“I think one of the lessons we learn in life - and it's an old lesson, but each of us has to learn it, if he does, individually - and that is that, in human relations, particularly sexual relations and so on, the person you might most trust and feel most comfortable and easy with isn't necessarily the person your heart is going to fall for.” IfsThinkingFeelsHumansHeartPersonsDoeMightFallEasyLessonsComfortableRelationHuman Relations Author:Robert MacNeil
“As deaths have accumulated I have begun to think of life and death as a set of balance scales. When one is young, the scale is heavily tipped toward the living. With the first death, the first consciousness of death, the counter scale begins to fall. Death by death, the scales shift weight until what was unthinkable becomes merely a matter of gravity and the fall into death becomes an easy step.” ThinkingFirstsMatterYoungDeathFallEasyConsciousnessStepsBalanceWeightScalesLife And DeathGravityUnthinkable Book:Temporary Homelands Source: Temporary Homelands
“Not caring what people think about you is so much easier said than done and I think that it's easy to be in school and kind of compare yourself to everybody else, you might think that you're weird because some people don't like you or because you just dont feel like you belong in your own skin in your school and I think that it's important to realize that there's absolutely nothing wrong with you you're worth so much. As time progresses you'll see that and you have to learn to love yourself and accept yourself because its your skin” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindSaidImportantDoneMightSchoolEasyRealizingAcceptingProgressLove YouLike YouEasierSkinsCaringCompareLove YourselfAbsolutely NothingNot CaringAccepting YourselfLearn To Love YourselfEasier Said Than Done Author:Camila Cabello
“I think that it's easy to target a heavy metal band for inciting violence or making kids turn to a cult than it is to actually look at real problems in the real world.” ThinkingWorldLooksRealProblemKidsTurnsEasyViolenceBandHeavyTargetReal WorldMetalsCultReal ProblemsHeavy MetalMetal Band Author:Sam Dunn
“Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In a world where so many companies are willing to cut corners, to do things the easy way in order to enhance the bottom line, it's gratifying to know that there's one company that obviously takes such pride in its finished product, one company that can always be counted on to design and produce a book that is, itself, as much a work of art as the illustrations on its pages.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayMindFirstsArtBookOrderEasyLinesQualityCompanyCuttingDesignProduceWillingProductsPridePagesBottomCornersFinishedWorks Of ArtBottom LineOne WordIllustrationEasy WayAbram Author:Stan Lee
“Since we think about ourselves so much of the time, it is comforting to assume ... that we really know the score.... [But] this is not an easy assignment. [As] Santayana wrote, 'Nothing requires a rarer intellectual heroism than willingness to see one's equation written out.'” ThinkingKnowsEasyWrittenIntellectualAssumingScoreWillingnessHeroismEquationsComfortingAssignments Author:Gordon Allport
“Do you think it's easy to just walk up to Joe DiMaggio and start up a conversation? I've been around him at old-timers' games, and believe me, he's someone special. It's not easy to walk over and say, 'How ya doin', Joe, whaddya say?' You really feel as though this is the one old-timer you have to call Mister.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveGamesEasyWalksSpecialConversationBelieve In MeTimerSpecial SomeoneOld Timers Author:Tom Seaver
“Poverty demoralizes. A man in debt is so far a slave; and Wall-street thinks it easy for a millionaire to be a man of his word, aman of honor, but, that, in failing circumstances, no man can be relied on to keep his integrity.” ThinkingMenEasyPovertyFailingStreetsWallHonorCircumstancesIntegritySlaveDebtBe A ManMillionaire Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A cheerful, easy, open countenance will make fools think you a good-natured man, and make designing men think you an undesigning one.” ThinkingMenEasyDesignFoolCheerfulCheerfulnessCountenance Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don't know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don't.” ThinkingKnowsLifeAsksEasyGrowthSituationOpinionKnowingWorstProducePersonal GrowthInvestingValuableWorst Situation Author:Ray Dalio
“Folks that has brought up children know that there's no hard and fast method in the world that'll suit every child. But them as never have think it's all as plain and easy as Rule of Three—just set your three terms down so fashion, and the sum'll work out correct.” ThinkingKnowsWorldChildrenHardThreeEasyTermFashionMethodFolksWork OutSuits Book:Anne of Green Gables Source: Anne of Green Gables
“Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists because we don't know the future, we don't know if the decision we make will lead to the best possible outcome. Cognitive science has taught us that relying on our gut or intuition often leads to bad decisions, particularly in cases where statistical information is available. Our guts and our brains didn't evolve to deal with probabilistic thinking.” IfsThinkingKnowsWould BeEasyDifficultDecisionDealsBrainCasesInformationTaughtAvailableIntuitionEvolveUncertaintyOutcomesGutsDecision MakingCognitiveTaught UsBad DecisionCognitive ScienceDecisions We Make Author:Daniel Levitin
“I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.” ThinkingEasyMy OwnSituationMastersCircumstancesContentment Book:Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Le Sage Source: Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Le Sage
“Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four.” ThinkingThreeEasyViewsBrainFourEvolutionPoint Of ViewMathematicalDimensions Author:Stephen Hawking
“When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it-you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc.-but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsReasonRealityActionNextEasyProcessSidesSimpleStepsCreativePassionateEtcExploringAntidoteExpress YourselfNext Steps Author:Marcus Buckingham
“It is easy enough to say, Be true to your values. But what if your values are irrational? Or what if the virtues you have committed yourself to are so much against human nature that they cannot be practiced consistently? Be careful of what you accept as your code of morality. Think carefully about whether its tenets serve your life and well being. Exercise critical judgment. Realize how much is at stake-your life, your happiness, your self-esteem.” IfsThinkingHumansWellsSelfEnoughValuesEasyRealizingAcceptingVirtueHuman NatureSelf EsteemMoralityExerciseJudgmentCommittedCarefulCriticalEsteemBeing TrueWell BeingCodeWhat IfStakesBe CarefulConsistentlyIrrational Author:Nathaniel Branden
“Parents must begin to discover their children as individuals of developing tastes and views and so help them be, and see, themselves as thinking, feeling people. It is far too easy for a middle-years child to absorb an over-simplified picture of himself as a sloppy, unreliable, careless, irresponsible, lazy creature and not much more--an attitude toward himself he will carry far beyond these years.” PeopleThinkingYearsChildrenHelpingFeelingsIndividualEasyParentViewsAttitudeMiddleTasteCreaturesIndividualityDevelopingLazyCarelessIrresponsibleUnreliableSloppy Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“Because the results are expressed in numbers, it is easy to make the mistake of thinking that the intelligence test is a measure like a foot ruler or a pair of scales. It is, of course, a quite different sort of measure. Intelligence is not an abstraction like length and weight; it is an exceedingly complicated notion - which nobody has yet succeeded in defining.” ThinkingDifferentCoursesEasyResultsNumbersMistakeFeetTestsWeightNotionComplicatedScalesPairsLengthRulersAbstractionDefining Author:Walter Lippmann
“To form a judgment intuitively is the privilege of few; authority and example lead the rest of the world. They see with the eyes of others, they hear with the ears of others. Therefore it is very easy to think as all the world now think; but to think as all the world will think thirty years hence is not in the power of every one.” ThinkingWorldYearsEyeFormEasyExampleAuthorityJudgmentEarsPrivilegeThirtyThirty Years Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“Plains deceive you; they cause you to think that life is easy! Mountains never deceive you; they teach you the realties! Go to the mountains!” ThinkingLifeLife IsCausesEasyTeachMountainDeceivingLife Is Easy Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The life of an artist is not all glamorous. It's a lot of work. A lot of people think that it's very easy.” PeopleThinkingArtistEasyGlamorous Author:Selena
“I actually prefer to work in as many different genres as possible as often as possible because I actually think the best way to be inspired and avoid any writers block or things like that is actually to be able to go from a comedy to an action to a horror to a adventure, that actually makes it easy for me to start over and get new ideas, and it keeps things interesting.” ThinkingWayIdeasDifferentAbleActionEasyInterestingComedyAdventureHorrorInspiredBest WayBlockGenreNew IdeasStarting OverWriter's BlockBe InspiredDifferent Genres Author:Christopher Lennertz
“Taking chances for the people you care most about is easy. It's hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions. But when I have to take chances about people I love, relationships, my daughter and immediate family, those decisions are easy. I make them without even thinking about it, it is usually something that just has to be done. You don't question anything, you just go for it.” PeopleThinkingMeanHardDoneMightCareEasyChanceDecisionDaughterMy DaughterTake A ChanceLove RelationshipBad DecisionImmediate Family Author:Paul Walker
“[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do.” ThinkingKnowsChristianGuyEasyDangerousBlameTensionUnpredictableCrusades Author:Mickey Rourke
“I don't think it's easy for women to watch themselves age. And I think it's obviously doubly hard to grow older when you are a public figure and you constantly have to see your image all the time, and people are constantly pointing it out.” PeopleThinkingHardAgeGrowsEasyWatchesFiguresPointingPublic Figures Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“There are those superstars who refuse to give anything of themselves to the public except what they see on-screen. In movies and on records, it's easy to insulate one's self from the public; that's why I think I wouldn't care to be a television performer, particularly in the States, where TV stardom is so intimate.” ThinkingGivingSelfStatesCareEasyRecordsTelevisionTvsRefuseScreensIntimatePerformersSuperstarStardom Author:George Harrison
“We all use texting as a crutch because it's so easy and it doesn't really stop our day for the most part but I think to assure a woman you want to go out, to see that you're serious, you take the extra effort to pick up the phone and make a phone call.” ThinkingWantUseEasyEffortSeriousPicksPhonesExtrasPhone CallsTextingCrutchesExtra Effort Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book out of a bookstore.” ThinkingBookEasyImpossibleDamnBookstoresEasy To Get Author:Larry Winget
“People think that singing and playing is easy. It's not. It's easy to strum along, but if you actually want to really play, where it's important, that's a hard thing and not too many people are good at it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantImportantHardPlayEasySingingHard Things Author:Bob Dylan
“I think people's perception is that when you're famous, you want people to love you. That's a big part of why people become famous, because they don't just want love, they want it on a grand scale. But once you realize - and it's not a big trick to really figure it out - that it's just completely artificial, an external pumping of the ego that's never going to really help you, then it's an easy thing to step out of it. That's probably why Harrison Ford lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.” PeopleThinkingWantHelpingBigsEasyRealizingStepsLove YouFiguresEgoPerceptionScalesTricksHolesArtificialEasy ThingsWyomingJackson Hole Author:Woody Harrelson
“What intrigues me is that people kind of naturally want to label or pigeonhole the characters. They want to make it easy for themselves to go, "All right. There's the good guy, there's the bad guy, there's the girl. Okay, I get it now." But life isn't one-dimensional. The world isn't simply divided into good versus evil. I think we're all capable of both. So any time the hero does something I'm not crazy about, or the bad guy does something I can relate to, I'll find it more interesting.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantKindDoeI CanCharacterGuyGirlEvilEasyInterestingCrazyHeroCapableOkayLabelsRelateDividedVersusIntrigueBad GuysGood Guy Author:Alexander Skarsgard
“A lot of times I feel like people come up to me because they think I'm like my character in Easy A, or because they've seen me in interviews, but really what they're a fan of is a movie or a character.” PeopleThinkingFeelsCharacterEasyFansCome UpInterviews Author:Emma Stone
“I have full faith in people. I think that we have the ability to change. We're habitual creatures. Once we figure out that bad habit and identify it, whether it's behavioral or whatever it may be, we change our habits. Obviously, I'm simplifying it and making it sound very easy to do, and we all know it's very difficult, but it's doable.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMayEasyDifficultSoundAbilityFiguresHabitCreaturesBad HabitsHabitualAbility To Change Author:Eva Mendes
“I think the sport of cycling is different then racing. The sport is just about being healthy and giving yourself an outlet so it's a easy sport to do and I think there are more and more women cycling everyday.” ThinkingGivingDifferentEasySportsHealthyEverydayRacingOutletsCyclingGiving Yourself Author:Robin Farina
“I think sometimes you just lose your focus, and I think that's easy to do when you start getting more fame, more money, more power.” ThinkingSometimesEasyLosesFocusFameMore Money Author:Joel Osteen
“When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.” PeopleThinkingEasyChallengesGreaterStreetsMarriedHarderEasy Street Author:Morris Chestnut
“The pop culture has become more frenetic. There are more forces at work that are far more invasive. However, I think it would be perfectly doable to defend ones loved ones from some of the harsher aspects of public life. You’re not going to be a 100% successful. But you can see when it’s on purpose. It’s so blatantly easy to avoid at times and you can tell when it was unavoidable.” ThinkingWould BePurposeCultureForceEasySuccessfulAspectPopsLoved OnesPop CulturePublic Life Author:Mel Gibson
“I think that with the Internet, it has given a lot of people the opportunity to get themselves out there to the masses. But it's easy to group everyone that's on the Internet together. I try to cross and jump around between genres and different styles, kind of find my own niche.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentTogetherOpportunityGivenEasyMy OwnGroupsStyleInternetMassCrossesGenreNicheDifferent Styles Author:Mac Miller
“It's so easy to think that this [celebrity] is reality; that people are lining up outside just to write down what I have to say. That's not real; that's weird.” PeopleThinkingWritingRealRealityEasyLining Up Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I'm just an actor. It's the way the script is written, and it's easy. I don't have think about it. When you receive the script, you know pretty well how to play it, apart from little technicalities like the accent.” ThinkingKnowsWayWellsLittlesPlayActorsEasyWrittenScriptsAccentsTechnicalities Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or an ethnic minority, or a weary old man. If anything, writing from the perspective of a child is probably easier for me. When I was a kid everyone thought I was so clever and precocious. Now that I'm adult, everyone thinks that I'm kinda odd and childish.” IfsThinkingMenWritingChildrenKidsEasyPerspectiveEasierAdultsCleverOddMinoritiesOld ManPieWearyPrecocious Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I think controversy has this allusion of being controversial but it's totally not, which is why I'm trying to get away from it because it's just easy and automatic.” ThinkingTryingEasyGet AwayControversyControversialAllusion Author:Bo Burnham
“I see young people being dismissed for supposedly wanting only "stupid" and "easy" material, or that they don't have an attention span longer than three minutes. I disagree with all those statements; I just think they aren't true. I'm saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don't know if I'm doing that, but I'm trying.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsYoungThreeEasyStuffChallengesAttentionGenerationsMinutesStupidMaterialsStatementsThoughtfulDisagreeOur GenerationAttention SpanEndearing Author:Bo Burnham
“Beauty is everywhere and it comes in all different forms. Many times I don't find a size zero girl amazing, I find her really shockingly thin or small, and I think that beauty comes in all different forms. Beauty is about how you feel. There are plenty of people who are amazing to look at who are super beautiful, and then there are plenty of people who are easy to look at who are not beautiful at all, they open their mouth or they have an attitude or they are cruel, and they look hideous suddenly.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLooksDifferentBeautifulFormGirlEasyAttitudeMouthsSizePlentyZeroHideousHow You FeelSize Zero Author:Kelly Cutrone
“It's very easy for me to say that I think everybody should just be treated how they're supposed to be treated and tattoos shouldn't come into play. But what if someone has an offensive throat tattoo that might affect someone's business? I am sure there are a lot of opportunities out there for everybody.” IfsThinkingShouldPlayMightOpportunityEasyTreatedSupposed To BeWhat IfThroatOffensiveTattoo Author:Nicole Richie
“I understand the all black or all white look (to be perfectly blunt, it's easy and you don't have to think about it very much) but would any of us really want to be one of those people?” PeopleThinkingWantLooksEasyBlackWhiteBluntAll Black Author:Tim Gunn
“I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so distracted - -by having to work other jobs, or what other people have to say about your writing - -but the one thing that really matters is that you just keep going, especially when you're working on a novel. It's so easy to get discouraged and give up.” PeopleThinkingGivingWritingImportantSometimesMatterJobsEasySoundSimpleNovelOne ThingGiving UpImportant ThingsKeep GoingDiscouragedDistractedEasy To Get Author:Sarah Dessen
“Take it slowly. The deepest resentments are wrapped up in a lot of hurt and pain. We think we're protecting ourselves by not forgiving. Acknowledge that and go easy on yourself. Forgiveness means that you've decided not to let it keep festering inside even if it only comes up once in awhile. Forgiveness is a powerful yet challenging tool that will support and honor you, even in the most extreme circumstances.” IfsThinkingMeanPainEasyChallengesHurtPowerfulSupportHonorCircumstancesForgivenessToolsDecidedForgivingCome UpExtremesAcknowledgeResentmentNot ForgivingFesteringHurt And PainProtecting Ourselves Author:Howard Martin
“I think I'm an observer in a way. And my life was not so - well, my life was bad too - but it's just that I had the sense to cope with it. But it's probably not that easy to cope if you're in a society where you get killed when your husband dies.” IfsThinkingWayWellsDiesEasyHusbandObserversYour Husband Author:Yoko Ono
“We often think more highly of ourselves than we ought to, and it's easy to judge others and be critical of their weaknesses and shortcomings. But this self-righteous attitude is a sin that we can be blinded to because we're so focused on what the other person did wrong. The reality is this attitude is worse than the wrong behavior we're judging.” ThinkingPersonsSelfRealityEasySinAttitudeJudgingOughtBehaviorWeaknessCriticalFocusedRighteousShortcomingsBlindedSelf RighteousEasy To Judge Author:Joyce Meyer