“Take a couple of days by yourself and rent a nice cabin in some nice, happy place. Stay a day or two and meditate and take walks in areas that feel good to you. Find out who you are again. Remember.” FeelsTwoRememberNatureWalksNiceBuddhismCoupleAreasWho You AreFeel GoodCabinsHappy PlaceSome Nice Author:Frederick Lenz
“Sarah Palin was delivering a speech and she said 'refudiate.' It's not a word – you have refute and repudiate, and she combined them. A lot of times that will happen and people will confuse combinations of words. I remember a couple years ago John McCain mistakenly combined the words Vice President and Palin.” PeopleYearsSaidHappensRememberPresidentCoupleSpeechYears AgoVicesCombinationVice PresidentDeliveringMccainPalin Author:David Letterman
“I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.” IfsYearsI CanRememberMemoriesHappenedCoupleYears Ago Author:James Herriot
“There are 249 millionaires in Congress. Remember a couple of years ago when this new Congress told us they had the solution to the recession? Apparently, they didn't share it with the rest of us.” YearsRememberShareCoupleSolutionsYears AgoCongressMillionaireRecessions Author:Jay Leno
“Marriage is not something that can be accomplished all at once; it has to be constantly reaccomplished. A couple must never indulge in idle tranquility with the remark: "The game is won; let's relax." The game is never won. The chances of life are such that anything is possible. Remember what the dangers are for both sexes in middle age. A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.” AgeRememberGamesSexChanceMarriageSuccessfulMiddleDangerCoupleAccomplishedRelaxIdleTranquilityIndulgeRemarksMiddle AgesIndulge InAnything Is PossibleEdificeSuccessful Marriage Author:Andre Maurois
“Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'” YearsSaidRememberGuyWinningFunEnjoyCoupleYears AgoMeetingsYankeesNew York YankeesSkip Author:Joe Torre
“Try to remember the reason you started riding a motorcycle in the first place. For me, it was a couple of things but mostly rebellion.” TryingFirstsReasonRememberCoupleRebellionRidingMotorcycle Author:Sonny Barger
“Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie.” PeopleMomentsRememberCoupleMovieGood Movie Author:Rosalind Russell
“I travel 250 days a year. There are chef friends who I only see every couple of years. By conventional standards I'm a bad friend. I'm not there to remember your birthday or to offer you words of support through Twitter. I'm not up on what you're doing in New York because I'm not in New York. I'm not what people call in parenting circles "present."” PeopleYearsRememberSupportNew YorkCoupleOffersStandardsCirclesConventionalChefBad Friend Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I like the idea all memory is fiction, that we have queued a couple of things in the back of our minds and when we call forth those memories, we are essentially filling in the blanks. We're basically telling ourselves a story, but that story changes based on how old we are, and what mood we're in, and if we've seen photographs recently. We trust other people to tell us the story of our lives before we can remember it, and usually that's our parents and usually it works, but obviously not always. And everybody's interpretation is going to be different.” PeopleIfsMindIdeasDifferentStoriesRememberParentMemoriesFictionOur LivesCouplePhotographMoodInterpretationFillingTrust OthersFilling In Author:Steven Tyler
“I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names.” RememberAsksNamesCoupleAlbums Author:Big Jim Sullivan
“You gotta remember: we're musicians we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry!” PeopleKnowsHumansSometimesRememberKnow HowCrazyRocksIndustryCoupleFameLuckyMusicianTablesAddPocketsKnivesRock And RollBeing HumanCrazinessCrazy People Author:Corey Taylor
“Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control that thought You'd find me buskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit” GivingWritingYearsRememberSongStreetsStageColdCoupleGiving UpPaperYears AgoSakeNever Giving UpBladesFind MeRazorsSweatingSold OutWriting LoveWriting Love Songs Author:Ed Sheeran
“I remember going to him (Richard England) and saying, “You know, how come you don't give me any parts?” I did Raymonda and a couple of other nice parts, but mostly he was giving a lot of parts to the other girls. He said, “Those girls are short and they're not going to get into ABT, but I think you are going to get into ABT. I think you're going dance later, so I'm not worried about you.”” ThinkingKnowsGivingSaidRememberGirlKnow HowNiceCoupleGive MeEnglandWorriedOther Girl Author:Susan Jaffe
“There are some movies that I remember a couple of seconds and I want to carry those couple of seconds in my heart forever, or wherever it is, and that's worth it.” WantHeartRememberForeverCoupleMy HeartSecondsWorth It Author:Peter Stormare
“I kind of was shoveled onto a boat at 11 and went to England. I didn't have any parent watching over me. It was very free and may have been a bit of a scary time for me, but I really don't remember much about the voyage apart from playing ping-pong a lot with a couple friends.” KindMayHas BeensRememberBitsParentCoupleEnglandScaryBoatVoyagesPingPing Pong Author:Michael Ondaatje
“I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.” I CanSometimesDreamRememberCoupleWake UpSecondsFrustratingGood MovieReally Good Movie Author:Andy Warhol
“My partner, Jeff Ullrich, and I always thought Earwolf was going to be big. There were a couple of studies before we launched saying podcasts were going to really grow. But I remember so many conversations at the beginning where people would say, 'How are you going to make money with this?'” PeopleBigsRememberGrowsStudyCoupleConversationPartnersMaking Money Author:Scott Aukerman
“It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million years ago when I did Running on Empty, and I sat in the room with all these writers. They wrote everything from novels to non-fiction to children's books to journalism - any kind of writing - and I realized that there was no one in the room who would ever read anything I'd written.” WritingYearsKindChildrenBookHardRunningRememberRoomsFictionMillionsNovelWrittenCoupleYears AgoEmptyWestI RealizedJournalismSatPensAwardsNon FictionScreenwritersChildren's Books Author:Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
“Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.” StillsRememberCoupleGardenEdenSerpentGarden Of Eden Author:Edward Carpenter
“I tried to read The Dubliners, when I went to Dublin a couple of years ago. I think I only go thurogh the first story. Gnomon is such an interesting word. So many different uses for a word nooone has heard of, or uses these days. I googled some pictures of sundials to check that it was the tall shadow casting bit (it is) and then discovered that Saint Sulpice in Paris has a rather fascinating large gnomon- which I shall endeavour to see on my next visit to that fair city. Thanks for such a great word, which I shall try to remember.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsDifferentStoriesUseRememberNextBitsInterestingCitiesHeardCoupleShadowFairsYears AgoSaintChecksThanksThese DaysParisFascinatingTallCastingEndeavourDublinSundials Author:Brian D. McLaren
“It seems The Journal of Neurology reports that the longer you smoke, the less likely you are to develop Parkinson's disease. So what are they telling us? Follow me guys. Remember, a couple of months ago, doctors said drinking a glass of alcohol every day was good for your heart. Smoking prevents Parkinson's disease. Marijuana is good for glaucoma. Sex is good for your prostate. You know, screw health care. Let's party!” KnowsHeartSaidSeemsCareRememberGuySexPartyMonthsCoupleDiseaseDoctorsDrinkingGlassesAlcoholSmokeHealth CareSmokingReportsMarijuanaJournalScrewsFollow MeNeurologyParkinsonParkinson'sProstateGlaucoma Author:Jay Leno
“The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.” WritingYearsRememberCouplePrisonMagazinesInmates Author:Patricia McConnell
“It makes me wonder sometimes. Remember a couple years ago, when Mexicans went on strike? It was talked about a little bit but not that much. But some old white people, and there aren't even that many, they put bonnets on, and then they control the news.” PeopleYearsLittlesSometimesRememberBitsWhiteWonderCoupleLittle BitNewsYears AgoStrikesBonnets Author:David Sedaris
“I started going on ski trips at senior school. I can't remember exactly where but we skied in the Tirol in Austria a couple of times and also went to Val d'Isère in France. When I was 15, rugby took over and there wasn't time to ski any more. I didn't ski again until I was 33.” I CanSchoolRememberCoupleFranceSeniorRugbySkisAustria Author:Mike Tindall
“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I.” IfsKnowsFirstsBigsRememberSawsWeekFansCouplePhotographyMarriedFirst TimeYeahMusicalAlbumsBarsConcertsGuestsFoldsRemember MeKansasSnlBottlenecksOldest Friends Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I can remember a couple of real fights when I ran. Because they were kinda dangerous.” I CanRealRememberFightingDangerousCoupleRan Author:Muhammad Ali
“I would have to name two people - my parents. I've seen them come through adversity and work hard to create the best life for me and my siblings. Although I don't remember them together as a couple, I remember the love they had for their children.” PeopleChildrenTwoHardTogetherRememberNamesParentHard WorkCoupleAdversitySiblingMy Siblings Author:Dwyane Wade
“I remember after I dated this white man, nobody said anything but there was a couple of men in my family that joked after that. 'Oh yeah, we had a party when y'all broke up. Hee hee hee.' And, you know, they laughed, and it was like light and a joke. But, you know, that's real. That was real and they let me know. And, it's almost acceptable within our culture to be prejudiced toward whites because of our history. This country is loaded with racism .” KnowsMenSaidRealCountryLightRememberCultureWhitePartyCoupleRacismJokesMy FamilyLet MeYeahBrokeLaughedAcceptableWhite ManLoadedBroke Up Author:Sanaa Lathan
“For me [being a kid actor], it's a bit like when you see your mom's friends, and they're like, "I remember when you were this big. You'll always be that cute little kid to me." It's like that times a thousand. Well, times a couple thousand.” WellsLittlesBigsKidsRememberActorsBitsMomCoupleThousandCuteLittle KidRemember WhenYour MomBeing A Kid Author:Mara Wilson
“In real life, my son had a little injury a couple of years ago where we had moved into a new house and he put his hand through a glass window and it cut him really badly. Thank god he had surgery and repaired everything, but I remember I felt frozen I was so scared, and then I realized I was holding my hand just because his hand was hurt.” YearsLittlesRealHandsRememberHouseFeltHurtCuttingSonCoupleYears AgoWindowMovedGlassesScaredI RealizedReal LifeInjuryMy SonThank GodSurgeryFrozen Author:Molly Shannon
“Though [John] Hughes did provide for us, if we wanted, to go to a local high school and try to blend in. Michael [Hall] and Molly [Ringwald ] already had school to go to with their tutors. Ally [Sheedy] wanted nothing to do with high school. She said, "I remember it fine. I don't want to go back." Which is great. So Emilio [Estevez] and I went. And Emilio lasted a couple hours because people recognized him from The Outsiders that had already been out, so his cover was blown.” PeopleIfsWantTryingSaidWantedSchoolRememberHoursFineCoupleHigh SchoolLocalsHallsAlliesOutsidersTutor Author:Judd Nelson
“I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.” MindMadeDonePlayRememberFeltRocksParticularMonthsCoupleAbsolutesOccasionsCrapSoloDisgusted Author:Jimmy Page
“There are a lot of [Donald] Trump people, I mean, Trump, I remember hearing it, some of these rallies that he had talking about a special prosecutor, and his audience was responding wildly positively to it. So we'll see. Look, I do not think that Trump supporters are going to abandon him over this, and I don't think he's gonna lose any of them over this, but I do know a couple people are gonna be livid that it's not gonna happen.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksMeanHappensRememberLosesTalkingAudienceSpecialTrumpCoupleHearingAbandonSupporterPositivelyRespondingProsecutor Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I remember when I signed with Kedar Entertainment through Universal Records. It was my first record deal and it's the one I still have now. At that time, there had been a couple of opportunities I was almost given, but at the last minute the giver came back and told me it couldn't happen.” FirstsStillsHappensLastsRememberOpportunityGivenDealsRecordsMinutesCoupleUniversalEntertainmentRemember WhenGiverLast Minute Author:Erykah Badu
“We got to be really good friends [Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau]. It was just thrilling, every day. Every single day. I had a big couple of musical numbers in [Out to Sea], and I remember doing one of them and shooting it from beginning to end.” EndsBigsRememberNumbersSeaCoupleMusicalShootingGood FriendThrillingReally Good Friends Author:Brent Spiner
“I remember my very first encounter with Japan. At that time, I was Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg. Out of nowhere, Japan's Consul General in St Petersburg came to my office and said Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to invite me to Japan. I was very surprised because I had nothing to do with Japan except being a judoka. This was an opportunity to visit Tokyo and a couple of other cities. And, you know, a capital is a capital everywhere: there is the official script and certain protocol. It is always easier to talk in the provinces, the conversation is more natural.” KnowsFirstsSaidWantedRememberCertainOpportunityNaturalCitiesCoupleEasierConversationOfficeAffairScriptsOfficialsEncountersJapanInvitesMinistryMayorsProvincesTokyoProtocolDeputiesForeign Affairs Author:Vladimir Putin
“One day I was complaining to Bill Coltrin about what I thought was an unfair article about our team. I was going to call the writer and complain to him. Bill told me, "If you plan to stay in this business (coaching), you need to realize a couple of things about the press. One, whatever is written, it will probably be forgotten in two or three days by the public; and two, if you complain or make an enemy of the writer, just remember you may have your 'day in the sun,' but he/she is going to press 365 days a year." I have never forgotten that.” IfsNeedsYearsMayTwoRememberThreeRealizingEnemySunPlansWrittenTeamCoupleOne DayBillsPressesForgottenComplainingCoachingArticlesUnfairRemember YouRemembers You Author:LaVell Edwards
“I was fortunately able to avoid getting into any trouble with police. There was - I remember I was 12, and I did something really (laughter) - a couple of friends, Cinco de Mayo - we were off school, and we saw some people looking like they were having a party. And we had a little bit too much time on our hands, and so we figured, as kids, a great idea would be to throw some things over the fence and hit all these people with stuff, like eggs and everything.” PeopleLittlesIdeasHandsWould BeKidsAbleSchoolRememberStuffBitsPartySawsToo MuchTroubleCoupleLittle BitLaughterPoliceEggsFenceGreat IdeaCinco De Mayo Author:Mahershala Ali
“The only recording studio was in Motown - it was called Tamla/Motown at that time and we used to audition there because Smokey Robinson was at that studio and Berry Gordy was the president. I remember asking Smokey to listen to my group and he did. For the first couple of years we were just singing background. We used to back up Marvin Gaye; Mary Wells was there then, Marv Johnson, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Junior Walker and the All-Stars.” YearsFirstsWellsRememberUsedStarsPresidentGroupsCoupleSingingAskingStudiosBackgroundsMaryAuditionsJuniorsJohnsonBerriesWalkersMarvinAll StarsMotownRecording Studio Author:Diana Ross
“Kosovo is an agricultural economy particularly. It also has a couple of good power stations that exported power, and the big cooperative which they had there in the mining field is no longer functioning. So there is no immediate employment available for people in the industrial sector. All that needs to be going. But you will remember that it is part of Yugoslavia, and much of its trade and its dependence was on Serbia and Montenegro.” PeopleRememberEconomyCoupleTradeMining Author:James Wolfensohn
“I think I have always sort of cultivated a flowery writing style. I've always sort of over - written in every genre that I've attempted. I went to college and took a couple of writing classes and I remember my teachers were always incredibly encouraging. But it was inevitable to get the criticism: "Take it down a notch!" But the nice thing about screenwriting is that you don't really have to.” ThinkingWritingRememberTeacherNiceStyleCollegeCoupleCriticismInevitableScreenwritingWriting Style Author:Diablo Cody
“The only lie I really remember from my adolescence was when I was in sixth grade and I was dropped off with a couple of friends at the movie theater to go see a movie, I can't remember which one it was, and we went to go see this movie instead that was rated R. That was sort of a defining moment, that was probably the first time I had ever lied to my parents about something.” MomentsRememberLyingParentCoupleFirst TimeAdolescenceLiedMovie Theater Author:Dan Byrd
“In high school, I had a teacher there who was really great to me and with whom I finally dared to admit I wanted to be a writer myself, and we did a project where I wrote terrible, 17-year-old fiction. But I remember a couple of the stories. I'd love it if I could read with pride something that I wrote that long ago, but it hasn't happened yet.” LongSchoolRememberTeacherPrideCoupleTerribleHigh SchoolReally Great Author:Jonathan Dee