“At a certain fork in the road of automatization, Europeans chose to have more time, and they work far less than we do and get much longer vacations. We chose to have more stuff, the stuff sold to us through those beckoning adjectives-bigger, better, faster: Jet Skis, extra cars, second homes, motor homes, towering slab TVs, if not the time to enjoy them or to enjoy less commodified pleasures.” IfsHomeCertainStuffEnjoyPleasureCarTvsBiggerFasterExtrasMore TimeVacationConsumerismMotorJetForksOverconsumptionAdjectivesSkisBeckoningFork In The RoadSlabsBigger Better Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!” IfsThinkingWantNeedsLife IsStuffSpaceCarManageRelaxedLiberatedRefrigeratorsOverheadYou Re Pretty Author:Brit Marling
“Bikes are clearly a superior form of transportation when it comes to just simple getting around. A car makes sense if you need to carry a bunch of stuff.” IfsNeedsFormStuffSimpleCarBunchSuperiorsMake SenseBikeTransportation Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I do generally all my stuff [stunts] except for motorcycles and cars, that stuff I don't know how to do as well as certain people do.” PeopleKnowsWellsCertainStuffKnow HowCarMotorcycle Author:Channing Tatum
“Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They're forgetting the fact that there's a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.” GivingWellsFactsStoriesSeemsActionFilmStuffForgetViolenceCarCoupleSceneEssentialsHollywoodGive MeStructureShootingBroadsFadsAction Films Author:Clint Eastwood
“If it tastes good, spit it out. All those cakes and pies and candy and ice cream -- all that terrible fast food stuff! I just bought a new corvette sports car ... would I put oil in the gas tank? Would I?” IfsStuffSportsCarTerribleTasteOilIceGasCakeCreamPieCandyIce CreamTanksSpitFast FoodSports Cars Author:Jack LaLanne
“A lot of fun stuff happens when you go out on a bike compared to when you're in a car. You're more in the environment. It's enjoyable. Even when It's raining It's still fun.” StillsHappensFunStuffEnvironmentCarRainEnvironmentalBikeEnjoyableStuff HappensFun Stuff Author:Stone Gossard
“the seeker who embraces positive theology finds ... that you can have all that stuff in the mall, as well as the beautiful house and car, if only you believe that you can. But ... if you don't have all that you want, if you feel sick, discouraged, or defeated, you have only yourself to blame. Positive theology ratifies and completes a world without beauty, transcendence, or mercy.” IfsWorldWantFeelsBelieveWellsBeautifulHouseStuffCarMercySickBlameEmbraceTheologyDefeatedDiscouragedTranscendenceSeekersMallsDefeated You Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“I'm more into, like, colour than, like, the type of car and stuff. I don't know much about cars, so I'm just more into picking the right color.” KnowsStuffCarColorTypeColour Author:Miranda Cosgrove
“Every snapshot collector has obsessions. Some only collect photos of cars. Others like World War II, or babies, or old-timey girls in old-timey swimsuits. I happen to collect the weird stuff: photos that make the hair on the back of your neck stand up a little. The uncanny.” WorldLittlesWarHappensGirlStuffCarHairBabyObsessionWar Of The WorldsNecksWorld War IiWorld War ICollectorsSnapshotsUncannyWeird StuffSwimsuits Author:Ransom Riggs
“Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping trips to buy stuff that'll spend a few short months in our homes and long centuries in our landfills.” LongHomeBigsEnergyStuffPowerfulCitiesPracticeCenturyCarBuildingMonthsOffersBillsShoppingStubbornLandfills Author:Alex Steffen
“The truth of who we are has nothing to do with religion or the type of car that we drive or the color of our skin. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. And the human experience part is very temporary. So, things like the bar, love, magic, dancing, and colors are there to remind us to not take all of this stuff so seriously.” HumansSpiritualStuffMagicCarColorTypeSkinsDancingBarsWho We AreTemporaryHuman ExperienceSpiritual Beings Author:RuPaul
“I'm just a careful person around wheels and stuff like that. I try to be as cautious as I can, cause I lost friends to motorcycle accidents and car accidents. So I don't ever play around anything like that.” TryingPersonsI CanPlayLostCausesStuffCarCarefulAccidentsWheelsCautiousMotorcycleLost FriendCar Accident Author:Gucci Mane
“It's not about the big deal you struck that day, it's not about the new car, it's not about the obvious stuff. It's about that little introspective moment you had in the middle of all that. Those are moments between the moments, and that's where life is.” LittlesMomentsBigsLife IsStuffDealsMiddleCarObviousBig DealIntrospectiveNew Car Author:Charlie Sheen
“Food is fuel and it keeps us going just like a car needs petrol. When you're running a car it's important to think about what fuel you're putting in because if you put in the rough stuff, what's going to happen? The car's going to slow down and perform badly because you've neglected it.” IfsThinkingNeedsImportantHappensRunningStuffCarDown AndFuelRoughSlow DownNeglectedPetrol Author:William Katt
“It's because the idea of what's cool is different. When you talk to a girl who goes to regular school, what's cool is whether or not you've been to jail, or if you have a car. If you talk to a girl who goes to art school, what's cool to her is if you do art projects on the weekend with your dad, if you can build something - out-of-the-norm stuff.” IfsArtIdeasDifferentSchoolGirlStuffCarDadProjectsJailWeekendNormArt SchoolYour DadArt Projects Author:Anthony Mackie
“I don't think people are going to come down to Texas and see every person riding in a candy car or every person sipping syrup. But, for the most part, people got a lot of the stuff right, talking about the screwed music scene.” PeopleThinkingPersonsStuffTalkingCarSceneTexasRidingCandySyrupSipping Author:Chamillionaire
“I'm not a fatalist. I'm not a religious person. I'm sure there are close calls that we're not even aware of hundreds of times a year. You cross the street, and if you'd crossed the street two minutes later, you'd have been hit by a car, but you'd never know it. I'm sure that kind of stuff happens all the time.” IfsKnowsYearsKindPersonsHas BeensTwoHappensStuffReligiousStreetsMinutesCarCrossesReligious PersonStuff HappensClose Calls Author:Seth MacFarlane
“Interesting thing that is happening in American society is that people are starting to talk about money. I don't know how you feel about this, but for a long time, nobody was talking about money. It was a secret. And it's kind of very interesting because we do lots of stuff to portray to people about how much money we have, the clothes we wear and the cars we have and the house - they all kind of depict to other people, signal how much money we make, but we don't talk about it specifically.” PeopleKnowsFeelsKindLongHouseStuffInterestingSecretTalkingKnow HowCarClothesLong TimeHappeningsStartingAll KindsSignalsVery InterestingInteresting ThingsHow You FeelAmerican SocietyTalking About Money Author:Dan Ariely
“The first job I did was Volkswagen, we shot it in Long Beach, and it was like they won multiple awards with it and they were super excited about it and that kind of launched me into the world of commercials. Still most of what I do is car-related stuff.” WorldFirstsKindLongStillsJobsStuffCarShotsExcitedBeachRelatedAwardsMultipleVolkswagensLong Beach Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“Some if it may seem hokey to some people, but if you traveled where I've traveled, done what I've done and seen the results that I've been getting, then you understand where I'm coming from. Playing in a football game is like being in 30-40 car accidents. You can find yourself in awkward positions. That stuff takes its toll. But if you take advantage of health care, balance your body back out, put it back where its supposed to be, you function better, and you recover faster.” PeopleIfsMayDoneBodySeemsCareGamesStuffResultsCarPositionFootballBalanceAdvantageFunctionAccidentsYour BodySupposed To BeHealth CareFasterFinding YourselfBe YouAwkwardTraveledTollsFootball GameCar Accident Author:Emmitt Smith
“It's a balance. Like, we are shooting the big car chase at the end and it's me with everybody. And I got my stunt coordinator who shot some stuff and I'm like, you are right next to me, why don't we do it together.” EndsBigsTogetherNextStuffCarLike YouBalanceShotsShootingCoordinatorBig Cars Author:George Tillman, Jr.
“So we have that, where there are moments where it's just Nic Cage and Amber Heard and you're in the car with them and it's not stuff flying at your face but you're literally sitting in the backseat. You're sitting there and it's just sort of interesting. At the same time we're going to throw cars and guns and bullets and frogs and naked people at your face because it's fun and that's the roller coaster. We do write some things for 3-D.” PeopleWritingMomentsFacesFunStuffInterestingHeardCarGunSittingFlyingNakedYour FaceBulletsCagesFrogsAmberRoller CoasterCoastersBackseat Author:Todd Farmer
“How far would you go for someone you love ? I heard this story, about this woman, who actually lifted a car off of her baby. 'Course I would have said, Dude! Back up. But, wasn't my kid. When I was born, if I'd have known all the stuff my dad was going to do for me, I'd have crawled right back in.” IfsSaidStoriesKidsCoursesStuffBornKnownHeardCarBabyDadMy DadOne You LoveSomeone You Love Author:Christopher Titus
“To me 30 isn't old. But it's definitely the beginning of no longer young. Because you notice little subtle things happen to you. You'll be in your car driving around listening to the radio and hear stuff like, That's was an oldie from The Clash.” LittlesHappensYoungStuffCarListeningRadioDrivingThings HappenSubtleClashCar Driving Author:Dana Gould
“I would jump into the middle of the street and say, "excuse me, there's a Mercedes that's got to get through here." And I would push people out of the way, "get out of the way! Let him through!" Smacking their cars and stuff. Just like, "whack" and you just jump into it.” PeopleWayStuffStreetsMiddleCarExcuseExcuse Me Author:Bill Murray
“You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.” KnowsWayKindStuffCarNew YorkWalkingGladOne WayComedianLos Angeles Author:Patton Oswalt
“Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.” PeopleKnowsUseLawStuffKnow HowStudyCarConceptsPhysicsTransmissionMacintoshLaws Of Motion Author:Steve Jobs
“They [investment bankers] don't even want the stuff that they've got, you know the fancy cars and houses. Their consumption is basically just a keeping up with the Joneses or let's buy the markers of success because this is what I'm supposed to have and this is what I'm supposed to do. And they are working so hard that they don't even have the time to think about what they might actually desire.” ThinkingKnowsWantHardMightDesireHouseStuffCarInvestmentFancyConsumptionBankersTime To ThinkMarkersWorking So HardFancy Cars Author:Larkin Grimm
“And all of the big shots of the car industry are there, strutting their stuff. And that year, they're feeling especially good because cars were selling more than ever before.” YearsFeelingsBigsStuffCarIndustryShotsSellingBig ShotsStruttingSelling More Author:David Maraniss
“We always joke now like, you know, the more experienced we get making stuff, we're like, "Never leave set without a shot of each of our lead characters driving in the car looking happy, looking moderately blank and looking sad." Because we know we're going to need these things.” KnowsNeedsCharacterStuffCarLike YouJokesShotsDrivingBlankLead Characters Author:Mark Duplass
“I really liked the design aesthetic of the mid-century modern for furniture and the early '60s stuff for the clothes. But then, personally, I'm a huge fan of 1970s muscle cars. Cell phones is just a laziness thing because it's so much easier to have somebody have a cell phone than have to go to a phone booth. So we're sort of, I guess, cherry-picking the best and easiest from several decades.” StuffFansModernCenturyCarDesignHugeEasierClothesPhonesDecadesCellsMusclesAestheticLazinessFurnitureCell PhoneCherriesPhone BoothMuscle Car Author:Adam Reed
“Sam's light-cycle, the car, and the jets are new of course, and other stuff. The new ones are sleeker and so contemporary, that if you could put them in a car design show they would hold up.” IfsShowsLightCoursesStuffCarDesignContemporaryCyclesJet Author:Daniel Simon
“I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've heard a car tire screech and 30 people went to the window. That was a piece of excitement in their day, that a car might have had to stop quickly, you know. You don't need dinosaurs, you know.” PeopleKnowsNeedsMightStuffPiecesHeardCarOfficeSittingWindowBoredExcitementPretendingTireDinosaursSitting Down Author:Ricky Gervais
“I take my camera pretty much everywhere and try to get the most diverse photos possible, since I get to travel to all the greatest cities in the country and see iconic architecture and things like that. I also like racing photos - like motorcycles, cars, stuff like that.” TryingCountryStuffCitiesCarCamerasArchitectureRacingDiverseMotorcycleIconic Author:C. J. Wilson
“Success doesn't bring happiness. Only material stuff like money, cars and iPods can do that. And I've already got all that. So I have to find other ways to amuse myself.” WayStuffCan DoCarMaterialsIpods Author:Murdoc Niccals
“Even if you just want to make a simple clothing item for yourself or go for a long hike in the forest - something we imagine requires absolutely no resources - you have to go to the store and buy a lot of stuff, and probably use a car.” IfsWantLongUseStuffSimpleImagineCarResourcesStoresForestsClothingsItems Author:Catherine Wilson
“I always wondered, you know I watch "Cops" all the time - why doesn't a drug dealer design a trap door under their car? 'Cause cops don't have cameras under the cars, they get you for throwing stuff out the window! If you got a trap door under your car, boom! You would run over it. It would be genius.” IfsKnowsWould BeRunningCausesStuffWatchesDoorsCarDesignGeniusDrugWindowCamerasOver ItThrowingCopTrapsDealerDrug Dealers Author:Kellan Lutz
“I went back to bumming around New York, writing freelance stuff for Car & Driver and such.” WritingStuffCarNew YorkDrivers Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“Most of my subject matter was all kind of, like, party stuff, jewelry and cars. It was really just, you know, shallow.” KnowsKindMatterStuffPartySubjectsCarAll KindsShallowJewelrySubject Matter Author:Gucci Mane