituationAirMissingBrotherElementsAddDisappointedVans Author:Joe Buck
“I had some people say to me, you don`t - you wouldn`t give air time to a holocaust denier. Why bother covering if [Donald Trump] tweet is totally crazy?” PeopleIfsGivingAirCrazyTrumpBotherHolocaustCoveringTweetWhy BotherHolocaust Deniers Author:Chuck Todd
“This grandson of an Irish immigrant, after whom I was named, Richard Michael Cawley is my grandfather. I was right that - and I always tell kids that, you know, if my small life represents anything is that if you work hard, you study hard, and you never give up on your dreams and listen to people that care about, you can live those dreams. And for me to be up on the platform standing with my right hand in the air in the presence of my family and our new president [Donald Trump], it just tells me this is a great country. My grandfather was right.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingCountryHardDreamHandsCareKidsPresidentStudyAirHard WorkTrumpGiving UpStandingMy FamilyYour DreamsImmigrantsPlatformsGrandfatherNever Giving UpMy GrandfatherGreat CountryGrandsonNever Give Up On Your DreamsSmall LifeHands In The Air Author:Mike Pence
“What happened in Kosovo was the exact reversal of what happened in 'Fortress Europe' in 1943-45. Let me explain. Air Marshall 'Bomber' Harris used to say that 'Fortress Europe' was a fortress without a roof, since the Allies had air supremacy. Now, if we look at the Kosovo War, what do we see? We see a fortress without walls but with a roof! Isn't that disappearance extraordinary?!” IfsLooksWarUsedHappenedAirWallEuropeLet MeExtraordinaryAlliesRoofSupremacyDisappearanceFortressesBombersReversalKosovo Author:Paul Virilio
“Creativity is a gift, but if you don't know how to use it you might not even know it's there. There's a lot of creativity in the air, but it's meaningless if you're not open to receiving it.” IfsKnowsUseMightCreativityKnow HowAirMeaninglessReceiving Author:Julie Taymor
“The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written on the page is right or not. In the script, you describe imagined scenes, but it's all suspended in mid-air. Often, an actor viewed against a wall or a landscape, or seen through a window, is much more eloquent than the lines you've given him. So then you take out the lines. This happens often to me and I end up saying what I want with a movement or a gesture.” IfsWantLooksEndsHappensActorsGivenLinesWrittenAirMovementWallScenePagesWindowCamerasStartingScriptsLandscapeFixedGesturesHighwaysEloquentStarting PointSuspended Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“None of the individual metal hunks of an airplane have the property of flight, but when they are attached together in the right way, the result takes to the air. A thin metal bar won't do you much good if you're trying to control a jaguar, but several of them in parallel have the property of containment. The concept of emergent properties means that something new can be introduced that is not inherent in any of the parts.” IfsWayTryingMeanTogetherIndividualResultsAirConceptsPropertyBarsSomething NewMetalsAirplaneInherentRight WayParallelsHunkJaguarsContainment Author:David Eagleman
“The primary agency responsible for rallying U.S.-led interests around the world appears to be having the air sucked out of it. If you are Russia and you are looking at that right now, do you love what you are seeing?” IfsWorldInterestSeeingAirRight NowResponsibleRussiaAround The WorldPrimariesAgencyRallying Author:Rachel Maddow
“If someone were to say seriously, "I'm divine," she'd have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying "I'm God." But because I'm funny about it, they haven't locked me up yet. And I don't give myself airs, either.” PeopleIfsGivingAirHavensDivineInstitutionsLockedLocked Up Author:Bette Midler
“When I came to Detroit, if you threw a stone up in the air it would hit an autoworker on its way down. A few years after that, if you threw a stone in the air it'd hit an abandoned house or a vacant lot on its way down. And most people saw those vacant lots as blight. But meanwhile during World War II, blacks had moved from the South to the North. And they saw these vacant lots as places where you could grow food for the community. And so urban agriculture was born.” PeopleIfsWorldWayYearsWarHouseGrowsBornCommunitySawsAirStonesDown AndMovedSouthWar Of The WorldsAbandonedWorld War IiWorld War IAgricultureUrbanDetroitVacantUp In The AirBlight Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“As a child, I remember asking my parents when I was five years old, "How come if you are not Zionists, you came to the country?" I was surprised at myself that I asked this question. It means that it was always in the air. Then years later I understood it was because of the Holocaust, because they were refugees. They did not come as immigrants and, because of the illusions of the '50s and the late '40s, my mother said, "The world must be better." She could not imagine that it wouldn't be different.” IfsWorldYearsMeanChildrenSaidDifferentCountryRememberMotherParentFiveImagineAirLateIllusionUnderstoodAskingFive YearsImmigrantsHolocaustImagine ThatRefugeeZionistFive Year Olds Author:Amira Hass
“Being on a book tour is like being on the seesaw when you're a little kid. The excitement is in having someone to play with, and in rising up in the air, but then you're at the mercy of those holding you down, and if it's your older brother, or Paul Wolfowitz, they leap up, so that you crash down and get hurt.” IfsLittlesBookPlayKidsHurtAirBrotherMercyDown AndExcitementRisingLeapCrashLittle KidOlder BrotherUp In The AirRising UpSeesaw Author:Anne Lamott
“If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.” IfsGivenWaterAirMovementShapesCatPatternsFishesSubtleDiagrams Book:On Cats Source: On Cats
“If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.” IfsHouseAirIdealsCardsIdealismCastlesCastles In The AirHouse Of Cards Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg