“I don't think it's about art being a career but it's about making sure that if art is something that you love, something that brings you joy, it's about you having a duty to find time in your life for that thing that brings you joy...even if it can only be a small amount.” IfsThinkingArtJoyCareersDutyAmountArt IsSmall Amounts Author:Sarah Kay
“Everything has to be understood in opposition to something else. For some dang reason, the ego prefers to make one side better than the other, so we choose. And we decide males are better than females, America is better than Canada, Democrats are better than Republicans. And for most people, once this decision is made, it is amazing the amount of blindness they become capable of. They really don't see what's right in front of them. Once you see this, it's an amazing breakthrough, and that is the starting place for moving away from dualistic thinking.” PeopleThinkingMadeReasonAmericaMovingSidesDecisionFrontsAmountRepublicanEgoCapableUnderstoodFemaleDemocratMalesStartingMade ItCanadaOppositionBlindnessBreakthroughMoving Away Author:Richard Rohr
“Whoever was stupid was beneath worry or thought; you did not have to figure them out. This eliminated hundreds of people. In this life you had time only for a certain amount of thinking, and there was no need to waste any of it on people who were not threatening.” PeopleThinkingNeedsCertainWorryStupidFiguresAmountWasteThis LifeThreatening Book:A Garden of Earthly Delights Source: A Garden of Earthly Delights
“I would like to see ... an entirely different procedure which is that we vote on the budget and decide how much we are going to spend, first, the way any family does, and then fit our priorities into what we think we have to spend. Instead, what we do, is to do it incrementally, starting at the bottom, adding and adding and adding. ... Until we get the support of all the authorities in this House to decide, first, what we think this country can afford and then decide where the amount is going to be allocated, we will never have common sense in this House.” ThinkingWayFirstsDoeDifferentCountryHouseCommonSupportAmountFitAuthorityVoteBottomStartingPrioritiesCommon SenseBudgetsProcedures Author:Millicent Fenwick
“While to live in the past and think of what was good and beautiful about it amounts to a sort of seasoning of the present, the perennial wait for tomorrow is bound to result in chronic discontent that poisons one's entire outlook.” ThinkingPastBeautifulWaitingResultsAmountTomorrowBoundsPoisonOutlookDiscontentSeasoning Author:Isabelle Eberhardt
“Action is hope. At the end of each day, when you've done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I'll be damned, I did this today. It doesn't matter how good it is, or how bad-you did it. At the end of the week you'll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you look back and say, I'll be damned, it's been a good year.” ThinkingYearsWellsLooksEndsMatterDoneTodayActionLyingCertainWeekAmountEach DayAccumulationGood Years Author:Ray Bradbury
“There are many people who don't do well on a vegetarian or vegan diet, that for them, meat is a very nutritious food. So, I'm not prepared to give up meat. I don't think we need to give up meat, but we certainly need to change the way we raise meat and diminish the amount of it in our diet.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsGivingWellsAmountGiving UpRaisesPreparedMeatDietsVegetarianVeganDiminishNeed A ChangeVegan Diet Author:Michael Pollan
“People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsCertainSportsAmountDisciplineShapesPreparedLifestyleDecentResolutionNew YearContestsBodybuildingNew Year's Resolutions Author:John Cena
“I've never really taken myself seriously as an actor, It is surprising the amount of people who think I'm going to be really dumb. I think they think anyone who has done teen movies is just an idiot. I don't know, maybe I am. Some of the best actors, if you talk to them, they're not the smartest people in the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldDoneActorsTakenAmountDumbIdiotSurprisingReally Dumb Author:Robert Pattinson
“People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant.” PeopleIfsThinkingDoneHappensAgeYoungLyingCertainHavensYouthAmountInsignificant Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“You have to feel fortunate to be one of the people whom parents don't mind their children looking up to. The older I get, the more I think about the amount of influence I have on these young girls, and it's scary sometimes. But I also understand how lucky I am to have that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMindChildrenSometimesYoungGirlParentInfluenceAmountLuckyScaryFortunate Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I am always impressed by the fact that even the tiniest amount of being listened to, the barest suggestion of the possibility of kind treatment, can bring such an immediate rush of emotion. I think this is because we are almost never really listened to. In my work as a psychologist, I am reminded every day of how infrequently we are heard, any of us, or our actions even marginally understood. And one of the ironies of my "listening profession" is its lesson that, in many ways, each of us ultimately remains a mystery to everyone else.” ThinkingWayKindFactsActionEmotionHeardMysteryPossibilityListeningAmountLessonsUnderstoodRemainsProfessionIronyTreatmentImpressedSuggestionsOur ActionsPsychologist Book:The Sociopath Next Door Source: The Sociopath Next Door
“That is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to the national debt. Now, that is what Henry Ford wants to prevent. He thinks it is stupid, and so do I, that for the loan of $30,000,000 of their own money the people of the United States should be compelled to pay $66,000,000 - that is what it amounts to, with interest.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldStatesWishInterestWealthUnitedPayUnited StatesStupidAmountAddInvestingDebtCompelledLoanNational DebtOld Ways Author:Thomas A. Edison
“You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'” ThinkingI CanProblemCan DoHugeAmountNo ProblemRest Of Your Life Author:Ian Hislop
“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
“[W]e think the very term 'value investing' is redundant. What is 'investing' if it is not the act of seeking value at least sufficient to justify the amount paid? Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value -- in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price -- should be labeled speculation (which is neither illegal, immoral nor -- in our view -- financially fattening).” IfsThinkingShouldStillsValuesTermViewsAmountHigherPaidInvestingSeekingSufficientJustifyIllegalImmoralSpeculationRedundantFattening Author:Warren Buffett
“I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You know, I watch television and there's a grotesque amount of violence on almost every show that you would watch that comes on past 8:00 pm. And I think my dirty brand of humor is far less destructive to a child's mentality.” PeopleThinkingChildrenShowsChoicesWatchesIssuesViolenceTelevisionAmountHonestlyBrandsDirtyDestructiveDisagreeCensorshipMentalityGrotesquePersonal Choice Author:Seth Rogen
“Theres no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty.” PeopleThinkingFeelsStupidAmountJokesEmptyUglyFeel BetterThink Of YouHacks Author:Patrick Stump
“Everyone has the same amount of time, and hard work is simply hard work. As a result, what you do in the time you work determines what you achieve. And since what you do is determined by what you think, how big you think becomes the launching pad for how high you achieve.” ThinkingHardBigsResultsAchieveHard WorkAmountDetermineDeterminedPadsLaunching Author:Gary W. Keller
“There are a lot of comics at the top end making staggering amounts of money and selling out stadiums. I think stand-up is a more intimate thing than that. Maybe because of the kind of comedy I do. It's like a discussion, but I'm the one with the microphone.” ThinkingKindEndsComedyAmountSellingDiscussionIntimateStadiumsMicrophonesStaggeringSelling Out Author:Marcus Brigstocke
“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
“Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing oneself in words: the most primitive nations have poetry, but only quitewell developed civilizations can produce good prose. So don't think of poetry as a perverse and unnatural way of distorting ordinary prose statements: prose is a much less natural way of speaking than poetry is. If you listen to small children, and to the amount of chanting and singsong in their speech, you'll see what I mean.” IfsThinkingWayMeanChildrenPoetryNationsNaturalSimpleProducePoetAmountCivilizationSpeechOrdinaryDirectOneselfStatementsProsePoetry IsPrimitiveUnnaturalSmall ChildChantingExpressing Oneself Author:Northrop Frye
“No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an English lawyer think that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to his client.” ThinkingShouldLawAmountLawyerCoffeeLoyaltyConvinceClientsEloquenceOratorsGrocers Book:Orley farm Source: Orley farm
“I think I have a tendency to overwork things. I have a hard time finding that sweet spot that most actors seem to be able to hit where they're doing the exact right amount of work, not overthinking, not underdoing it. I seem to either overdo it or underdo it.” ThinkingHardSeemsAbleActorsSweetAmountFindingsTendenciesSpotsHard TimesOverthinkingOverwork Author:Paul Giamatti
“A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born Americans. The two cities in this country most impacted by undocumented immigrants, you would think of the New York City with over 500,000 and Los Angeles, with a similar amount. Both those cities are among the safest in the free world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsTwoCountryFactsShowsBornCitiesStudyGenerationsCrimeNew YorkAmountEvidenceRateCommitRangeNativeImmigrantsLos AngelesNew York CityFree WorldOver 50Crime RatesUndocumented Immigrants Author:Geraldo Rivera
“I think you have you to give people the facts [about global warming], and then you have to tell them, this is not like drinking Castor Oil. There is a, an economically exciting way for us to create a whole new generation of American jobs without costing them an enormous amount of money or forcing them to change their lifestyle.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWholeFactsJobsGenerationsAmountExcitingDrinkingOilLifestyleEnormousGlobal WarmingNew GenerationAmerican Jobs Author:William J. Clinton
“I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project. The project that influenced me the most is this cooking show I do online. I film it all myself, and I think making so many of those gave me the confidence that all I need is a camera, and I could go and do an interview. The freedom to be a filmmaker - you just need a camera.” ThinkingNeedsLongShowsFilmPassionEnergyCrazySubjectsAmountProjectsCamerasCookingFilmmakerInterviewsOnlineLove MakingCooking Shows Author:Tamra Davis
“By and large I think art is made by people who have discipline married to talent in sufficiently large amounts to work even if they don't feel like it. Anybody can get maudlin and decide to write poetry at 11 at night; the question is, can you do it at 8:30 on a Monday morning..?” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingArtMadeNightMorningTalentAmountDisciplineMarriedArt IsMondayMonday Morning Author:Clive Barker
“Society, in the aggregate, is no fool. It is astonishing what an amount of "eccentricity" it will stand from anybody who takes the bull by the horns, too fearless or too indifferent to think of consequences.” ThinkingFoolAmountConsequenceFearlessIndifferentBullsHornsAstonishingEccentricity Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
“Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather than fear. So I may look at my reflection and think, 'That's interesting. I wonder why my body seems bigger today than it did yesterday. Maybe it's water weight. Maybe it's my outfit. Or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.' I know it's not possible for me to gain a noticeable amount of weight overnight, so I will go no further than that. I move on with my day without skipping a beat-and definitely without missing a meal.” ThinkingKnowsLooksMayBodyLightSeemsEyeTodayMovingWaterInterestingWonderMissingTaughtAmountMoonEatingBeatsReflectionGainsWeightBiggerMirrorsCuriosityYesterdayTricksMeals Author:Jenni Schaefer
“A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them, relying on them to recall information for us.” PeopleThinkingDoneStuffPowerfulTalkingCreativeInformationHugeAmountEverydayArguingRecalls Author:Clive Thompson
“I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.” ThinkingWholeCertainHeardHavensTheoryAmountSkepticismShut UpPillsAmber Author:Amber Heard
“I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.” ThinkingCertainOpportunityCareersFansAmountFameWindowWindow Of Opportunity Author:Patrick Dempsey
“I think there's a really great amount of potential for Hawaii to become an example of what's possible with renewable energy because there are so many renewable resources here: energy, solar energy, and wind energy. There's so much potential here.” ThinkingEnergyExampleWindAmountResourcesReally GreatHawaiiRenewable EnergySolar EnergyRenewable ResourcesWind Energy Author:Jack Johnson
“Being a mom has been the greatest job of my life. I am so proud of the people my children are. I can't really say why they've turned out so well. I think there's an enormous amount of honesty and communication in our home. I always tell my kids they can tell me anything and I will never judge them. Consequently, they do!” PeopleThinkingWellsChildrenHas BeensI CanHomeKidsJobsHonestyJudgingCommunicationMomAmountProudEnormousMy ChildrenBeing A Mom Author:Lois Robbins
“I think using waste oils as fuel makes sense. We do waste a huge amount of vegetable oil in this country and using that as a fuel source strikes me as fine.” ThinkingStatesUnitedUnited StatesHugeSourceFineAmountWasteOilStrikesMake SenseFuelVegetables Author:Michael Pollan
“[Ideas] may not arrive exactly on time, it may not be the most convenient thing for you. For me that happens a very small amount, but if for whatever reason it's not arriving at the moment, it may last forever. Thinking about it won't change any of that.” IfsThinkingMayIdeasReasonMomentsHappensLastsForeverAmountConvenientArrivingSmall Amounts Author:Jon Fratelli
“If I could make the same amount of money doing standup it would be no contest. The problem is that if you do make that kind of money doing standup, it's not in clubs, it's in big auditoriums and large venues, and I really think something is lost when you do standup for a big crowd.” IfsThinkingKindProblemBigsWould BeLostAmountCrowdsClubsIf I CouldContestsVenuesAuditoriums Author:Joe Rogan
“If we judge our lives by what we know or by what we say, we can easily deceive ourselves into thinking that we are something we are not; it is wiser to evaluate ourselves by the amount of truth we actually live. This is very humbling.” IfsThinkingKnowsOur LivesJudgingAmountLive ByDeceivingWiserEvaluateHumbling Author:Paul Washer
“Smoking marijuana - or most everybody who smokes marijuana deals it in small amounts to their friends, innocently enough. I think it's innocently enough.” ThinkingEnoughDealsAmountSmokeSmokingMarijuanaSmall Amounts Author:George Jung
“I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work there is. See, a modern president has far more responsibility than a president years ago. And if I were rewriting the Constitution, I would suggest a president be more like a monarch and then have a prime minister under him.” IfsThinkingYearsPresidentResponsibilityModernAmountOfficeYears AgoConstitutionMinistersPrimeOverwhelmingAmazedPrime MinisterMonarchsRewriting Author:Billy Graham
“We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is necessary, even if there is also a need for a certain amount of national pride. When it comes down to it, we have managed our country's economy poorly for long enough. There is really no reason to now think that we can conquer the world.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsLongCountryReasonEnoughCertainStruggleEconomyPrideAmountOur CountryConquerNo ReasonModestyConquer The WorldNational Pride Author:Ratan Tata
“So the problem in the West is that, especially in places like the USA, a person will obtain this much knowledge and immediately think that they have a large amount of knowledge. And then start to act on the basis of what they think, they posses. Instead of having this much knowledge and realizing that in fact this is only this much knowledge and the amount of where you can go there is where you came is much bigger than where you've already gotten.” ThinkingPersonsFactsProblemRealizingAmountBasesBiggerWestUsaPosse Author:Robert Svoboda
“When you sleep your eyes move left and right and physical movement takes trauma and moves it from your frontal lobe to the back of your brain or to another part of the brain where you can store it that memory but when you think about those things that happened, you don't associate the feeling that normally comes with it. So the problem is if you have something traumatic happen and you are not getting a good amount of rest, it will stay in your frontal lobe.” IfsThinkingFeelingsProblemHappensEyeMovingLeftMemoriesSleepBrainHappenedMovementAmountTraumaStoresAssociatesLeft And Right Author:Matty Mullins
“I don't think there has been any mayor in America scrutinized that way. I don't think there has been any mayor as a matter of fact, Coleman Young I think received an incredible amount of scrutiny and he was kind of the poster child for that in Detroit. He was the first Black mayor who really expressed his manhood in a different way than had been seen from African-American man that was projected across the country.” ThinkingMenWayFirstsKindChildrenHas BeensDifferentCountryMatterFactsAmericaYoungBlackAmountIncrediblesAfrican AmericanDifferent WaysManhoodMayorsDetroitMatter Of FactPostersScrutiny Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in regard to our children.” ThinkingChildrenMotherCertainSocialAmountBehaviorStandardsPressureRegardOur ChildrenConformUnnaturalSocial Pressure Author:Jillian Medoff
“The oil companies are really making a very lucrative amount of profit from the high price of oil. I don't that they're very keen to reduce the price of oil. The consumers are those who are the victims so I think that the producers, the governments, some of them, they're enjoying the high revenue that they get.” ThinkingGovernmentEnjoyCompanyAmountVictimProfitOilProducersConsumersRevenueOil CompaniesHigh Prices Author:Ahmed Zaki Yamani
“I know Bret Easton Ellis has said he has some amount of empathy for every character he has written about, though, so maybe I am similar to him in terms of that. I'm not sure what he thinks exactly.” ThinkingKnowsSaidCharacterTermWrittenAmountEmpathyNot Sure Author:Tao Lin
“I think it's such a risky thing doing interviews. I try to limit the amount of interviews that I do because no one is that interesting especially when you're not really saying anything. And I don't particularly want to be an character in society or whatever.” ThinkingWantTryingCharacterInterestingAmountLimitsInterviews Author:Robert Pattinson
“I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that you're sacrificing a certain amount of privacy and parts of your life change.” ThinkingCertainActorsSacrificeFiguresAmountLife ChangingPrivacyContractsUnwrittenPublic Figures Author:Olivia Wilde