“Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhaps a bit too seriously.” IfsNeedsWritingSometimesGrowsBitsWonderOur LivesHeardWake UpMake SenseVisibleDesperateEndeavor Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“We now assume that when people turn on the evening news, they basically already know what the news is. They've heard it on the radio. They've seen it on the Internet. They've seen it on one of the cable companies. So that makes our job a bit different.” PeopleKnowsDifferentJobsTurnsLiteratureBitsCompanyHeardInternetNewsAssumingRadioEveningCablesTurn-on Author:Bob Schieffer
“People now are beginning to cheer for me. I've never heard that before. .. Maybe things are turning a bit.” PeopleBitsHeardCheerCheerfulness Author:Alex Rodriguez
“I heard a voice that told me I'm essential. How all my fears are limiting my potential. Said it's time to step into the light and use every bit of power i have inside.” SaidUseLightBitsVoiceStepsHeardEssentials Author:India.Arie
“When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it's totally okay that I'm a little bit weird because these guys are a little bit weird. It made me want to pick up an instrument and do that.” WantFirstsLittlesMadeGuyBitsHeardLittle BitPicksFirst TimeOkayInstrumentsGreen Author:Pete Wentz
“You have to be very careful introducing the truth to the black man, who has never previously heard the truth about himself. The black brother is so brainwashed that he may reject the truth when he first hears it. You have to drop a little bit on him at a time, and wait a while to let that sink in before advancing to the next step” MenFirstsMayLittlesNextBitsWaitingBlackStepsHeardBrotherLittle BitCarefulRejectsBlack PeopleIntroducingAdvancingNext StepsBrainwashingBrainwashed Author:Malcolm X
“It is really - one of the things in it that I heard yesterday in his testimony that I thought was disturbing was this - what did he call it? - a massive persuasion campaign. That sounded a little bit like Goebbels or Gore-bels.” LittlesBitsHeardLittle BitCampaignsYesterdayMassivePersuasionTestimonyDisturbingGoreGoebbels Author:Glenn Beck
“Everest has a special place in all of our imaginations. For centuries, Everest was a little bit like the moon. It was the place where everyone wanted to go. Empires wanted to be able to say that they were the first to put a climber on top of Everest. So when a tragedy happens up on that mountain, I think it has a global resonance. Everybody's heard of Everest. Everybody knows what Everest is and what it means, and the significance.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsMeanLittlesHappensAbleWantedBitsImaginationHeardSpecialCenturyMoonMountainLittle BitTragedyEmpiresSignificanceResonanceEverestSpecial PlacesClimbers Author:Richard Engel
“I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.” ThinkingPoliticalBeliefBitsSituationHeardParticularMythPolitical Beliefs Author:Kevin Spacey
“I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.” PeopleKindLittlesBitsResponsibilityHeardLike YouBecomingLittle BitAdultsResponsibleBillsAdulthoodScrewsEarly 20sBecoming An Adult Author:Dan Byrd
“You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.” IfsLooksLittlesSeemsMightJobsBitsMy OwnHeardEasierLittle BitStandardsRejectionCakeAuditionsIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Wentworth Miller
“I always liked the steel guitar. I also love the guys that play the bottleneck. But I could never do it; I never made it do what I want. So every time I would pick up the guitar, I'd shake my hand and trill it a bit. For some strange reason my ears would say to me that sounds similar to what those guys were doing. I can't pick up the guitar now without doing it. So that's how I got into making my sound. It was nothing pretty. Just trying to please myself. I heard that sound.” WantTryingMadeI CanReasonPlayHandsGuyBitsSoundHeardStrangePleasePicksEarsGuitarMade ItShakesSteelBottlenecksTrill Author:B. B. King
“There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries. ... And of course the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve. ... And yet think of the harm they have done since they were established [after] World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, in drug businesses, they take out dictators ... We need to take out the CIA.” ThinkingWorldNeedsWarCountryDoneGovernmentRunningCoursesBitsHeardMilitaryDrugHarmWar Of The WorldsBombsWorld War IiWorld War IDictatorReservesCiaMissilesFederal ReserveSecretiveCoups Author:Ron Paul
“I well recall my horror when I heard for the first time, of a journalist who had laid in a pair of what were then called bicycle pants and taken to golf; it was as if I had encountered a studhorse with his hair done up in frizzes, and pink bowknots peeking out of them. It seemed, in some vague way, ignominious, and even a bit indelicate.” IfsWayFirstsWellsDoneBitsTakenHeardHairHorrorFirst TimeGolfJournalismJournalistPairsPantsRecallsVagueBicyclePeeking Author:H. L. Mencken
“As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them, it's a bit disappointing. A lot of the guys that do that are really talented and they've made some incredible music, but they get addicted to having success and feel too much pressure, so they get other people to make sure that their next song makes money.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeSaidGuySongNextFoundBitsToo MuchWrittenHeardPressureIncrediblesMaking MoneyConsumersDisappointing Author:Howard Lawrence
“When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.” PeopleWayLooksLittlesEnoughStoriesUsedFallBitsHeardStreetsReadyLittle BitCrossesCarefulBonesUsed To BeMusclesInjuryUp And DownStairsCrossingsOlder People Author:Buzz Aldrin