“I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing. I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny. So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.” ThinkingSongCuttingRocksJokesMy FriendsTeethTeenagerAmusingGenesisAccordionsPolkaRock SongMedley Author:Al Yankovic
“I don't like diabolism so I stay away from things like Clockwork Orange. I think diabolism is awfully childish. I don't even want to see The Godfather. I couldn't stand seeing that horse's head cut off. I wouldn't mind if it were Marlon Brando's.” IfsThinkingWantMindCuttingSeeingHorseOrangeClockworkBrando Author:Anita Loos
“Where taxes are concerned, there are two clear-cut points of view. There are those who think they're too high and those who think they should be even higher because, after all, politicians spend our money far more wisely than we do. The obvious solution I'd propose is that the people in the first group would pay less and those in the second group would pay more. Lots more.” PeopleThinkingShouldFirstsTwoViewsPayClearCuttingGroupsHigherPoliticianTaxesSolutionsConcernedObviousPoint Of ViewPropose Author:Burt Prelutsky
“Payments to the disabled are getting slashed and people like me are getting a tax cut. Who could possibly think that is a good thing?” PeopleThinkingCuttingTaxesGood ThingsLike MePaymentDisabledTax Cuts Author:Mark Haddon
“There's a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, you know, do you think the federal government spends too much money and they should spend less, they say yeah, absolutely. Then you name specific things, like Pell grants for students and they say, no, not that. How 'bout NIH, medical research funding? Nah, you really shouldn't cut that. And pretty soon you've proved that what the American public is against is arithmetic.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldGovernmentNamesToo MuchCuttingStudentsResearchYeahMedicalGrantsVotersFederal GovernmentFundingSchizophreniaArithmeticMedical ResearchPell Grants Author:Bill Gates
“Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.” ThinkingViewsCuttingPolicyTaxesConsensusTriggersTax CutsFiscal Policy Author:Alan Greenspan
“I just like short hair on women, I think it's cool. And I have wanted to cut my hair for very many years, but being on contract with a television show for six years prevents you from doing that, and then being on contract with a cosmetic endorsement campaign prevents you from doing that again. So for eight years, I've had to have long, flowing locks. And I was just so sick and tired of long, flowing locks, so I chopped them.” ThinkingYearsLongShowsWantedCuttingTelevisionHairSixSickTiredEightCampaignsContractsLocksTelevision ShowsCosmeticsEndorsementsSo SickShort Hair Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in.” ThinkingWritingCuttingSceneScripts Author:David Twohy
“A great discipline comes with knowing that everyone's very focused. I've never shot a scene thinking, I wonder if this will make it. Every scene I shoot, I know that it's going to make it into the final cut.” IfsThinkingKnowsWonderKnowingCuttingDisciplineSceneShotsFinalsFocused Author:Jeremy Bolt
“So it's an interesting process just going through and seeing what works and what doesn't work, and what's the best version of it. It was a good process because I think we all collectively, when everyone would run into issues in the cut or know that things weren't working, they kind of glaringly stuck out so we could focus on fixing those things and it wasn't a situation where you would show it to ten people and you would have ten problems.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindShowsProblemRunningProcessInterestingSituationIssuesFocusCuttingSeeingTenStuckVersionsFixing Author:Bryan Burk
“I think everybody should see ('The Star Wars Holiday Special') to realize how bad something can be. There are some cool things in there, but it's two hours long, and you could probably cut it down to about two minutes and twelve seconds of cool material. The animated Boba Fett sequence is great, and there's some cool stuff, but overall, the whole format of a variety show in the 'Star Wars' universe is just a train wreck.” ThinkingLongWarUniverseRealizingHoursCuttingTrainVarietyHolidayAnimated Author:Kyle Newman
“The growing inequality of wealth and income distribution is both a moral and economic problem. If the wealthy are unwilling to pay more taxes, then this is going to lead to spending cuts. And if you put off the table things like national defense, then you're going to end up cutting more and more out of programs that aid the poor. So, I think there are consequences to this idea that tolerance for inequality requires us to - to just do nothing to make the wealthy contribute a higher share of resources to fund the government.” IfsThinkingIdeasEndsProblemGovernmentWealthPoorPayMoralCuttingGrowingShareEconomicHigherTaxesConsequenceResourcesProgramTablesSpendingDefenseAidsToleranceIncomeInequalityFundWealthyDistributionUnwillingNational DefenseEconomic ProblemsSpending CutsIncome Distribution Author:Bruce Bartlett
“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLongDoeHandsGovernmentRealizingPartyTalkingCuttingStreetsWallFineRepublicanTaxesMembersLowsObviousTeaElderlyMedicareAbolishTea PartyOccupy Wall Street Author:Bruce Bartlett
“[GEICO] got to thinking that, because they were making a lot of money, they knew everything. And they suffered huge losses. All they had to do was to cut out all the folly and go back to the perfectly wonderful business that was lying there.” ThinkingLyingLossCuttingWonderfulHugeFollyLots Of Money Author:Charlie Munger
“I think you should suffer sometimes to be attractive and beautiful, so I cut the clothes very slim because I like to feel the clothes on my body.” ThinkingFeelsShouldSometimesBodyBeautifulSufferingCuttingClothesAttractiveSlim Author:Tom Ford
“A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.” PeopleThinkingGivingCuttingMovementArms Author:Tom Ford
“I don't think people realizemilie-autumn-devils-carnivale that, once you turn your director's cut in, it's no longer yours.” PeopleThinkingTurnsCuttingDirectorsDevilAutumn Author:Darren Lynn Bousman
“I don't think I'd be exaggerating to say that the essence of who I am today is a result of the weight training. It's made me and given me the life that I have. And it goes way back to the eighth grade getting cut, your friends telling you that you can't do it, and you telling yourself that you can.” ThinkingWayMadeTodayGivenResultsCuttingTrainingEssenceWeightWho I AmGradesExaggeratingEighth GradeWeight Training Author:Jake Steinfeld
“My mom was a housewife, and wasn't somebody that people would think of as a feminist, and when Ms. Magazine came out we were incredibly inspired by it. I used to cut pictures out of it and make posters that said, "Girls can do anything", and stuff like that, and my mom was inspired to work at a basement of a church doing anti-domestic violence work. Then she took me to the Soidarity Day thing, and it was the first time I had ever been in a big crowd of women yelling, and it really made me want to do it forever.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsMadeSaidBigsUsedGirlStuffCan DoChurchForeverCuttingViolenceMomFirst TimeInspiredFeministCrowdsMy MomMagazinesDomestic ViolencePostersYellingHousewifeBasementsInspired To Work Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I think the best thing about being dumb is that it makes magic a lot better. Where the hell did that rat come from? I dunno, but I'm calling the cops because he just cut that lady in half.” ThinkingHalfHellCuttingMagicCallingDumbBest ThingsCopRats Author:Demetri Martin
“And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.” PeopleThinkingWantWarEnoughHelpingCuttingTaxesVoteTax Cuts Author:Jon Stewart
“I think laying out a beautiful picture in a beautiful way is a bloody bore. I think you've got to blow it right across the page and down the side, crop it, cut it in half, combine it with something else... do something with it. You've got to make something out of it.” ThinkingWayBeautifulSidesHalfCuttingPagesBlowBoresBloodyCropsBeautiful Picture Author:Diana Vreeland
“Some people like to keep their grass cut really short, so they can see the intruders coming. Keep those kill zones open. I say let the grass grow tall so they don't know there's a house behind it. Some call it lazy, I say it's thinking.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHouseGrowsBehindsCuttingGrassLazyZoneTallLazinessIntrudersReally Short Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“You can cut your hair how you want, but I think you should get to where you wear it normal for the future.” ThinkingWantShouldCuttingHairNormal Author:Joey Bishop
“Yet again, the family of a young black man is grieving a life cut short. Yet again, the streets of an American city are marred by violence. What we have seen in Baltimore should, indeed I think does, tear at our soul.” ThinkingMenShouldDoeSoulYoungBlackCitiesCuttingViolenceStreetsTearsGrievingBaltimoreAmerican Cities Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think all the fight stuff. I'm cut out for that. I used to wrestle in high school so I really love it, yeah. I love all the fighting and martial arts. Hey, why am I not up there? Oh, it's just a rehearsal. Keep going.” ThinkingArtSchoolUsedFightingStuffCuttingHigh SchoolYeahHeyMartial ArtsKeep GoingRehearsal Author:Jaimie Alexander
“To me, the big difference is when you yell cut and then you have to walk over there and deliver a note, it gives it much more import as opposed to "Hey, try that." It's just much more intimate, I think.” ThinkingGivingTryingBigsDifferencesWalksCuttingNotesHeyIntimateImports Author:Will Gluck
“I never liked the extended cut personally because I like...we spend a lot of time figuring out our final cut. We test and test and test it, whatnot. Having said that, there's one sequence we're adding back into the movie for the extended cut that is pretty amazing that I think people are going to love.” PeopleThinkingSaidCuttingTestsFinalsSequence Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I thought the other ones were so obviously - what are we going to do if she burns down the house? The DEA, which I think was maybe the best one because she's wearing the jacket when she goes through the mirror and I think that was kind of amazing because you really weren't expecting that. There's something almost slapstick about this in a way that worried me. It was a little pratfalley with the golf club and the - but I think it probably cut together okay.” IfsThinkingWayKindLittlesTogetherHouseCuttingOkayMirrorsGolfClubsWorriedBeing The BestExpectingJacketsGolf ClubsSlapstick Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird.” ThinkingWayFactsCuttingTvsLike YouNewsYoutubeReally CoolClipReally Weird Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“The red carpet doesn't interest me. I think people become all the same; it's like everyone posing from the three-quarter angle in some low-cut, fitted dress; it's all the same.” PeopleThinkingThreeInterestCuttingLowsRedDressesQuartersAngleCarpetRed CarpetPosing Author:Marc Jacobs
“I was never in a school situation where someone said, This is the way a photograph is supposed to look. I was completely open to cut them up, or do anything like that. I think if I had been in touch with people earlier, then I wouldn't have felt comfortable doing that. It would have been too bizarre.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayLooksHas BeensSaidSchoolFeltSituationCuttingComfortablePhotographBizarre Author:Robert Heinecken
“I like LA. LA is cool, but it ain't like home. Atlanta is home. All my friends are here, I grew up here. But LA is cool. Its more like a big office. Its work and you work, and you're meetin' people all the time, but its more like acquaintances than friends and stuff.I wanted to cut down on the profanity, because I think I'm funnier without sayin' a lot of cuss words.” PeopleThinkingHomeBigsWantedStuffCuttingGrewOfficeGrew UpMy FriendsAcquaintanceAtlantaProfanityCuss Words Author:Chris Tucker
“I don't think cops should wear mirrored sunglasses; the whole time the guy was chewing me out, all I could think was I should cut my bangs.” ThinkingShouldWholeGuyCuttingPoliceCopBangsSunglassesChewing Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology. So you and I can give thanks that the locus of Christian thinking appears to be shifting from North America and northern Europe where people write rules and obey them, to places like Africa and Latin America where people still know how to dance.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingWritingStillsI CanChristianAmericaMovingJesusChurchKnow HowFocusCuttingEuropeSavedTheologyThanksHopefulHopelessLatinSheepShiftingLatin AmericaSystematicGoatsNorth AmericaMake A Move Author:William Henry Willimon
“If I think I weigh too much, I'll lose weight; if my hair looks stupid, I'll cut it. I guess I'm my harshest critic. I'm not easily satisfied.” IfsThinkingLooksLosesToo MuchCuttingStupidHairWeightCriticsSatisfiedLose Weight Author:Marilyn Manson
“Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn't have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, "I'm not cut out for this." But I said, "I think I'm better than that, I can go try again." So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn't want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got.” ThinkingWantTryingFirstsLooksMadeSaidI CanShowsCuttingFirst TimePerseveranceCardsMade ItAuditionsTry AgainAtlantaCharlotte Author:Clay Aiken
“I still use a lot of cut-ups, I physically cut-up pieces of paper and stick them all together on another piece of paper then I'll think, "Ah, that looks good," or shuffle them around a bit and then I'll photocopy it and then that's my lyrics.” ThinkingLooksStillsUseTogetherBitsPiecesCuttingPaperSticksShuffle Author:Thighpaulsandra
“I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts of money that moves into the campaigns from special interest groups, and if we resist publicly by saying "No more negative advertisements that destroy the reputations of one's opponents." In the meantime, just don't pay any attention to negative ads, if you can avoid them, and try to focus on the issues.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingWould BeMovingInterestPayAttentionIssuesFocusCuttingGroupsSpecialAmountApproachNegativeCampaignsReputationOpponentsMassiveAdsSaying NoAdvertisementsSpecial InterestsInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:Jimmy Carter
“Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.” ThinkingLooksDifferentGrowing UpCuttingGrowingInfluenceSuitsElegantBrooklynDressed UpHaitiDifferent LooksMash Up Author:Wyclef Jean
“Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.” ThinkingTryingImportantSchoolChallengesSuccessfulCuttingMusicianBudgetsBeing SuccessfulArrestedNyc Author:Wyclef Jean
“If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!” IfsThinkingActingCuttingSizeMum Author:Katherine Jenkins
“I think a lot of people know me for just wearing cut-off denim shorts, an oversized white T-shirt with a pair of high-heels. I usually do wear basic stuff. Jeans and a white T is my go-to look.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksStuffWhiteCuttingShirtsPairsHeelsKnow MeJeansT ShirtHigh HeelsShortsDenim Author:Erin Wasson
“I cut a lot of cringy sex stuff and a lot of stuff I thought was too personal. I think secret gardens are very special. I think we all have to have them. I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable.” ThinkingSexStuffSecretCuttingShareSpecialPagesGardenValuableMemoirSecret Garden Author:Damian Barr
“I think most of us, as writers, have had experiences where you get edited and it doesn't feel like your voice at all. And so it's been nice to go through the experience of having a lot wind up on the cutting-room floor, and yet still feel that your voice is being - not purified, but made more yourself. I think that's a very rare thing.” ThinkingFeelsMadeStillsVoiceRoomsNiceCuttingWindLike YouEditedRare Things Author:Sarah Stillman
“It's definitely about the rhythm of the words and how they sound together, writing one sentence and then another and another and cutting something immediately if it doesn't feel true. I come from a family of musicians and - while I have no musical abilities of my own - I think I inherited a good ear.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingTogetherSoundMy OwnAbilityCuttingMusicianEarsMusicalSentencesRhythmOne SentenceMusical Ability Author:Mary J. Miller
“I think I'm comfortable making myself, or my speaker, larger than life if I can then cut myself off at the ankles. The way, in "My Major Prize," the speaker does this drippy performance of sadness and poetry for some unnamed prize committee, only he lets us know that it's all a wry game.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayDoeI CanGamesCuttingSadnessComfortableMajorsPerformancesPrizeSpeakersCommitteesAnklesLarger Than LifeWry Author:Randall Mann
“I think the Republican budget priorities are messed up. I salute for the way they're attacking some of the entitlement programs, but they are taking huge cuts, by pretending they're just block-granting it to the states, out of Medicaid, from the least fortunate.” ThinkingWayStatesCuttingHugeRepublicanProgramPrioritiesBlockBudgetsFortunatePretendingAttackingEntitlementMessed UpSaluteMedicaidEntitlement Programs Author:David Brooks
“I really like the interplay between thinking of text as ephemeral and thinking of it as a concrete, physical thing. With almost anything that I write, I'll stay completely immersed in the electronic text of it for a period of time and in another period, I'll stay immersed in it as a physical thing that can cut your skin. So with the apocalypses, I had them taped all over the wall and they had codes on them. Sometimes I would color code them in terms of thematic elements, sometimes in terms of voice, sometimes visual forms or images.” ThinkingWritingSometimesFormVoiceTermCuttingColorWallPeriodsElementsSkinsCodeVisualsConcreteApocalypseEphemeralPhysical ThingsThematic Author:Lucy Corin
“If as a voter you think what we need is more Republicans in Washington to cut a deal with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, then I guess Donald Trump`s your guy.” IfsThinkingNeedsGuyDealsCuttingTrumpRepublicanVotersChuckNancy Author:Ted Cruz