“In meditation all the fake dull thoughts that you think, all the ridiculous philosophies, the necessities, all the things that won't matter a bit when you are dead - fade away.” ThinkingMatterPhilosophyBitsMeditationBuddhismRidiculousFakeDullFadesFade Away Author:Frederick Lenz
“The kind of stuff I usually read is a bit more on the literary side, like books that I think are influential in the sense that they're doing pulpy subject matter in a refined way. Like 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, I loved that book.” ThinkingWayKindBookMatterStuffBitsSidesSubjectsInfluentialSubject MatterRefined Author:Isaac Marion
“None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the moment; but it's fleeting.” TryingMatterMomentsCoursesBitsBuddhismMindfulnessThat MomentFleeting Author:Frederick Lenz
“You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.” IfsNeedsTryingMatterDoneBodyYoungBitsRealizingTeachStudentsYour BodyCoachesTendenciesGoing To WorkAthleticBad Health Author:Reynolds Price
“Not far from here, by a white sun, behind a green star, lived the Steelypips, illustrious, industrious, and they hadn't a care: no spats in their vats, no rules, no schools, no gloom, no evil influence of the moon, no trouble from matter or antimatter - for they had a machine, a dream of a machine, with springs and gears and perfect in every respect. And they lived with it, and on it, and under it, and inside it, for it was all they had - first they saved up all their atoms, then they put them all together, and if one didn't fit, why they chipped at it a bit, and everything was just fine.” IfsFirstsMatterDreamCareSchoolTogetherEvilStarsBitsWhitePerfectBehindsSunTroubleInfluenceFineFitMoonSpringHumorousMachinesGreenSavedAtomsGearsGloomIndustriousSpatsVatAntimatter Book:The Cyberiad Source: The Cyberiad
“Prosperity and penury do not turn on gyno-centric and gay matters. But leftist statists and libertarians of the left place these wedge issues at the forefront of the fight for freedom. [...] Every bit as bad as liberals, "libertarian" political operators are prepared to shed political blood over any imagined sign of bigotry.” MatterPoliticalTurnsFightingLeftBitsIssuesBloodGayPreparedProsperityLibertarianBigotryShedTurn-onLeftistsOperatorsWedgesFighting For Freedom Author:Ilana Mercer
“It really doesn't matter to me whether a person has a lot of money or a little bit of money.” LittlesPersonsMatterBitsBuddhismLittle BitLots Of MoneyRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“No matter what we say, entertainers are usually quite insecure, wobbly characters underneath, and maybe that bit of glory or that bit of expression or whatever it is compensates in some area.” MatterCharacterBitsExpressionGloryAreasNo Matter WhatInsecureEntertainers Author:Robert Plant
“Every bit of you has been replaced many times over... The point is that you are like a cloud: something that persists over long periods, whilst simultaneously being in flux. Matter flows from place to place and momentarily comes together to be you. Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made.” LongHas BeensMadeMatterTogetherStuffBitsPeriodsFlowCloudsBe YouReplacedPersistFlux Author:Steve Grand
“A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.” MatterBitsDifferencesPlayerFinalsDetailsSlamBetter Days Author:Sabine Lisicki
“I always cast people with a sense of humor because people that are super serious don't understand when I ask them to eat a booger it's not necessarily about that. It's about something more. It's about inviting a little bit of absurdity into the process and humanity into the process. Making sure that no matter who we are and what sort of pedestal or glamorous lighting we're under, we're all eating boogers man.” PeopleMenLittlesMatterHumanityAsksBitsProcessSeriousEatingLittle BitCastsWho We AreSense Of HumorAbsurdityGlamorousLightingInvitingPedestalBoogers Author:David Gordon Green
“As a game-show host, what I'm thinking and what I'm experiencing doesn't matter. My opinion doesn't matter. So there's a flattened reality to it. It's fun to do. But it's certainly not myself in totality - or even maybe a little bit.” ThinkingLittlesMatterShowsRealityGamesFunBitsOpinionLittle BitHostTotalityGame Shows Author:Michael Ian Black
“I'm a very pragmatic soul. I'm part of the business and I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to being an over-believer in spiritual or in paranormal matters.” SoulMatterSpiritualBitsBelieverParanormalPragmaticCynic Author:Jane Anderson
“There are things I've always wanted to do. Things I may not be able to do, but I never really ruled them out - like running a marathon. It's all a matter of timing for me. I suppose I could probably do it if I planned it out right with medication. I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.” IfsWayMayLittlesMatterWholeRunningAbleWantedBitsGoalLittle BitTimingMarathonMedicationSmackI May Not BeRunning Marathon Author:Michael J. Fox
“Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.” IfsWantChildrenLittlesMatterActorsBitsPaySupportLittle BitHollywood Author:Ethan Hawke
“I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingMatterBitsEnjoyTalkingExampleReaderListenersLecturesDecorum Author:William H. Gass