“I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States? The vice president has two duties. One is to break a tie in case of a tie vote in the United States Senate... The other is to inquire daily as to the health of the president. Neither one of those are very challenging as compared to being able to live for a good part of the time in the state of Arizona.” ThinkingWantYearsTwoStatesPresidentChallengesDarkUnitedBreakCasesUnited StatesDutyVotePrisonVicesTiesFedsCampsSenateScrapVice PresidentArizonaVietnamese Author:John McCain
“In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums: Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks - all at the expense of average Americans.” BigsGovernmentTogetherGamesInterestBreakMiddleSpecialProtectTaxesLaborUnionsAverageSpendingPlentyCorporateWelfareWorking TogetherExpensesSpecial InterestsBig BusinessBig GovernmentPlumsAccomplicesTax Breaks Author:John McCain
“Kind looks, kind actions, kind words, and a lovely, holy deportment towards them will bind our children to us with bands that cannot easily be broken; while abuse and unkindness will drive them from us, and break asunder every holy tie that should bind them to us and to the everlasting covenant in which we are all embraced.” ShouldLooksKindChildrenActionBreakBrokenHolyBandAbuseOur ChildrenLovelyTiesEverlastingCovenantKind WordsUnkindness Author:Brigham Young
“I don't doubt that every prince would like to be both; but since it is hard to accomodate these qualities, if you have to make a choice, to be feared is much safer than to be loved. For it is a good general rule about men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, fearful of danger and greedy for gain....[love] is a link of obligation which men, because they are rotten, will break anything they think doing so serves their advantage; but fear involves dread of punishment, from which they can never escape.” IfsThinkingMenHardChoicesLove IsQualityBreakDoubtDangerGainsAdvantagePunishmentObligationLiarsLinksFearfulDreadGreedyRottenUngratefulFickleDeceiver Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space.” HateDiesSpaceBreakI HateSooner Or LaterHere And ThereSpace Between Author:Margaret Atwood
“Trickle down economics is a fraud. Giving tax breaks to the rich and large corporations does not create jobs. It simply makes the rich richer, enlarges the deficit and increases income and wealth inequality. We need economic policies which benefit working families, not the billionaire class.” NeedsGivingDoeJobsWealthClassBreakRichEconomicPolicyTaxesBenefitsEconomicsIncreaseIncomeInequalityCorporationsFraudDeficitBillionaireEconomic PolicyTax BreaksTrickle DownWealth InequalityTrickle Down Economics Author:Bernie Sanders
“Walking your path doesn't mean you don't hurt, it means the pain is worth the progress. Sometimes you have to break something down in order to remake it, and that includes yourself, or it did for me. There were moments when I wept for an easier road, but in the end I would not trade my path for anyone else's. It is mine and the traveling of it has made me who I am, and continues to shape and remold me into the best, happiest, most productive, most playful me, I've ever been.” MeanMadeEndsSometimesMomentsPainOrderHurtBreakPathProgressMinesWalkingEasierShapesTradeWho I AmProductiveRemakes Author:Laurell K. Hamilton
“To be honest, I'm not that good at staying friends. I like to move on after a relationship ends. If I break up with somebody, I don't want to see her or hear from her.” IfsWantEndsMovingBreakHonestBeing HonestStayingRelationships Ending Author:Luke Wilson
“It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent.” KnowsHeartSpiritBreakMy HeartAccentsBreaking My Heart Author:Salma Hayek
“Across the curve of the earth, there are women getting up before dawn, in the blackness before the point of light, in the twilight before sunrise; there are women rising earlier than men and children to break the ice, to start the stove, to put up the pap, the coffee, the rice, to iron the pants, to braid the hair, to pull the day's water up from the well, to boil water for tea, to wash the children for school, to pull the vegetables and start the walk to market, to run to catch the bus for the work that is paid. I don't know when most women sleep.” KnowsMenWellsChildrenLightRunningSchoolEarthWaterSleepWalksBreakHairPaidCoffeeIceTeaDawnRisingIronBusVegetablesPantsTwilightSunriseCurvesRiceBlacknessStovesBraidsPoints Of LightBefore Sunrise Author:Adrienne Rich
“The not-quite-sort-of lie works here too - often an ad will announce that "Congressman Johnson voted for a bill that gave tax breaks to companies like Enron." True - although the bill allowed all companies to accelerate depreciation of copying machines. Yes, Enron benefited, but Enron also benefited from the revolution of the Earth around the sun. Hardly an argument to freeze the planet in one spot.” EarthLyingCompanyBreakSunPlanetsRevolutionTaxesArgumentMachinesBillsSpotsAdsJohnsonFreezeCongressmanCopyingAccelerateTax BreaksEnronDepreciation Author:James Lileks
“Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.” PeopleKnowsTryingMovingBreakWorryKnow HowQuittingGod KnowsBreak Out Author:Joel Osteen
“If the game shakes me or breaks me, I hope it makes me a better man.” IfsMenGamesBreakShakesBetter ManSky's The Limit Author:The Notorious B.I.G.
“A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine.” MenArtBreakPracticeAdventureChainsRoutineTravel AdventureLife Is An AdventureLife AdventureAdventure And LifeLove AdventureRoutine Life Author:John W. Peterson
“I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new - and if you love fashion, then you need to be able to do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsAbleBreakFashionRemarkableBarriersSomething NewLove Fashion Author:Donatella Versace
“Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices. I guess there was some justice in that. When you, the president, after 9/11, tell the country to go shopping instead of buckling down to break our addiction to oil, it ends with you, the president, shopping the world for discount gasoline.” WorldGivingLittlesEndsCountryEnergyPresidentJusticeBreakKingsAddictionOilReliefShoppingInitiativeArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisGasolineDiscountsGasoline PricesKing Abdullah Author:Thomas Friedman
“So a Holocaust-denying, virulently anti-Semitic, aspiring genocidist, on the verge of acquiring weapons of the apocalypse, believes that the end is not only near but nearer than the next American presidential election. (Pity the Democrats. They cannot catch a break.) This kind of man would have, to put it gently, less inhibition about starting Armageddon than a normal person.” MenBelieveKindPersonsEndsNextBreakNormalWeaponsElectionDemocratStartingPityPresidentialHolocaustApocalypseVergePresidential ElectionInhibitionsAmerican PresidentArmageddonAnti Semitic Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Whenever a religion tightens it's rules, a significant number of people break away and go in search of more freedom in their search for spiritual contact.” PeopleSpiritualNumbersBreakSignificantContactSignificant Numbers Author:Paulo Coelho
“Alternating the thoughtful task of writing with the mindless work of laundry or dish washing will give you the breaks you need for new ideas and insights to occur. If you don't know what comes next in the story... clean your toilet. Change the bed sheets. For Christ sakes, dust the computer. A better idea will come.” IfsKnowsNeedsGivingWritingIdeasStoriesNextChristBreakBedComputerTasksCleanSakeInsightDustThoughtfulNew IdeasDishesSheetsToiletsWashingLaundryMindlessBed Sheets Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way. It's good for the hygiene of the brain.” WayShouldLawBrainBreakDelightfulHygiene Author:Terry Pratchett
“A stronger race will drive out the weaker ones, for the vital urge in its ultimate form will break down the absurd barriers of the so called humanity of individuals to make way for the humanity of nature which destroys the weak to give their place to the strong.” WayGivingFormHumanityIndividualStrongRaceBreakWeakUltimateStrongerAbsurdBarriersUrgesBreaking Down Author:Adolf Hitler
“Do your actions in the world, without forgetting that your find goal in life is to break free from all bondage and limitations. Always 'remember that you have a higher goal to attain.” WorldActionRememberLife IsGoalForgetBreakHigherLimitationBondageLife GoalHigher Goals Author:Mata Amritanandamayi
“Actually, Congress just did pass a tax plan like Donald Trump`s.They passed a tax plan which some Democrats voted for, significant number of Democrats which gave huge tax breaks to wealthy people and corporations.” PeopleNumbersBreakPlansHugeTrumpTaxesDemocratCongressSignificantCorporationsWealthyTax BreaksSignificant Numbers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Even when you're acting, you still need to be true to yourself because you don't want to put on a show for the rest of your life. It is a hard way to the top, but it is also very easy to come back down as well. Also, it is really important to keep yourself rested, and whenever you need a break, take a break.” WayWantNeedsWellsStillsImportantHardShowsEasyActingBreakBeing TrueRest Of Your LifeBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfHard Way Author:Miley Cyrus
“For me, prose is never a poem. Because with prose there are so very few tools to create the music. And one of the most important tools missing is the ability to create silences, as you can in poetry by how you fashion the lines and breaks within the lines and stanzas.” ImportantLinesAbilitySilenceBreakFashionMissingToolsProse Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I do love writing prose interspersed with the poetry of other people. Their rhythms break into my prose and create a connection.” PeopleWritingBreakConnectionsRhythmProse Author:Pattiann Rogers
“I don't make movies about issues. This is my same litmus test for all the movies I love: Is it a great character on a great emotional quest with a great emotional need? Do they overcome great emotional obstacles? Is it a fantastic story? I didn't set out to be a political activist. I'm just a human being who's moved by certain things, and if certain things break my heart, I set out to fix them.” IfsNeedsHumansHeartCharacterStoriesPoliticalCertainHuman BeingsLove IsBreakIssuesEmotionalMy HeartTestsOvercomingMovedObstaclesFantasticActivistQuestsGreat CharacterBreaking My HeartEmotional Needs Author:Kimberly Peirce
“It's a mystical quality of music, that music isn't really concrete, and it's communicating abstractions about imaginary worlds. At least, my music's like that. It's not real. It's unreal, it's all fabrication. To write a song about Obama would suddenly break the spell.” WorldWritingRealSongQualityBreakMusic IsCommunicateSpellsConcreteImaginaryMysticalAbstractionUnrealFabricationImaginary World Author:Sufjan Stevens
“I think there is an American attitude that is very hard to break which is "We're great. Who wouldn't want to be like us? Who wouldn't want to have the benefits of our largesse, handing out aid and having American companies based in their countries?" and "our culture is great," and all that. It's hard for us to imagine ourselves as not being the greatest country on earth.” ThinkingWantCountryHardEarthCultureAttitudeCompanyBreakImagineBenefitsAidsLargesse Author:Hooman Majd
“Break eggs to make omlettes, never be complacent or think 'I've got a career here, I've got to keep it going'.” ThinkingCareersBreakEggsComplacent Author:Erol Alkan
“I am an indie kid. I made no bones about the fact that I fell into DJing electronic music by accident, by a lucky break, but it doesn't make me any less of a fan of that music, I just never envisaged... not through a lack of confidence or belief, I just didn't think that I'd be sharing the bill with people that I was going out to see myself.” PeopleThinkingMadeFactsKidsBeliefBreakFansLuckyBillsBonesAccidentsGoing OutElectronic MusicLack Of ConfidenceLucky Breaks Author:Erol Alkan
“I'm the strongest advocate you can imagine for doing things honestly and paying your taxes. Take advantage of every tax break you're legally entitled to. But I follow the letter of the law, because the consequences are severe if you're caught. I was a perpetrator at one time and suffered severe consequences. It is difficult in some places, but if you live in places like California, move somewhere else to save some money.” IfsMovingLawDifficultBreakImagineTaxesConsequenceAdvantageLettersCaughtHonestlyCaliforniaStrongestOne TimeEntitledSevereSomewhere ElsePerpetratorsTax Breaks Author:Michael Franzese
“Over the decades, you got various companies involved in making escalators and you've got Metro varying between internal repair crews and contractors. They're dealing with old equipment, which of course is prone to break down, and the repair crews don't even know what's busted or who made the busted parts till they tear the things open. Then sometimes they have to go back to the shop and manufacture parts, because the original maker has gone out of business.” KnowsMadeSometimesCoursesCompanyBreakGoneTearsInvolvedOriginalsDown AndVariousDecadesShopsInternalsMakersCrewEquipmentBreaking DownBustedContractorMetroEscalators Author:Robert James Thomson
“The trick generally is to break programs into pieces and have those pieces be individually testable and so then when you move on to the other pieces you treat it as a black box knowing that it either works or doesn't work.” MovingBlackBreakKnowingPiecesProgramTreatsBoxesTricksBlack Boxes Author:Bill Gates
“I understand that people can start to say stop it, let me have a break and look at my emails without having an ad pop up.” PeopleLooksBreakLet MePopsAdsEmail Author:Maurice Levy
“It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.” ImportantHoursBreakFourTake MeGroove Author:Grimes
“The main thing is that people see constant reports of break-ins on, on record systems and stolen financial data and social security records and so they'd think about you know what's going to prevent that happening with my medical records. And interestingly enough, patients are less worried about that than their doctors are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughSocialBreakRecordsSecurityHappeningsDoctorsConstantPatientFinancialMedicalDataWorriedReportsSocial SecurityStolenMedical Records Author:William Davis
“This film [Chi-Raq]is a declaration. It's a scream. It's a warning. And I can really break it down to one scene. That's the scene where we have the eulogy and sermon that is given by the great John Cusack.” I CanFilmGivenBreakSceneWarningScreamDeclarationSermonsEulogy Author:Spike Lee
“Part of writing is discovering the rules of the game and then deciding whether to follow the rules or to break them. The great thing about the game of poetry is that it's always your turn - I guess that goes back to my being an only child. So once it's under way, there is a sense of flow.” WayWritingChildrenTurnsGamesBreakFlowGreat ThingsPoetry IsDiscoveringOnly ChildRules Of The Game Author:Billy Collins
“So you're just moving along and suddenly you get this moment that breaks your ability to continue, and yet you continue. I wanted those kinds of moments. And initially people would say, "I don't think I have any." Their initial reaction was to render invisible those moments weaved into a kind of everydayness.” PeopleThinkingKindMomentsWantedMovingAbilityBreakInvisibleReactionsInitials Author:Claudia Rankine
“They don't want you to wear the Saint Lauren fur, they don't want you to break App Store, they don't want you to be the biggest boss in the game. So what we go'n do is we go'n win more.” WantGamesWinningBreakSaintStoresBossFurAppsLauren Author:DJ Khaled
“I know that a lot of songwriters write about a break up. It's a really popular topic. I think heartbreak is the number one thing people write about. I could say that's narcissistic somehow because they want everybody to admire how pained they are. But I actually do think there's something beautiful and uplifting about knowing that you're not the only one who is experiencing or has experienced that kind of devastating loss. Everyone's experienced that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingKindBeautifulLossNumbersBreakKnowingOne ThingAdmireUpliftingSongwritersTopicsNarcissisticSomething BeautifulReally PopularDevastating Loss Author:Mirah
“In my totally unscientific yet enthusiastic survey of Communal Experiments Throughout American History, I've discovered that the thing most likely to break up said experiments is: Sex, all that murky, dark, dirty gunk simmering beneath human relations.” HumansSaidSexDarkBreakRelationExperimentsDirtyAmerican HistoryEnthusiasticSurveysHuman Relations Author:Lauren Groff
“I'm trying to break myself of that habit [of not writing out a first draft ] because I'm working on a couple novels and I know if I tried to write those books the way I wrote the stories it would take me years to finish.” IfsKnowsWayWritingTryingYearsFirstsBookStoriesBreakNovelCoupleHabitTake Me Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“f the government is going to put money into the automobile sector, it should break up GM and Chrysler as a condition of financial aid, and it should be even-handed in its treatment of start-up firms like Tesla, Miles, Fisker, and others. It would be terrible to kill the entrepreneurs who have taken great risks to bring new automotive technologies to market by pumping tax dollars into the behemoths that have done everything wrong for the last years.” ShouldYearsDoneGovernmentWould BeLastsBreakTechnologyTakenRiskConditionsTerribleTaxesDollarsEntrepreneurFinancialAidsMilesFirmTreatmentLast YearAutomobileGreat RiskTeslaTax DollarsChryslerBehemothFinancial Aid Author:Denis Hayes
“My greatest struggle is to coexist while watching the people I love choose less than life-supporting paths via drugs, alcohol, or poor lifestyle decisions. There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.” PeopleHeartDecisionPoorBreakStrugglePathMy HeartDrugAddictionAlcoholLifestyleHeart BreakCaptivesCoexist Author:Mike Love
“When you think about email or IMing, why aren't you writing back? I can see your avatar, I know you're online, why aren't you writing me back? But with Twitter, everybody sends their responses to Twitter, and Twitter then sends them out to everyone. So there's not this constant connection. You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it's fine.” ThinkingKnowsWritingI CanBreakFineCoupleConnectionsConstantResponseOnlineEmail Author:Biz Stone
“We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.” PeopleHappensBreakNewsEarthquakes Author:Biz Stone
“That's the one thing you wake up with every day: How long have I got left? And that's the saddest thing in the world, because you have this absolute realization that everything you love you're going to have to let go of and give up. I look at my daughter and I think, There's going to be a point where I'm not going to be around for her. Even the thought of that breaks my heart.” ThinkingWorldGivingLooksHeartLongLeftBreakOne ThingLove YouMy HeartLetting GoGiving UpDaughterWake UpAbsolutesRealizationMy DaughterSaddestBreaking My Heart Author:Moby
“Rich white people show up in a poor country to pursue their leisure-time fun, get served by black and brown people, and live in relative - or absolute - comfort. In the water, that situation can get turned on its head, though. Local kids learn to surf, know the breaks, and take most or all of the best waves, fuming turistas be damned.” PeopleKnowsCountryShowsKidsFunBlackWaterWhitePoorSituationBreakRichComfortAbsolutesWaveLocalsPursueBrownRelativeLeisureSurfPoor CountriesLeisure Time Author:William Finnegan