“Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path. I saw it. And the path was a circle. Round and round. So I changed it.” MenDiesBoysPathSawsWifeFrontsChangedSonMomAngryRoundsCircles Author:Rian Johnson
“From early childhood I had always dreamed of becoming an explorer. Somehow I had acquired the impression that an explorer was someone who lived in the jungle with natives and lots of wild animals, and I couldn’t imagine anything better than that! Unlike other little boys, most of whom changed their minds about what they want to be several times as they grew older, I never wavered from this ambition.” WantMindLittlesAnimalBoysImagineChildhoodChangedGrewBecomingAmbitionImpressionJungleLittle BoysExplorersWild AnimalEarly Childhood Author:John Goddard
“If you say children wouldn't know anything about masturbation on their own, you've never changed a little boy's diaper.” IfsKnowsChildrenLittlesBoysChangedNever ChangeLittle BoysMasturbationDiapers Author:Joycelyn Elders
“To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys" as they referred to themselves. That's exactly how they would be described in the press that slowly became enamored with their raucous life style. That has all changed, with the drivers of today polished and clean-cut athletes who are expected to behave like commercial puppets in public.” Would BeTodayStarsBoysCuttingTalentStyleChangedPressesCleanAthleteExpectedHillsBehaveDriversPoolExesPuppetsCarolinaPolishedEnamoredLife StyleNascar Author:Brock Yates
“I am both a public and a private school boy myself, having always changed schools just as the class in English in the new school was taking up Silas Marner, with the result that it was the only book in the English language that I knew until I was eighteen--but, boy, did I know Silas Marner!” KnowsBookSchoolLanguageResultsClassBoysChangedEnglish LanguageEighteenPrivate School Book:Chips Off the Old Benchley Source: Chips Off the Old Benchley
“Is it possible that my sons-in-law will do toilets? If we raise boys to know that diapers need to be changed and refrigerators need to be cleaned, there's hope for the next generation.” IfsKnowsNeedsLawNextBoysGenerationsChangedSonRaisesMy SonToiletsNext GenerationIn-lawsHouseworkRefrigeratorsDiapers Author:Anne Roiphe
“I watched L'eclisse [1962] with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Changed my world. What a glamorous and modern film. This is what a genius is - the thing of a genius. The dresses, the tiny heels, the Cardin look, the boys dressed up as Italian gigolos - it was divine, very modern. [Michelangelo] Antonioni, I loved and I realized: how modern.” WorldLooksFilmBoysModernChangedDivineGeniusDressesI RealizedTinyItalianHeelsGlamorousDressed UpMonicaGigolo Author:Manolo Blahnik
“I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy who used to walk behind me and sing that song that goes, "Walk like a man, talk like a man" and I was devastated. So I learned that I can pick up my voice if I want to.” IfsMenWantKindI CanSchoolRememberUsedSongVoiceWalksBehindsBoysMiddleChangedPicksDevastatedMiddle School Author:Dianna Agron
“Everyone I know, men and women alike, would love to see the world changed so that boys and girls, men and women are valued equally for what we contribute, despite the differences in how our brains and bodies work.” KnowsMenWorldBodyGirlDifferencesBrainBoysChangedMen And WomenDespiteKnow MeBoy And GirlBody Work Author:Cris Mazza
“Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of 5. This changed his life. Owing to the adventure tales he read, he discovered a way to escape from the poor house, the poor country, and the poor reality in which he lived.” WayCountryRealityAgeHousePoorBoysChangedAdventureTalesOnce Upon A TimeOwingPoor Countries Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“Basically for everything that comes out of Five Four, I've come up with the idea or changed it in some way. I'm also working with Putnam Accessory Group, a private label hat manufacturer. I'm in the process of re-branding a line they have called Chuck. It was mostly hats and bags, but I'm adding apparel and eyewear and whatever I feel like adding to turn it more into a brand. I'm supposed to be working with Pharrell on Billionaire Boys Club, but that's on hold.” WayFeelsIdeasTurnsProcessLinesBoysFiveFourGroupsChangedCome UpClubsBrandsLabelsSupposed To BeHatsBagsBrandingBillionaireChuckAccessoriesApparelEyewear Author:Mark McNairy
“Everybody was going along thinking that it was a day like any other day, and bang, down went the Twin Towers. Changed everything. So you can't really predict the future, but you can say, "Boy, are those glaciers ever melting." You can measure that, and you can say, "When they're all melted there won't be any Athabasca River," and you can say, "What will happen to the oil sands then?" because you need a lot of water to make that oil. "Where's that going to come from?" You can say things like that.” ThinkingNeedsHappensWaterBoysChangedRiversOilSandTwinsTowersBangsMeltingGlaciersTwin Towers Author:Margaret Atwood