“When I was a kid, my favourite time of the year when I was child was that magical first snowfall. I'd yell Yippee! Snow! and run up to the front door and shout You know the deal... You have to let me in now.” KnowsYearsFirstsChildrenRunningKidsDealsDoorsFrontsLet MeSnowFavouriteFront DoorsSnowfall Author:Emo Philips
“I knew that I'd lived in New York too long when, a few years ago, I was on a subway going downtown, and it stopped at 14th Street. At the station, the doors opened, and the conductor announced that there was a bomb on board and we should evacuate immediately. Nobody moved. We just looked at each other, 'Do you see a bomb?' 'I don't see a bomb.' 'There's no bomb.' 'I've only got two stops - let's go for it.” ShouldYearsLongTwoDoorsStreetsNew YorkYears AgoMovedBoardsBombsStationsSubwayConductorDowntown Author:Lewis Black
“Directing takes a lot longer than acting. This was about seven years in development, and then two and a half years with pre-production, production, post and now the release. Not that I have people banging on my door to star in movies, but it takes me out of the acting game for a longer chunk of time.” PeopleYearsTwoGamesStarsActingHalfDoorsDevelopmentSevenProductionsReleasePostsTake MeSeven YearsChunksBangingHalf A Year Author:David Schwimmer
“I've known Timbaland for a while. We developed a friendship. He always said he would come back for me when he was ready, and he did. We've been rocking and rolling since we got together a couple of years ago. I'm blessed to be under his mentorship, and grateful he's opened so many doors for me.” YearsSaidTogetherKnownDoorsReadyCoupleYears AgoBlessedGratefulRolling Author:V. Bozeman
“I have two rules when you come to my house on Halloween. Wear a costume - 'cause if you've manned your door at your own house, you know how many kids will roll up, 14 years old with no costume and an attitude. My other rule: don't grab. Let me assess you and then design a candy situation for you.” IfsKnowsYearsTwoKidsHouseCausesAttitudeSituationKnow HowDoorsDesignLet MeHalloweenCostumesCandy Author:Greg Behrendt
“Every year on my birthday I get a small dash on my inner thigh where my balls currently hang. You can't tell me that's not going to be a beautiful work of art when it's finished. My grandkids are playing with my balls, they can't figure it out. They're like, 'What are these things?' I'm like, 'It's your future, read the chart.' They don't stop growing; they're like earlobes. That joke was inspired by a door that wasn't locked when I was 11.” YearsArtBeautifulGrowingDoorsFiguresJokesBallsInspiredFinishedWorks Of ArtOur FutureLockedYour FutureThighsMy BirthdayGrandkids Author:Daniel Tosh
“Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.” PeopleYearsArtistNamesCreativeDoorsTeamDesignCreative PeopleJacobCollaboratorsLouis VuittonCreative Design Author:Marc Jacobs
“My dad's been having a hard time lately. Keeps on losing his keys. Can't hang on to a set of keys to save his life. And he has tried everything too: little hook next to the door, little bowl next to his bed, keychain makes a noise when you whistle. Nothing worked. So finally, this year for his birthday, the whole family chipped in - and we put him in a home.” YearsLittlesHardWholeHomeNextDoorsKeysDadBedLosingMy DadNoiseHard TimesBowlsHookWhole FamilyHaving A Hard Time Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I classify myself as a student and a teacher. This year, I'm back into the student. I try to stay balanced. I learn so much every time I walk about my door.” TryingYearsWalksTeacherDoorsStudentsBalancedI'm Back Author:Meredith Brooks
“Fifteen years ago, God unequivocally and undeniably gave me Isaiah 22:22 as a life-verse. "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open." After 40 plus confirmations over a two-week period - yes, more than 40 - I became thoroughly convinced this verse was both a promise and a weapon for me. I have since used the verse hundreds of times throughout America - in all 50 states and in Washington DC - to open and close spiritual doors for the Lord.” YearsTwoStatesAmericaSpiritualUsedHouseLordDoorsWeekKeysPeriodsPromiseWeaponsYears AgoConvincedShouldersPlusVersesFifteenTwo WeeksConfirmationFifteen YearsWashington Dc Author:Dutch Sheets
“The place that I worked I used to joke about it. There was a, every morning at 10:30 I'd come into work and I'd go into this cubicle that had a little upright piano and fake white cork bricks on the wall, and a little slate that came out of the wall that you could actually write on. And a door that locked from the outside. Every day from 10 to 6, we'd go in there and pretend that we were 13 year old girls and write these songs. That was the gig.” WritingYearsLittlesUsedSongGirlWhiteMorningDoorsWallJokesPianoFakeLockedEvery MorningBricksGigsSlateCorkCubicles Author:Al Kooper
“I know married Catholics in a second union who go to church, who go to church once or twice a year and say I want communion, as if joining in Communion were an award. It's a work towards integration, all doors are open, but we cannot say, 'from here on they can have communion.'” IfsKnowsWantYearsChurchDoorsMarriedCatholicUnionsAwardsCommunionIntegrationJoiningJoining In Author:Pope Francis
“I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we go, let's deal with this" because we're not dealing with it. I'm waiting for somebody to write another book but it hasn't happened yet, though I guess mine's only been out for a year and a half.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingYearsBookWaitingDealsHalfHappenedDoorsMinesDealing With It Author:Brad Warner
“My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago that was a side-job, he was a scientist. My mother was a dancer in New York. She was next-door neighbors with Dorothy Loudon and they moved to New York together. Mom was a dancer in New York for several years before she got married. My sister was a classical pianist. And my brother was a partier. So it all just seemed to work.” WayYearsArtWholeTogetherJobsMotherNextFatherSidesDoorsNew YorkBrotherMomMarriedScientistMovedNeighborMy BrotherDancerChicagoMy SisterSymphonyPianistWhole FamilyNext Door NeighborsCellists Author:Jason Graae
“I wanted to create a film that hadn't been created yet. I studied film for many years. The Room is almost 20 years of my work. You see, I understand young people unlike the media. I don't expect people to love The Room 100% but I respect that people enjoy it and that maybe it opens certain doors for them. That's what makes me happy.” PeopleYearsWantedFilmYoungCertainEnjoyRoomsDoorsMediaMake Me Happy Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I have more than thirty thousand hours of family and relationship counseling experience under my belt. Over the years, I have seen changes in relationship trends walk through my therapy office doors. My richest gifts are translating the complexities of love and desire in modern relationships into something simple and accessible. I can offer informed advice that makes people feel comfortable, knowledgeable, and confident.” PeopleFeelsYearsI CanDesireHoursSimpleWalksDoorsModernAdviceOffersThousandOfficeComfortableTherapyThirtyComplexityTrendsTranslateBeltsKnowledgeableCounseling Author:Esther Perel
“We've had four or five casts in three years. There was a point when I thought the Department of Children and Family Services was going to show up at my door!” YearsChildrenShowsThreeFiveFourDoorsCastsDepartmentThree Years Author:Julie Bowen
“After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was nice enough to introduce me to his agent. That got my foot in the door.” YearsMadeTwoEnoughNiceFailingDoorsFeetLettersAgentsTwo YearsIntroducingQueries Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“If you open the door and realize things like the fact that Batman is occupying the same narrative space that Robin Hood used to fill 400 years ago, then you have the freedom to ignore the pointless "what is literature" discussion and just talk about stories.” IfsYearsFactsStoriesUsedLiteratureRealizingSpaceDoorsYears AgoNarrativeDiscussionPointlessHoodRobinsRobin HoodRealize Things Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“There are 16 year olds competing at the olympics and i still push on pull doors & struggle getting through the whole day without a nap.” YearsStillsWholeStruggleDoorsOlympicsCompetingNaps Author:Scott Eastwood
“I doubted my creative spirit three years ago and God showed me a way to praise Him through song. It opened the door to a whole tapestry of images and concepts that were brand new for me and I continued on that path.” WayYearsWholeSpiritSongThreeCreativePathDoorsConceptsYears AgoPraiseBrandsThree YearsDoubtedBrand NewTapestryCreative Spirit Author:Jonathan Cain
“Even a hundred and fifty years ago, football was popular because it provided a manly spectacle that lots of men needed, after the industrial revolution. We went from a culture that lived out doors and expanded the frontier and fought the Indians to a bunch of guys in offices. So football provided this jolt, a kind of exalted cult of masculinity. And it still does that. Perhaps even more so today.” MenYearsKindDoeStillsTodayGuyCultureDoorsFootballRevolutionNeededOfficeHundredYears AgoBunchFiftyCultMasculinityFrontiersExaltedManlyIndustrial Revolution Author:Steve Almond
“I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued to happen and some doors continued to open and that kind of led me into the different associations that I developed in my 30s and some records that I've made on ArtistShare over the last 10 years or so.” YearsKindMadeDifferentHappensLastsRecordsDoorsCompetitionGood ThingsAssociationExpectingMonk Author:Jon Gordon
“About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie.” YearsMadeHandsNextComedyDoorsWallYears AgoToolsRadioHolesApartmentFistsComedy Movie Author:Klaus Kinski
“Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations.” YearsStillsMovingCommunityDoorsRelationCubs Author:Ernie Banks
“We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather.” YearsWould BeJobsAmericaThreePresidentEconomyRecordsDoorsBlameFolksWeatherManagersShopsThree YearsCeoObama Economy Author:Mitch McConnell