“For me, once I count the band in, and I delve deep into my song, I feel a certain sort of integrity and integration that I rarely find in my daily life.” FeelsCertainSongIntegrityBandDaily LifeIntegration Author:Bruce Springsteen
“We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives so that they can carry with them the hope that their lives will get better.” PeopleLooksImportantStrategyImprovementGreekGet BetterDaily LifeAusterity Author:Barack Obama
“I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information. Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.” MayImportantUsedCultureEasyMy OwnInformationAccessUsed To BeErasVisibleDaily LifeDevicesSkepticismEnteringAdoptedFilesSkepticalEducatorSpoken WordNew Era Author:Tom Peters
“What I read in the Bible seemed to me to be very much a part of daily life.” Daily Life Author:Dorothy Day
“I'm giving my fans the songs that they want to hear from me. Why do we love to hear ourselves being downgraded. Why do we love to hear the negative situations that we see in our lives daily? I'm not trying to make sense of it, I'm not giving any solutions, I'm just tossing the question.” WantGivingTryingSongSituationOur LivesFansSolutionsNegativeMake SenseDaily Life Author:David Banner
“The first thing Syrian refugees want is to be able to live within Syria. That means help, humanitarian help, the way we understand it, food, medical care, any other, let's say, basics for the daily life.” WayWantFirstsMeanHelpingCareAbleHumanitarianMedicalDaily LifeSyriaRefugeeBasicsMedical CareSyrian Refugees Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The press tend to stick with that the people don't care about foreign policy in their daily lives and aren't concerned about it and so on and so forth. I don't think that's actually true.” PeopleThinkingCarePolicyConcernedPressesSticksDon't CareDaily LifeForeign Policy Author:John Bolton
“150 years ago in [Charles] Dickens's time there was at least a sense of craft. So some of the things people had inside of them, they had the possibility of expressing in the making of things - even in a daily way with their clothes or their food. People made a good deal of both themselves. Now our daily lives are almost all consumption. Craft plays a tiny role.” PeopleWayYearsMadePlayDealsRolesPossibilityClothesYears AgoTinyCraftsDaily LifeConsumptionDickens Author:Zadie Smith
“I knew that [director/screenwriter] Catalina Aguilar Mastretta had an amazing take on the female psyche and the modern woman and the modern immigrant woman living in the U.S., and I really saw the need for a story told of our daily lives without being a statistic and without just trying to hit a demographic, and I felt that with this one.” NeedsTryingStoriesFeltSawsModernDirectorsFemaleImmigrantsDaily LifeScreenwritersDemographicsModern Woman Author:Karla Souza
“Growing up during World War II certainly affected my whole view of life, but I hardly know how, it goes so deep. What's hard to explain now is that, though we were never invaded, and bombed only once and ineffectively on the coast of Oregon, everybody in the country was in that war. Everything we did was influenced by it - eating, traveling, dressing, thinking - everything in daily life.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWarCountryHardWholeViewsKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingEatingWar Of The WorldsDaily LifeAffectedWorld War IiWorld War ICoastDressingsOregon Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Men are losing power in their daily lives, but manliness is still iconic of power. This creates incredible turbulence around masculinity and incredible confusion around gender norms that's only going to accelerate.” MenStillsLosingIncrediblesGenderConfusionDaily LifeMasculinityNormIconicAccelerateManlinessTurbulenceLosing Power Author:Stephen Marche
“I won't deny the polemical elements in my work, but they are less in the service of attempting to reform human behavior than the delighted exercise of my rather malicious sense of humor - especially vis-a-vis the horrifying everyday environment we have produced for ourselves. These mall-scapes, burb-scapes, urban wildernesses, starchitect stunts, and other toxic contexts for our daily lives express about every human vice, stupidity, and blunder that it is possible for a society to make. It all leads, really, to a psychological place where only comedy or despair make sense.” HumansEnvironmentComedyExerciseDespairBehaviorElementsEverydayVicesDenyStupidityPsychologicalReformMake SenseWildernessDaily LifeSense Of HumorToxicUrbanHuman BehaviorAttemptingDelightedMallsBlundersMaliciousScapes Author:James Howard Kunstler
“What we face is a comprehensive contraction of our activities, due to declining fossil fuel resources and other growing scarcities. Our failure is the failure to manage contraction. It requires a thoroughgoing reorganization of daily life. No political faction currently operating in the USA gets this. Hence, it is liable to be settled by a contest for dwindling resources and there are many ways in which this won't be pretty.” WayFacesPoliticalGrowingActivityResourcesDuesManageUsaFuelDaily LifeContestsFossilsComprehensiveFossil FuelLiableScarcityFactionsContractionsReorganization Author:James Howard Kunstler
“The task we face is reorganizing the systems we depend on for daily life in a way that is consistent with the realities coming down at us.” WayRealityFacesDependsTasksConsistentDaily Life Author:James Howard Kunstler
“In fact, when Bernard [Leach] would be called away to go up to London for something and we'd be living alone for a couple of days, we would dig into the storage areas in the house and we'd get out all the pots that we might not see in the course of our daily life, because we weren't using them in the house on a steady basis. But we found some fantastic pots in there tucked away, and we could look at them and examine them and handle them.” LooksFactsMightWould BeCoursesFoundHouseCoupleAreasBasesLondonHandleFantasticDaily LifePotSteadyStorageLiving Alone Author:Warren MacKenzie
“Since we have been out of balance so heavily towards the male, it is going to be the feminine energy which will now move into a place of enormous influence and enormous impact, as that energy creates a confluence of all the energies surrounding our experience of deities, of the Tao of God, and our expression of that experience in our daily lives.” Has BeensMovingEnergyInfluenceExpressionBalanceImpactMalesEnormousDaily LifeFeminineTaoDeitiesFeminine EnergyConfluence Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I know well what faith really means to people in their daily lives, as there are many people in my family whose lives are permeated by their faith: it dictates the way they behave and sustains them in tough times, of which we've had too many lately.” PeopleKnowsWayWellsMeanToughMy FamilyBehaveDaily LifeTough TimesReally Mean Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“I think the obstacle for women is that their lives are intertwined with the lives of men. Change at the very deepest level of one's daily life and one's being is required if women are to be really equal.” IfsThinkingMenLevelsEqualObstaclesDaily LifeVery DeepIntertwined Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“The interesting thing is, everybody focuses on the global warming as an environmental issue, as something outside our daily lives. But actually the impact of global warming is with us today. Communities are suffering. Communities in poor countries are the ones paying the price, they are not the ones who are polluting, and we need to help them adapt.” NeedsCountryHelpingTodaySufferingCommunityInterestingPoorIssuesImpactEnvironmentalGlobal WarmingDaily LifeInteresting ThingsPoor CountriesEnvironmental Issues Author:Kofi Annan
“For sure I see so much in Sudan that is wonderful, normal life - young entrepreneurs starting up NGO projects, kids mucking around and being kids. Everything else that happens in normal life in any part of the world, and we never get that in our media coverage. We only talk about Sudan once it's in crisis, so we end up with a distorted sense of what daily life is like for a lot of people.” PeopleWorldEndsHappensKidsYoungLife IsWonderfulMediaNormalProjectsCrisisEntrepreneurStartingDaily LifeLife Is LikeCoverageNormal LifeSudanBeing A KidYoung EntrepreneursStarting UpMedia Coverage Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“How do you prevent attacks from becoming the very fabric of lived life in a city? Of course it's very easy to say you should be fearless and go about your daily life.” EasyFearlessDaily Life Author:Karan Mahajan
“Technology is being integrated into the shopping experience, just as it has been integrated into almost every aspect of our daily lives. People have access to information instantly, allowing them to be savvier and more informed than ever before.” PeopleTechnologyDaily LifeIntegrated Author:Thomas M. McGee
“A lot of mantras that I use in my daily life to get through - to move through the world in peace and harmony with myself - find their way into the music that I make. Many of the lines that people seem to be drawn to in my music really come from these mantras that I repeat to myself to try and move through the world in more thoughtful, comfortable way.” PeopleWorldTryingMovingHarmonyThoughtfulDaily LifePeace And Harmony Author:Jenn Wasner
“If each one of us starts thinking, learning, and understanding more about water and the fact that we are water-based ourselves, then we can start to love, thank, and respect water in our daily lives.” ThinkingUnderstandingWaterDaily Life Author:Masaru Emoto
“I try to maintain balance and apply principles the best I can in my daily life. What is the difference between material and spiritual? We are taught that, "God is perfect, ultimately everything that comes from God is perfect." If we fail to recognize something's relationship with the ultimate source, we fail to recognize how to live and utilize things in harmony with God's grace.” TryingSpiritualPerfectGraceFailingBalanceUltimateHarmonyDaily Life Author:Radhanath Swami
“I think we are definitely suffering from an information overload, but I believe that there is going to be better and better ways of organizing that information and processing it so that it will enhance your daily life. I just think that technology and information, it's overwhelming at the moment, but it's really going to make life better.” ThinkingBelieveMomentsSufferingI BelieveTechnologyDaily LifeOverwhelming Author:Anne Wojcicki
“It's CNN who really should hold Trump accountable. And because they are trading the short-term fix of increased ratings by focusing on Trump drama - and I'm not saying they shouldn't cover the Russian investigations, of course they should - but the blanket coverage, it's not about news values. It is about ratings. And it comes at a tremendous cost because Trump supporters are fully defended against this. As far as they're concerned, this is a vast conspiracy, it's fake news, it doesn't impact their daily lives, it makes them see Trump as a victim, which he wants to be seen as.” ValuesDramaConcernedVictimFakeDaily LifeConspiracySupporterTradingBlanket Author:Naomi Klein
“We are facing a flood tide of factors into our daily lives and the lives of our children that conspire against weight control, and for that matter, health, any single policy or program we use to turn the tide is like a single sandbag. You put down the sandbag on the banks of the river. You could ask the question: Have we held back the flood? A sandbag isn't designed to hold back the flood. A sandbag is designed to be part of a levy to hold back the flood. It doesn't matter if it's a good sandbag, maybe a perfectly good sandbag. By itself it can't fix the problem.” ChildrenProblemPolicyProgramOur ChildrenDaily LifeFlood Author:David Katz
“I feel like if we stopped pushing people away in trying to get to the top, we could work together. My goal is to start with my family and my friends, progressively get better and create opportunities for them to express themselves and become happy people, then have them affect the people they're around. [I want to] create this growing effect of positivity and inspired a willingness to overcome any obstacles that are in front of you, whether it be from our government or from our daily lives.” PeopleTryingTogetherOpportunityGoalMy FamilyOvercomingInspiredPositivityObstaclesGet BetterWorking TogetherDaily LifeWillingnessHappy People Author:Ryan Guzman
“And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.” PeopleThinkingSpeakLanguageViewsPoetHigherOrdinaryPlanesDaily LifeOrdinary People Author:Stephen King
“The idea that we can operate in different times is very important for me. And it manifests in daily life or when you meditate. In a way, it's a very scientific thing that you experience for yourself, how time passes, how your body can react to time in different ways.” ImportantDifferentDaily LifeTime Passes Author:Apichatpong Weerasethakul
“I'd feel more of the pressures of daily life, obsessed about finding a job or love. Maybe I've taken these things for granted. I go through a lot of other things in the music industry, but "daily life" is a whole different war to fight.” DifferentWarFightingTakenGrantedObsessedDaily LifeMusic Industry Author:Nomi Ruiz
“Often I combine many sources to create one painting, so it is not usually one particular experience or moment that leads to its creation. I think most artists are just open nets and catch all sorts of inspiration along the way of our daily lives, and that all comes to together in strange and different ways in the studio.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsInspirationTogetherArtistCreationStrangePaintingDaily Life Author:Rosson Crow
“I don't mind being labeled as a political songwriter. I've chosen to do that. What really annoys me is being dismissed as a political songwriter. That really pains me, because life isn't all about love; it's not all about politics, either. It's a beautiful mixture of events that absolutely baffle you, and you think, "Why can't I do something about that?", whether those events are in your bedroom, or out there in the wide world. In our daily lives we engage with them at different times, and I'm trying to write about the whole human experience, or my perspective on it anyway.” ThinkingWorldWritingTryingMindDifferentPainBeautifulPoliticalPerspectiveChosenDaily LifeAnnoyingBedroomHuman Experience Author:Billy Bragg
“I think that there's a sense of self-reliance that exists in skateboarding that kids can take to their daily lives. I think there's also a sense of creativity and community-based goals - in skating, even though it is an individual pursuit, a lot of things that you learn are things that you borrow and expand from other people's ideas. I call skating a combined evolution - it's individual, it's artistic, but at the time, there is a communal push to keep doing your thing. And a sense of camaraderie in that.” ThinkingKidsIndividualGoalCreativityEvolutionArtisticDaily LifeSense Of SelfCamaraderieSkateboarding Author:Tony Hawk
“Testosterone is the hormone of collaboration and competition that, whenever we compete on a team, we collaborate with our teammates. And most of us in our daily life, to the extent that we have to compete with the rat race in the world out there, we're collaborating with other people at the same time. The two are hand in hand.” PeopleWorldTeamCompetitionDaily LifeCollaborationTeammateRat Race Author:Po Bronson
“The ideas of non-duality and mindfulness that I address in my works are things I try to practice in my daily life. Both in and outside of the studio, it's about trying to be fully present, to accept things as they are, to frame your experience in terms of a continually unfolding moment. I feel like that's directly reflected in my formal approach: utilizing a literal use of materials, emphasizing the more ephemeral aspects of the artistic process, and so on.” TryingMomentsTermAcceptingMindfulnessArtisticDaily Life Author:Landon Metz
“For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall." But it's rubbish. Absolute rubbish. A huge amount of your work is done when you're not at your desk. Knotty problems that you need your unconscious to solve. So it can be helpful to walk away and focus on other things and it can be helpful to be a bit harassed in your daily life, to be hungry for time to write.” WritingArtBookDoneProblemEnemyFocusBabyHungryUnconsciousHelpfulDaily LifeGood ArtSomber Author:Maggie O'Farrell
“Quite frankly, the federal government needs - as it needs to on so many levels - to be a better partner to provinces and municipalities with the challenges their citizens are facing. I think a federal government that collects appropriate data and actually understands what people are challenged with in their daily lives, and in their hopes and dreams, is going to be able to help with municipalities and provinces in addressing various challenges like these.” PeopleThinkingHelpingDreamChallengesVariousDaily LifeHopes And Dreams Author:Justin Trudeau
“My method is the magpie's: I look for shiny things. That is, I look for concrete material details of daily life, and I look for vigorous prose, which is the only kind I can read for very long. That effectively bars a great deal of scholarly work, but I didn't feel its loss.” KindLongLossProseDaily LifeConcreteScholarlyI Can Read Author:Luc Sante
“In studying food, you embrace everything. Food exposes the long, complex history of the South - slavery, Jim Crow segregation, class struggle, extreme hunger, sexism, and disenfranchisement. These issues are revealed through food encounters, and they contrast this with the pleasure and the inventiveness of Southern cuisine. Food is always at the heart of daily life in the South.” HeartLongPleasureStruggleStudySlaveryEmbraceHungerDaily LifeSexismSouthernContrastSegregationCrowJim CrowInventiveness Author:Marcie Cohen Ferris
“Under normal circumstances, women go through a lot; and breast cancer compounds the situation of our daily lives. Supporting other women is paying forward and cementing part of my legacy in giving my time in helping others to either live a better life or reach their full potential.” GivingHelpingSituationCircumstancesCancerHelping OthersLegacyDaily LifeBetter LifeBreast Cancer Author:Thelma Jones
“We must refine our evangelization efforts, catechesis, and social-justice teaching to ensure that our people fully understand that religious formation and principles can never be disassociated from any aspect of our daily lives, including our political choices.” PeoplePoliticalChoicesReligiousEffortTeachingDaily Life Author:Wilton Daniel Gregory
“Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.” PeopleShouldEnoughActorsActingStageOughtOrdinaryTheatreDaily LifeLarger Than Life Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.” LoveShouldImportantSpiritualityReligiousCompassionMajorsMessagesTraditionImportant ThingsKarmaBuddhistDaily LifeThought ProvokingDaily MotivationTibetanLove And CompassionSpiritual AwarenessTibetReligious TraditionsWhat Is ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessForgiveness LoveCompassion For YourselfForgiveness And PeaceMercy And Compassion Author:Dalai Lama
“It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.” IfsHelpingRealityCan DoPrayerHelping OthersCheatingDaily LifeVengeanceOur PrayersHarming Others Book:Path To Tranquility Source: Path To Tranquility
“I try to go throughout my daily life just as if nothing has changed, but you don't have much anonymity anymore, which feels really good. People come up, and say hi and they enjoy your work.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingEnjoyChangedCome UpDaily LifeGood PeopleAnonymityEnjoy Your Work Author:Adam Lambert
“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” MotivationalMotivationCrazyGreatnessWise WordsLetting GoEssentialsIncreaseSimplicityFilmmakerDaily LifeMotivational SportsMartial ArtsSelf MotivationMasterySelf MasteryDecreaseHacksMartial Arts Inspirational Author:Bruce Lee
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” WritingDoeBookRealityLiteratureHealingOur LivesRespectAddDesertDaily LifeDaily MotivationCompetenciesWorld LiteratureStudying Literature Author:C. S. Lewis
“I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I'm consumed with sick visions of violence, terror, sex and death.” IfsSexVisionViolenceNormalSickTerrorBehaveDaily LifeConsumedSex And Death Author:Courtney Love