“Showing weakness will encourage your opponents. It inspires them. It encourages them to hit harder. To come faster. But when you don't show any fear, or when you don't show any hurt, you have the opportunity to discourage your opponent. You discourage your enemies. The bottom line is, if you think properly, you don't even have to think about all of that. All you have to think about is that guy across from me is human, and so am I. And he'll never out-work me. He'll never out-think me. And if you can't out-work me, and you can't out-think me, you'll never beat me.” IfsThinkingHumansShowsGuyOpportunityHurtLinesEnemyInspireBeatsWeaknessHarderBottomFasterOpponentsBottom LineDiscouragingThat Guy Author:Jim Brown
“I think we fought Vietnam for the benefits of civilization, and certainly we fought it to oppose authority. To show our authority, to show we weren't weak. Isn't that what Nixon kept saying? "We have to show the world that we're not weak." So of course what we ended up showing the world was that we were, yep, weak. 'Cause we couldn't beat these kids in black pajamas.” ThinkingWorldShowsKidsCoursesCausesBlackCivilizationAuthorityBenefitsBeatsWeakVietnamPajamas Author:Stephen King
“I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.” ThinkingPersonsMotherFocusHumilityBeatsNotionPassionateRight ThingGroundedness Author:Elijah Wood
“If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch Mike Tyson can take and I don't know how hard Mike Tyson's punch is. I don't know. For me looking at me, I think I can beat me.” IfsThinkingKnowsI CanHardFightingKnow HowBeatsMikeTyson Author:Mike Tyson
“Dancing makes people feel good whether they're doing it or watching it. It's something I think everybody can relate to whether it's just a simple two-step or a B-boy watching another B-boy go crazy in a circle. It makes you smile and without you even knowing it and it makes you rock to the beat as well.” PeopleThinkingFeelsWellsTwoSimpleStepsBoysKnowingCrazyRocksBeatsDancingCirclesFeel GoodRelateWithout YouMake You Smile Author:Stephen Boss
“I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first! I mean, I started my career by calling my films "trash" - the local critics used to complain that I beat the critic to the typewriter.” ThinkingFirstsMeanLongFilmUsedFunCareersCallingBeatsCriticsComplainingLocalsTrashTypewriters Author:John Waters
“Probably no one here knows I coached a football team - a service team - playing against Georgetown. I think it was in the fall of 1924 Lou Little was your coach, and he beat us. But it was a very happy circumstance, because it brought me the friendship of another man, Lou Little, who to this day remains my very warm associate and friend.” ThinkingKnowsMenLittlesFallSportsTeamFootballCircumstancesBeatsRemainsWarmCoachesThis DayAssociatesVery HappyAnother ManFootball TeamGeorgetown Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I think we overrate experience and what we've been through in terms of our success at doing the work we do. There are many people who get beat up, who suffer, who are victimized, and then they sit down to write and they write crap.” PeopleThinkingWritingSufferingTermBeatsCrap Author:Jules Feiffer
“I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.” ThinkingWayImportantOrderDealsBeatsConform Author:Saul Williams
“Idea that all the beats are wildly liberal and progressive is ridiculous. You have people thinking for themselves and having certain affinities because of their upbringing and who their family are, their own people who were close to them who fought in these wars and so on. It's complicated. But they had that ability to continue the conversation.” PeopleThinkingIdeasWarCertainAbilityConversationBeatsComplicatedRidiculousProgressiveUpbringingAffinity Author:Anne Waldman
“People still want to escape, but today's escape is different. People now want to know that there are people out there who have more problems and are a train-wreck! This is why I think it's difficult for sitcoms these days, because people are not going to believe, joke, beat, beat, joke, because there ain't nothing to laugh about.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantBelieveStillsDifferentProblemTodayDifficultLaughingBeatsJokesTrainThese DaysDifferent PeoplesWrecksSitcomTrain Wrecks Author:Darius McCrary
“Sometimes I think you can lose the joy in what you do. It becomes a sense of 'I've got to beat him, I've got to beat him,' and you lose your own sense of joy.” ThinkingSometimesJoyLosesBeats Author:Paul Rankin
“I think it is just the way he has changed the game overall and his own game because there are so many situations he has faced. He is now competing mostly against himself, like most great cricketers do. I think he has mastered all of them. The only challenge he has is to beat himself every time he walks out there because he has done almost everything.” ThinkingWayDoneGamesChallengesWalksSituationChangedBeatsCompetingCricketCricketersGame Over Author:Kumar Sangakkara
“I always feel like a doctor who loses a patient on the operating table or something where I felt just devastated and I beat myself up until I get to try it the next night and “I'll get it better tonight.” So I'm hard on myself. I think I'm not alone in that regard with acting.” ThinkingFeelsTryingHardNightNextFeltLosesActingBeatsDoctorsRegardTablesPatientTonightNot AloneDoctor WhoDevastated Author:Allison Janney
“Noone knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart.. it comes from being alive.” ThinkingKnowsLifeHeartSaidAliveBeats Book:You Can Be Happy No Matter What Source: You Can Be Happy No Matter What
“I'm trying to open up my range and really sing more. With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation,' it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people have really heard me sing out. So if I do record again, perhaps it will have an expanded context. Where people can hear a bit more.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingBitsRecordsHeardBeatsSingingHip HopHipsRangeHops Author:Lauryn Hill
“I went to do Eclipse right after The Runaways, and I think the director of that movie might have said to another cast member that he had to beat the Joan Jett out of me.” ThinkingSaidMightDirectorsMembersBeatsCastsEclipseRunawayCast Members Author:Kristen Stewart
“Rigidity is the enemy of acting. And I think that people who stay up all night focusing on every beat they're going to do the next day always end up getting screwed.” PeopleThinkingEndsNightNextActingEnemyBeatsNext DayAll NightRigidityUp All Night Author:Jay Baruchel
“I'm very interested in starting to produce, and direct, and have an umbrella over an entire project in the future. I'd like to have control over what the characters do. I think as an actor, you get a little too caught up in the moment-to-moment, beat-to-beat stuff to have perspective.” ThinkingLittlesMomentsCharacterActorsStuffProducePerspectiveProjectsBeatsDirectStartingCaughtCaught UpUmbrella Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I like comedy, but I like comedy as a device in drama. It's more interesting for me to use comedy to seduce people into thinking about something serious. If you want to hit a beat in a drama, you can distract people with a little comedy, and you can punch them in the gut with some emotion.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLittlesUseInterestingEmotionComedySeriousDramaBeatsGutsDevicesSeducing Author:Steve Coogan
“I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that.” ThinkingKnowsHardKnow HowListeningBeatsCraftsKnow It AllSlacking Author:Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's one of the first things you should do, even though most don't, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing a beat Maggie said Pauline Collins. I didn't know Pauline because I hadn't seen Shirley Valentine, but then I saw this thing that she did with Woody Allen [You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], in which she was wonderful as a psychic, and I said to her on the phone: "The dialogue seemed improvised."” ThinkingKnowsShouldFirstsSaidDoneActorsAsksDarkSawsWonderfulMissingDirectorsBeatsPhonesStrangerDialogueTallValentinePsychicsWoodyGood ActorsMaggie Author:Dustin Hoffman
“You change the beat up, you might change the way people dance to the music. If you change the way they move, maybe they'll think about it differently.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMightMovingBeats Author:Saul Williams
“I think we too are the people who, on the one hand, want to listen to Jesus, but on the other hand, at times, like to find a stick to beat others with, to condemn others. And Jesus has this message for us: mercy. I think - and I say it with humility - that this is the Lord's most powerful message: mercy.” PeopleThinkingWantHandsJesusPowerfulLordHumilityMessagesBeatsMercySticksMost Powerful Author:Pope Francis
“Most women beat themselves up because they think they are not good enough at anything. All of those things just eat at you all the time.” ThinkingEnoughBeatsGood EnoughNot Good Enough Author:Dana Perino
“(I'm) the only one to take out half a brain, although you would think, if you go to Washington, that someone had beat me to it.” IfsThinkingBrainHalfBeats Author:Benjamin Carson
“I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it; I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.” IfsThinkingMenDoeYoungPresidentBeatsCarefulYoung ManBe CarefulCautiousCalculating Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“We've had a culture war roaring away, and the kinds of people who want to abuse and discriminate against gay people who are adults can't really lay their hands on us unless they want to be gay-bashers and go to jail. They abuse us from afar and in the abstract, they abuse us with checkbooks and ballots, but their kids go to school on Monday morning. And there's a gay kid. And they feel they have license to beat that gay kid up in a way that I don't think they did when I was in school. I think it's gotten worse.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsKindWarHandsKidsSchoolCultureMorningGayBeatsAdultsAbuseLaysAbstractJailMondayLicenseBallotsGay PeopleAfarRoaringMonday MorningBashers Author:Dan Savage
“I'll quit eating meat when you get a cow out here to beat me at a poetry slam. Only so many words rhyme with 'Mooo.' I mean, yes, we're supposed to be better stewards; yes, we're supposed to take care of the earth; yes, we're supposed to honor the sacrifices made by the animals; yes yes yes yes yes, but dammit, we're in charge, and you know why? It's because of these [holding out thumbs]...Maybe you think that carrots are less important than cows. I think they're equal, especially in a sauce.” ThinkingKnowsMeanMadeImportantCareEarthAnimalSacrificeHonorEqualEatingBeatsTake CareQuittingSupposed To BeMeatCowsRhymeThumbsSauceSlamCarrotsStewardsEating Meat Author:Sherman Alexie
“My favorite player is Tiger Woods. I think I can beat Tiger when I'm 20. It's a life goal.” ThinkingI CanGoalPlayerBeatsMy FavoriteWoodsTigersLife Goal Author:Michelle Wie
“I don't care very much for miniatures. I don't try to beat my opponents quickly because if they are strong, I think I should respect them. It is too risky to play sharply to beat them in 20 moves.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingPlayCareMovingStrongBeatsDon't CareI Don't CareOpponentsMiniatures Author:Bent Larsen
“I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone on the women's tour to beat me.” IfsThinkingWellsKindI CanHardPlayGamesSituationBeatsTournamentsChameleon Author:Serena Williams
“Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar; he pretty much laid down the gauntlet, and I don't think anybody's ever beat him since. Way before the British Invasion, I was tuned into the black guys that created the British Invasion. Without Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and the Motown hits, there would be no Beatles.” ThinkingWayFirstsWould BeGuyBlackWaterMastersBeatsOriginalsGuitarMusicalBritishElectricRebelliousInvasionJohnsonChuckBerriesSpiritedMuddyHopkinsMotownElectric GuitarBlack GuysGauntletHowlin WolfBritish Invasion Author:Ted Nugent
“When you think of blues, all you think about is crying guitar like B.B. King's guitar. You think about someone crying that their woman's gone. And how bad life is and all that. Why can't it be something happy with the blues? Why can't it have a hip-hop beat to which you can do the dances of today?” ThinkingTodayLife IsCan DoGoneCryKingsBeatsGuitarHip HopHipsHopsBad Life Author:Ike Turner
“I always beat Jankovic so who do you think I want to play?” ThinkingWantPlayBeats Author:Marion Bartoli
“I don't think we should really be judging on Chris Brown like that until we know what Rihanna did. We all got reasons for what we do. Look at me. I'm one of the top 10 performers of all-time. I had to beat this one mermaid ass in a seafood restaurant over some shrimps. No lie. You just never know.” ThinkingKnowsShouldLooksReasonLyingJudgingBeatsAssAll TimeRestaurantsBrownPerformersLook At MeSeafoodMermaidShrimpTop 10 Author:Coolio
“The last couple of years have been a good learning experience for me and a good journey. My first world title fight I fought Erik Morales and how much experience do you think you can get from that? A lot of people thought he would beat me because of experience. I've faced a lot of experienced fighters.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsFirstsHas BeensLastsFightingJourneyCoupleBeatsFighterTitlesMoraleLearning Experience Author:Danny Garcia
“It is captivating, isn't it? England has such a great scene of electronic music, and I think that was very prominent in Pusher, and the nightlife was the beat of the film. I feel what is really great about Pusher is that it wasn't about drugs and guns and strippers. That was just all circumstantial. I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships. Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.” PeopleThinkingFeelsReasonHappensFilmFeltDecisionCircumstancesSceneDrugBeatsGunEnglandReally GreatThings ChangeProminentElectronic MusicCaptivatingNightlife Author:Agyness Deyn
“I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes sometimes involves some physical or mental discipline. There's a lot at stake.” ThinkingKnowsWantLittlesImportantSometimesActorsDisciplineBeatsStakesWhatever It Takes Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I ain't calling me God. I'm just doing my part on where I think hip hop should go. I think hip hop should be about more money, crazier sounds, different beats.” ThinkingShouldDifferentSoundCallingBeatsHip HopHipsHopsMore Money Author:Tupac Shakur
“If you want to beat Donald Trump - then you need to be the candidate that is not the establishment in your thinking, in the way you're presenting yourself.” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsTrumpBeatsCandidatesEstablishmentPresentingPresenting Yourself Author:Dalia Mogahed
“I don't think there's any clever way for the establishment to take Donald Trump down. It's very simple. Another candidate is going to have to find a way either to out-maneuver him, or to just frankly beat him in the argument.” ThinkingWaySimpleTrumpBeatsArgumentCleverCandidatesEstablishment Author:Dalia Mogahed
“They sometimes beat things into the ground. They don't know when to get out of a situation. They think it's going to be funny....the more you pound the nail into the ground the funnier it gets and that's not necessarily true.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesSituationBeatsPoundsNails Author:Jamie Farr
“I think you are looking at sexuality and not attributes, and I think it's odd because the conservative mantra is a meritocracy. And I think what you're suggesting is the fact that being gay parents makes you not as good as others. And I would suggest that a loving, gay family with a financially secure background beats the hell out of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline any day of the week.” ThinkingFactsParentHellWeekGayBeatsConservativeSexualityBackgroundsSecureOddAttributesMantrasSuggestingSpearsKevinBeing GayMeritocracyDays Of The WeekGay Parents Author:Jon Stewart
“A lot of people think that regulations bring higher costs, but regulation is also about making sure that someone doesn't get to beat out the competition because they're dumping filth in the river or spewing poisons in the air.” PeopleThinkingAirHigherCostBeatsRiversCompetitionPoisonRegulationFilth Author:Elizabeth Warren
“You're making a big mistake if you think that you can beat me.” IfsThinkingBigsMistakeBeatsBig Mistake Author:Daniel Gillies
“I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.” ThinkingFeelsLife IsNewsBeatsInstinctGood NewsComedic Author:Ari Graynor
“The only one that I think I could beat, if my life depended on it, would be the Predator. If it was in my territory, in my domain, with the guns that I've got, I think I could hurt him pretty bad. That's the only one, though. When you get into metaphysical creatures, they don't play fair.” IfsThinkingPlayWould BeHurtCreaturesBeatsGunFairsTerritoryMetaphysicalDomainPredator Author:Lance Henriksen
“I think one of the things that I was struck by was that Joe has the financial wherewithal to go check into some expensive clinic, go into rehab and beat these addictions but he didn't. He sort of designed his own, you know, sort of rehabilitation at home. And anybody could do what he did. When he felt like having a cigarette after he ate, he would get up and walk. At cocktail hour when he used to have a drink and watch the news, he stopped watching the news. He couldn't. He couldn't watch the news and not have a drink and a cigarette. He would walk.” ThinkingKnowsHomeUsedFeltHoursWalksWatchesDrinkNewsBeatsAddictionFinancialChecksGet UpExpensiveCigaretteCocktailsRehabRehabilitationClinic Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I think a lot of people can learn from listening to hip hop. It ain't always about beats and rhymes.” PeopleThinkingListeningBeatsHip HopHipsHopsRhyme Author:Raekwon