“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops.” BitsInformationAmountHigherUltimateCurrentsLaptops Author:Seth Lloyd
“I'm a bit down. Liza Minelli and David Gest, I don't know how it didn't work out. How can a man who likes other men and a woman who drinks not get along? The interesting thing is this - there is no conceivable amount of money worth telling the world that you were beaten up by Liza Minelli.” KnowsMenWorldBitsInterestingKnow HowAmountDrinkWork OutLikesBeatenInteresting Things Author:Jon Stewart
“I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingI CanCertainSocialBitsLevelsDealsAmountCatNutsNot AloneBecause I CanLike Being AloneCat Lady Author:Courtney Love
“Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective.” PeopleIfsHas BeensFoundBitsDifficultAmountGeniusVaryAdjectivesNouns Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” PeopleThinkingGamesBitsWatchesCuttingTvsAmountInternetStartingVideoPassiveUnbelievableWatching TvPlaying Video Games Author:Bill Gates
“I don't really agree that most academics frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of Wikipedia and like it quite a bit. The number of academics who really really don't like Wikipedia is really quite small and we find that they get reported on in the media far out of proportion to the amount they actually exist.” BitsNumbersMediaAmountConceptsAgreePassionateProportionWikipedia Author:Jimmy Wales
“It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle... I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred.” I CanRememberCertainBitsSoundFiveFootballAmountLuckCreditManagersSoccerAfternoonIrelandChairmanKevinPintsGuinness Author:Steve Coppell
“I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.” PeopleIfsWantLittlesMadeFunnyLastsBitsHonestAmountLittle BitSorryShoesAthleteNbaRetiringI'm SorryGreedyFrustrating Author:Steve Nash
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“You know, we have little bits of understanding, glimpses, a little bit of light here and there, but there's a tremendous amount of darkness, which is a challenge. I think life would be pretty boring if we understood everything. It's better if we don't understand anything and know that we don't, that's the important part.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesImportantLightWould BeBitsUnderstandingChallengesDarknessAmountLittle BitUnderstoodBoringGlimpseHere And There Author:Noam Chomsky
“The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.” JobsCoursesBitsPresidentAdviceAmountHotPracticalsIceFantasticDescriptionPotSteadyHouseholdProvidingNourishmentCubesHot Days Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Meaning coming from feeling, feeling coming from within, you absorb a massive amount of information, it goes through your whole body, a little bit of it floats up to your head where there is deliberation. You are conditioned by the way your whole body is responding to what is going on.” WayLittlesWholeFeelingsBodyBitsInformationAmountLittle BitMassiveWithin YouFloatsRespondingDeliberation Author:Bill Henson
“It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying around is random. This means there are different bits and pieces in different populations, but it doesn't seem to amount to much that's significant.” PeopleMeanDifferentSeemsBitsPiecesModernAmountPopulationSignificantNativeNative AmericanDnaBits And PiecesNeanderthals Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“In today's world of blogging and tweeting, conversation has become a bit more staccato. In many ways we're more efficient, but I think the amount of longer conversations that radiated more warmth may have gone down.” ThinkingWorldWayMayTodayBitsGoneAmountConversationWarmthEfficientBloggingToday's World Author:Indra Nooyi
“Each year, food companies use an amount of salt that is every bit as staggering as it sounds: 5 billion pounds.” YearsUseBitsSoundCompanyAmountBillionsPoundsSaltStaggering Author:Michael Moss
“Each creature walks a perfect earth. Each one gets the suffering and comfort that he needs. When ALL cravings and needs are satisfied, each bit of Soul, merges again with the One.The amount of joy and suffering in the world is always counterbalanced. One person's evil can terrify thousands, but one person's good can succour thousands too.” WorldNeedsPersonsSoulEarthJoySufferingEvilBitsWalksPerfectAmountComfortCreaturesSatisfiedCraving Author:Zeina
“You're dealing immense, acute amounts of fear, which makes the rest of life a little bit easier. You don't sweat the small stuff so much.” LittlesStuffBitsAmountEasierLittle BitSweatImmenseRest Of LifeSmall StuffSweat The Small Stuff Author:Tanc Sade
“You always have good shows and bad shows. People want a certain amount of each. It's just widening the market a little bit. The involvement of people at home is just broadening things.” PeopleWantLittlesShowsHomeCertainBitsAmountLittle BitInvolvement Author:Adrian Pasdar
“I changed my diet completely. You know, I'm from Cleveland, so I've always loved sausage and red meat and all of that stuff, so now I find myself not eating any of that, no red meat, no sausage. It's basically a vegetarian diet with a little bit of fish. I drink quarts of carrot juice, quarts of cranberry juice, endless amounts of water and nothing else.” KnowsLittlesStuffBitsWaterChangedAmountDrinkEatingLittle BitRedFishesEndlessMeatDietsVegetarianJuiceCarrotsSausageClevelandVegetarian DietRed MeatCranberries Author:Joe Eszterhas
“The whole thing of singing on my own has been accidental and random. I sang a huge amount as a kid, and I was a boy soprano. I didn't do that much classical music; I did a little bit. I had a lovely voice. And then when my voice dropped, I didn't worry about it consciously because I wasn't that invested in my singing at the time.” LittlesHas BeensWholeKidsBitsVoiceMy OwnBoysWorryHugeAmountLittle BitSingingLovelyClassical MusicSopranosLovely Voice Author:Sam Amidon
“'Princess' is a good word, as is 'girlish', 'pixie-like' and all these other things. I personally find it a bit boring, it's all been done before. The amount of times you read reviews of bands and it's an all-girl four-piece, and they talk about what the women are wearing... you'll never read a review that's like: "Male singer Thom Yorke, who was dressed in a white t-shirt and jeans..." You would never read that about a man.” MenDoneGirlBitsWhitePiecesFourAmountBandMalesBoringSingersShirtsReviewsPrincessJeansT ShirtGood WordsPixies Author:Lauren Mayberry
“I've been to Loch Ness three times, I've done a fair amount of research on the Chupacabra and things like that, so I've actually done a bit of the sort of paranormal investigation that happens on this show [X-files].” DoneShowsHappensThreeBitsAmountResearchFairsParanormalInvestigationThree TimesFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“If you don't practice for three days, everyone will notice." It's something you have to really maintain. So unfortunately, I don't play it that often but I may take it up again. If you don't play for a while, you just can't hit the notes. It's like going to the gym. If you go and do weights, you can lift x amount of weight and if you don't go for ages, you've gotta start again and start from the beginning. So it's a bit like that. It's just a muscle.” IfsMayPlayAgeThreeBitsPracticeAmountWeightNotesLiftsMusclesGym Author:Douglas Booth
“I'm quite severely dyslexic so I struggle with acting in certain ways. I always have to put in triple the amount of effort, which would always frustrate me a lot. I suppose that some people can just look at a script once and know it. That's not me. I really have to spend a bit of time with the lines. But it's my job and I've got better and better at it. If you're learning a lot, things start going quicker. Doing the lines with repetition and you just get it in your head somehow.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksJobsCertainBitsLinesEffortActingStruggleAmountScriptsRepetitionDyslexic Author:Douglas Booth
“I think we need that to ground us as human beings. I would imagine after an extended amount of time, a vampire might stall a little bit.” ThinkingNeedsHumansLittlesMightBitsHuman BeingsImagineAmountLittle BitVampire Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“I just want to be as regular, and get by with doing the least amount of publicity, but still look really cool, you know? And get a bit of respect.” KnowsWantLooksStillsBitsAmountPublicityReally Cool Author:Chrissie Hynde
“Some people see streaming as a bad thing because of the royalty amount paid, but as more and more people get on these services and stream music all day long, you'll be able to generate quite a bit of income from streaming.” PeopleLongAbleBitsAmountPaidIncomeStreamsBad ThingsRoyaltyStreaming Author:Ryan Merchant
“I think over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and you know what you can absorb, and what you cannot; what gets to you and what doesn't.” ThinkingKnowsSelfCertainBitsAwarenessAmountSelf AwarenessInsightAbout Yourself Author:Kofi Annan
“Probably, the secret is to be less complicated. We of course love to make complications - look at the way we live. We have this tremendous amount of information, and probably it is really not so necessary. Maybe if you just drink water, you are kind to people and walk a little bit it's all done already. But we cannot resist this sophistication.” PeopleIfsWayLooksKindLittlesDoneCoursesBitsWaterWalksSecretInformationAmountDrinkLittle BitComplicatedComplicationSophisticationDrink Water Author:Laura Huxley