“The Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out slowly for those making more than that. Raising taxes on anyone now, when the economic recovery is so fragile, would be a mistake.” ShouldWould BeMistakeCuttingEconomicTaxesIncomeRecoveryFragileAnnualsTax CutsRaising TaxesEconomic Recovery Author:Mark Zandi
“I believe that adulterers should be stoned to death. I believe that we should cut the hands off of thieves. I believe the Sharia should be implemented in Denmark. Maybe we should change the Christiansborg Palace [the Danish Parliament building] to Muslimsborg to have the flag of Islam flying over the parliament in Denmark. I think this would be very nice.” ThinkingShouldBelieveHandsWould BeI BelieveNiceCuttingBuildingIslamFlyingFlagsThievesParliamentPalacesVery NiceDenmarkDanishSharia Author:Anjem Choudary
“Life without passion would be a dull wasteland of neutrality, cut off and isolated from the richness of life itself.” Would BePassionCuttingDullIsolatedRichnessNeutralityWastelandRichness Of Life Book:Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“Any man having one drop of the seed of Cane in him Cannot hold the priesthood ... I will say it now in the name of Jesus Christ. I know it is true & they know it. The Negro cannot hold one particle of Government ... if any man mingles his seed with the seed of Cane the only way he Could get rid of it or have salvation would be to Come forward & have his head Cut off & spill his Blood upon the ground. It would also take the life of his Children.” IfsKnowsMenWayChildrenGovernmentWould BeJesusNamesChristCuttingBloodJesus ChristSalvationSeedsParticlesSpillsPriesthood Author:Brigham Young
“The key to trading success is emotional discipline. If intelligence were the key, there would be a lot more people making money trading… I know this will sound like a cliché, but the single most important reason that people lose money in the financial markets is that they don't cut their losses short.” PeopleIfsKnowsImportantReasonWould BeSoundLosesLossCuttingEmotionalKeysDisciplineFinancialMaking MoneyTradingFinancial Markets Author:Victor Sperandeo
“To live when you do not want to is dreadful, but it would be even more terrible to be immortal when you did not want to be. As things are, however, the whole ghastly burden is suspended from me by a thread which I can cut in two with a penny-knife.” WantI CanTwoWholeWould BeCuttingTerribleBurdenImmortalKnivesThreadPenniesSuspendedGhastly Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“An absolute and unlimited right over any object of property would be the right to commit nearly every crime.If Ihad sucha right over thestick Iamaboutto cut, I might employ it as a mace to knock down the passengers, or I might convert it into a sceptre as an emblem of royalty, or into an idol to offend the national religion.” IfsMightWould BeCuttingCrimeObjectsAbsolutesPropertyCommitIdolsUnlimitedRoyaltyPassengersEmblems Author:Jeremy Bentham
“Do we know what practices would be effective in resisting aliens? Wouldn't the public have to be convinced, in all countries, that there is such a threat? When have the major nations on this planet shown they can agree on any military course of action? Earthlings are already spending a trillion dollars a year on things military. Where would the money come from? Krugman seems to be suggesting more lies are what is needed. How about everybody cutting their military budgets in half and feeding people instead?” PeopleKnowsYearsCountrySeemsWould BeActionLyingCoursesNationsHalfPracticeCuttingMilitaryPlanetsNeededMajorsAgreeDollarsThreatSpendingConvincedAliensBudgetsFeedingResistingSuggestingMilitary Budget Author:Stanton T. Friedman
“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
“War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you cut down the number of enemies - there would be no war.” IfsWarWould BeTogetherFormNumbersEnemyCuttingFrontsGet TogetherNo War Author:Albert Kesselring
“Music is a language, and it's like a dictionary that has a lot of words, but if you limited yourself to a couple of definitions you would be illiterate. If one limits oneself to a peculiar definition like 'new music,' 'avant-garde,' or something like that, I think it's like cutting out half the dictionary.” IfsThinkingWould BeLanguageHalfCuttingCoupleLimitsMusic IsOneselfDefinitionsPeculiarDictionaryIlliterateAvant GardeNew Music Author:Archie Shepp
“I was absorbing a sorry truth of show business - rejection is the norm and acceptance the oddity. I was learning to cut the tops off my highs and stay with the lows where the rejections and letdowns would be shallow.” ShowsWould BeCuttingAcceptanceLowsHollywoodSorryRejectionShallowNormShow BusinessAbsorbingOdditiesLetdowns Author:Joan Rivers
“I would be lying if I said I cut out all dessert. When Im training, I try to satisfy those cravings with a slightly healthier dessert, like a piece of dark chocolate or whipped cream and strawberries. Those are two of my favorites!” IfsTryingSaidTwoWould BeLyingDarkPiecesCuttingTrainingChocolateCreamCravingDessertStrawberriesDark ChocolateWhipped Cream Author:Josie Loren
“If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist!” IfsWorldShouldStillsWould BeArtistHouseEasyCuttingRateNewspapersPainterVenture Author:Frederic Chopin
“While things on the surface seem more quiet than at any time since last summer, I do not like the maintenance of what amounts to almost full mobilization in aggressor countries. Surely they cannot afford it and if they had any definite policy of trying to work out economic salvation (except by arms) they would be showing some signs of cutting military expenditures.” IfsTryingWarCountrySeemsWould BeLastsCuttingEconomicMilitaryPolicyArmsAmountQuietSummerSalvationWork OutSurfaceAggressionDefiniteMaintenanceExpendituresAggressorsLast SummerMobilization Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Imitation both unconscious and conscious is par excellence the educational method of the family. It is plain that a considerable part of the adaptation of living beings to their environment, i.e., of beings that are born plastic, is passed on from generation to generation through imitation. Were this not so, much if not all of the road traversed by one generation would have to be travelled by the next generation from the very beginning and without short-cuts. Consequently there would be little chance for the novel adaptation, the propitious individual variation, that constitutes progress.” IfsLittlesWould BeNextIndividualBornChanceNovelEnvironmentCuttingProgressGenerationsConsciousMethodExcellenceEducationalUnconsciousPlasticImitationAdaptationNext GenerationVariationShort Cuts Author:Elsie Clews Parsons
“Congress is thinking about eliminating a federal program under which scientists broadcast signals to Alien beings. This would be a large mistake. Alien beings have atomic blaster death cannons. You cannot cut off their federal programs as if they were merely poor people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWould BePoorMistakeCuttingProgramScientistCongressAliensSignalsPoor PeopleEliminatingCannons Author:Dave Barry
“The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful. What if it doesn't look good? What if they made a mistake? I couldn't do it.” IfsGivingLooksMadeWould BeFacesMistakeCuttingGive MePainfulWhat IfStomachPlasticPullingSurgeryAcheMade A MistakePlastic Surgery Author:Salma Hayek
“I don't think I'm cut out to be a supervillain. I think I'd be a supervillain that would exercise some form of mind control. Rather than war, I'd force people to get on with each other and I'd force people to argue reasonably about things rather than be polemical. So I'd be a supervillain that makes everyone get on, but forcefully. There would be no choice about it. No free will.” PeopleThinkingMindWarWould BeFormChoicesForceLaughingCuttingExerciseArguingFree WillMind ControlSupervillains Author:Jemaine Clement
“I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate a cat without moving my lips. David Lynch would say, "Cut! Sorry, we've got a noise somewhere on set." Everyone would be looking around for this cat.” MenWould BeRememberFilmMovingUsedLaughingCuttingCatSorryLipsIntenseNoiseElephantsFilm SetElephant Man Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I would not want to be a mobile home repo man. Those would be hard to sneak away - "Knock knock - Hi, would you go cut your grass and look that way for a half an hour?"” MenWayWantLooksHardHomeHumorWould BeFunnyHoursHalfCuttingGrassMobileSneakRepo Man Author:Mitch Hedberg
“In the future I would like to try other forms of racing, testing Formula cars or single seaters would be good, but again it is finding the time as I am incredibly busy. I don't think I have the time to try any other new sports. I have already cut skiing out of my routine in order to manage the racing and riding relationship. By the looks of things I am going to be busy for quite a few years.” ThinkingTryingYearsLooksWould BeFormOrderSportsCuttingCarFindingsBusyBe GoodManageRoutineFormulasRacingRidingTestingSkiing Author:Liz Halliday
“My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all true." At the same time, I could have written much more about us, but I didn't want to go any further. I did cut things out. There are certain things that I wrote about her that are so gushing with praise and admiration that when I looked at those passages I realised they would be ridiculous to anybody else.” WantFirstsWellsWould BeCertainLinesCuttingWifeWrittenReaderPraiseMy WifeRidiculousAdmirationPassagesDefenceRealisedOh Well Author:Paul Auster
“If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.” IfsTwoWould BePeaceCuttingDangerEnglandThirtyThroatMulticulturalismDespotismMulticulturalPeace And Happiness Book:Treatise on Toleration Source: Treatise on Toleration
“When I walk into a market I may see a different cut of meat or an unusual vegetable and think, ‘I wonder how it would be if I took the recipe for that sauce I had in Provence and put the two together?’ So I go home and try it out. Sometimes my idea is a success and sometimes it is a flop, but that is how recipes are born. There really are not recipes, only millions of variations sparked by someone’s imagination and desire to be a little creative and different. American cooking is built, after all, on variations of old recipes from around the world.” IfsThinkingWorldTryingMayLittlesTwoIdeasDifferentSometimesHomeWould BeTogetherDesireBornImaginationWalksWonderMillionsCreativeCuttingBuiltCookingAround The WorldMeatUnusualVegetablesRecipesVariationSauceProvence Author:James Beard
“I've done movies in the past that have so many characters and I find it's very hard to follow all these stories. You end up not caring about any of the people and I thought that would be the case in this film, and you had these big speeches for each character, you know, it's like "God that's how you'll have to cut that down in order to paste it all", to edit the movie and my representatives could say "no, you really you ought to check it out.” PeopleKnowsEndsHardDoneCharacterStoriesBigsWould BePastFilmOrderCasesCuttingOughtSpeechCaringChecksRepresentativesEditsNot Caring Author:Jeff Bridges
“It goes back a long way. I wanted to make Tristan + Isolde as my second movie. My first movie was The Duellists. And I was standing in a very romantic part of France looking around me thinking, "My God, this would be perfect for Tristan," and to cut a long story short it never happened because I did Alien instead.” ThinkingWayFirstsLongStoriesWould BeWantedPerfectCuttingHappenedStandingAliensFranceLong WayVery RomanticLong Story Author:Ridley Scott
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.” PeopleIfsTryingMindMeanSaidBookSoulSeemsWould BeArtistLiteratureLostLeftBitsSpaceCreativeToo MuchCuttingStupidHairIntentionVersionsMake SenseClassicEditorsGlimpseCropsPointlessLiliesPadsEditedClassic LiteratureMonetLily Pads Author:E. A. Bucchianeri
“If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically sound.” IfsHumansWould BeSoundHuman BeingsCuttingTreeApplesAristocracyApple Trees Author:John B. S. Haldane
“It would be impossible to accept naturalism itself if we really and consistently believed naturalism. For naturalism is a system of thought. But for naturalism all thoughts are mere events with irrational causes. It is, to me at any rate, impossible to regard the thoughts which make up naturalism in that way and, at the same time, regard them as a real insight into external reality...If it is true, then we can know no truths. It cuts its own throat.” IfsKnowsWayRealRealityWould BeCausesAcceptingCuttingImpossibleEventsRegardMereRateInsightThroatConsistentlyIrrationalNaturalism Book:God in the Dock Source: God in the Dock
“With a congressional mandate to run the deficit up as high as need be, there is no reason to raise taxes now and risk aggravating the depression. Instead, Obama will follow the opposite of the Reagan strategy. Reagan cut taxes and increased the deficit so that liberals could not increase spending. Obama will raise spending and increase the deficit so that conservatives cannot cut taxes. And, when the economy is restored, he will raise taxes with impunity, since the only people who will have to pay them would be rich Republicans.” PeopleNeedsReasonWould BeRunningPayEconomyRichCuttingRiskRepublicanTaxesOppositesIncreaseRaisesStrategySpendingNo ReasonDeficitMandatesImpunityAggravating Author:Dick Morris
“At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share in the imperial merriment. Caligula, wiping the tears from his eyes, managed to gasp, "You'll never guess! It suddenly occurred to me that I had only to give a single nod, and both your throats would be cut on the spot."” IfsGivingMightWould BeEyeNextCuttingShareTearsFitLaughterSpotsHis EyesThroatHelplessBanquetsMerriment Author:Suetonius
“When Obama's economic advisers - a greater group of schlemiels would be hard to find - warn that failure to raise the limit will trigger default and horrific consequences for the global economy, Republicans should reply that if this is so, tell it to your president and get him to approve the spending cuts along with the debt-limit increase.” IfsShouldHardWould BePresidentEconomyGreaterCuttingGroupsEconomicRepublicanLimitsConsequenceIncreaseRaisesDebtSpendingTriggersDefaultGlobal EconomyHorrificAdviserSpending Cuts Author:Dick Morris
“There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth. I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.” IfsWould BeAgeStuffCuttingEffectsRocksCamerasSmooth Author:Adam Shankman
“If you skillfully follow the multidisciplinary path, you will never wish to come back. It would be like cutting off your hands.” IfsHandsWould BeWishPathCuttingCutting OffMultidisciplinary Author:Charlie Munger
“The House okayed the gasoline tax cut, which will increase the deficit, line the pockets of the oil companies, and hurt the environment; Dole said that if there was just some way this could interfere with people's sex lives, it would be perfect legislation.” PeopleIfsWaySaidWould BeHouseSexHurtLinesPerfectCompanyEnvironmentCuttingTaxesIncreaseOilPocketsInterfereLegislationDeficitTax CutsGasolineOil Companies Author:Bill Maher
“That was a very different emotion and I felt Dido's words would be good and I had a template with my voice in it. Then, when he heard it, he wanted both our voices together in it and that's the scene when he sees the boy and then he gets charged to go on that final cutting effort.” DifferentWould BeWantedTogetherFeltVoiceEffortEmotionBoysCuttingHeardGoes OnSceneFinalsBe GoodDifferent EmotionsDido Author:A. R. Rahman
“During the preproduction when I'm shooting and then once we wrap we go away. And then the visual effects guys take over. And then they add all those little bits and pieces. They come up with ideas during the cut in the editing, and they said while would be really cool if we did this thing here where the blade pops out. So then you see the movie and say wow that's a really neat idea. I wish we would have thought of that.” IfsLittlesSaidIdeasWould BeGuyWishBitsPiecesCuttingEffectsLittle BitAddCome UpPopsShootingVisualsGoing AwayWowEditingThey SaidBladesWrapsReally CoolNeatBits And PiecesVisual Effects Author:Gregory Nicotero
“I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the camera is here and the object out there. This is for me a very difficult and sensitive balance. When I produce a work, cut and frame images, I realize that spectators can identify with the images and almost forget that someone else actually made them. This would be the optimal situation. I don't know whether I succeed in doing so, but that's what I would like to have happen.” KnowsTryingMadeEndsHappensWould BeDifficultRealizingForgetSituationCuttingSubjectsObjectsProduceBalanceSucceedEqualCreatingCamerasSensitiveSpectatorsOptimalEqual Power Author:Pipilotti Rist
“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
“So something I've felt I've learned with The Cosmopolitans shoot is using some agility and changing things quickly. That's something I found really useful on this shoot too. The gestation of The Cosmopolitans and this are slightly different from my other films. The script would be done and I'd be cutting it, but I wasn't always writing new material.” WritingDifferentDoneWould BeFilmFoundFeltCuttingMaterialsScriptsI've LearnedAgilityGestation Author:Whit Stillman