“I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsKindPersonsTwoEnoughPlayStoriesEnjoyActingFeetTenConflictExcitingWaveDramaticSurfSingle PersonSurfer Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“It probably does make it more difficult to enjoy a good laugh at someone who's onstage, seemingly yelling at you. But I'm not yelling at the audience, I'm yelling at the world. It genuinely sucks if people are taking it that way. But I'm not talking to individuals.” PeopleIfsWorldWayDoeIndividualEnjoyDifficultTalkingAudienceLaughingYellingNot TalkingGood Laugh Author:David Cross
“Sex is probably one of the last forms of human expression to enjoy such a direct connection with nature. It might be the primary site of conflict between nature and culture. If one assumes that nature (or instinct) is repressed in a highly civilised society, then I think the conceptual dyad nature-culture is best preserved there, in the realm of sex.” IfsThinkingHumansMightLastsFormCultureSexEnjoyExpressionConflictDirectConnectionsAssumingInstinctPrimariesRealmsSiteRepressedCivilisedCivilised Society Author:Thomas Koerfer
“I always enjoy being full of fun, but I have my serious moments. Some women go for the studious kind of guy, I certainly was not that. If a girl is looking for somebody different and maybe a little more exciting for themselves - someone more on the fun side, I would suggest that they look for a type like Don Rickles.” IfsLooksKindLittlesDifferentMomentsGuyGirlFunEnjoySidesSeriousTypeExcitingStudious Author:Don Rickles
“I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to actors when I have taught in classes, or when I sometimes do a talk to a group. I'll say, “If I never acted again, the world wouldn't stop, nor would it stop if I didn't stop acting. That's how important it is. I know it [seems] important when you're young. But I say, “Lighten up. Don't take it all so seriously.” All the gurus and teachers will take your money and run.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldImportantSometimesSeemsRunningYoungActorsAsksStuffEnjoyActingClassToo MuchTeacherGroupsTaughtImportanceGuru Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Some nights you might go through an entire performance and not feel a thing, and the audience may have a much better time, 'cause if you're enjoying yourself on stage too much, they're having a terrible time because they can't hear you. And if you're a woman your mascara's running.” IfsFeelsMayMightRunningNightCausesEnjoyAudienceToo MuchStageTerriblePerformancesMascaraTerrible Times Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I enjoy painting. I don't know if I'm good at it, but I paint. I paint very quickly.” IfsKnowsEnjoyPaintingPaint Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingFirstsLongSaidDoneRunningMovingEnjoySoundCan DoLinesSimpleFocusAdviceEasierBenefitsMarketingBest ThingsLong RunsMusic BusinessEasier Said Than Done Author:Joe Rogan
“You become successful, the way I see it, only if you're good enough to deliver what the public enjoys. If you're not, you won't have any audience; so the performer really has more to do with his success than the public does.” IfsWayDoeEnoughEnjoyAudienceSuccessfulGood EnoughPerformersBecoming Successful Author:Johnny Carson
“My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.” PeopleIfsTryingEnjoyTermMy OwnLovely Author:Bo Burnham
“Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.” IfsWayTurnsPeaceEnjoyCrossesTheeCrownsInwardEverlastingHold FastAbove And Below Author:Thomas a Kempis
“I enjoy hunting, but if I had my choice to go deer hunting or bass fishing, I'd take bass fishing any day of the week. I enjoy both of them, but yeah, I'm a very outdoorsy guy.” IfsGuyChoicesEnjoyWeekYeahFishingHuntingBassDeerDays Of The WeekDeer Hunting Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.” IfsFunEnjoyLaughingComedySeriousGratefulComedianCall Me Author:Betty White
“Because I want to get a lot done, I can sometimes do that in the flesh. If I don't rest in the Lord, and enjoy him as I should, my action doesn't spring from my identity and enjoyment of Christ. When that happens, I end up getting the glory rather than Jesus.” IfsWantShouldI CanEndsSometimesDoneHappensActionJesusEnjoyChristLordIdentitySpringGloryFleshEnjoyment Author:Francis Chan
“The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.” PeopleIfsHas BeensEnjoyVoteOccasions Author:Nelson Mandela
“I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to.” IfsThinkingWayHardForceEnjoyDependsEnthusiasmDoing You Author:John Wooden
“If you look at the literature of the 19th century, you get things like Kafka and Dostoevsky, who basically write about feeling bored and alienated. That's because we lost contact with the important things in life like work that you enjoy, or the garden, nature, your family and friends.” IfsWritingLooksImportantFeelingsLiteratureLostEnjoyCenturyGardenImportant ThingsContactBoredOur FamilyThings In LifeFamily And Friends19th Century Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“I sometimes wonder if necrophiliacs are really into dead people or if they just enjoy the quiet.” PeopleIfsSometimesHumorFunnyEnjoyWonderQuietDead People Author:Doug Stanhope
“I asked my wife if she enjoys a cigarette after sex and she said "No, one drag is enough".” IfsSaidEnoughHumorFunnySexEnjoyWifeMy WifeDragCigarette Author:Rodney Dangerfield
“I do think of my reader, or listener, really, more often, if I give a lecture, for example, and I know that I'm talking to these people; I enjoy sort of preening them a bit. But it's a matter of decorum, basically.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingMatterBitsEnjoyTalkingExampleReaderListenersLecturesDecorum Author:William H. Gass
“Do you have a passion for what you do and do you love what you do? If you don't, then it can be drudgery, it can be hard, it can be work. But when you find something that you enjoy a lot, then you're more willing to sacrifice a lot of things in order to be successful as a teacher.” IfsHardOrderPassionEnjoySuccessfulTeacherSacrificeWillingBeing SuccessfulDrudgeryPassion For What You Do Author:Tubby Smith
“I think one of the reasons that I love the fans that have stuck around, because I really enjoy writing different kinds of songs. I don't know if I write them well or not, but I can write them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingWellsKindI CanDifferentReasonSongEnjoyFansStuckDifferent Kinds Author:Tyler Hilton
“If your gig is not in an office for eight hours a day, its going to be somewhere. If you're a truck driver, you get on a road. If you're a musician, you go to where the people are going to show up and you take the gig. I enjoy it, so I don't and I'm not complaining. Its just the traveling can get to be a bit much.” PeopleIfsShowsBitsEnjoyHoursOfficeMusicianEightComplainingDriversTruckGigsTruck Driver Author:Joel Plaskett
“I'm not stupid, I realise selling it is not as important as it used to be that way, I think it's more important to get your music out there and if people want to hear it an mp3 form or whatever I'm fine with that, I just don't enjoy the sound of it at home for personal taste.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantImportantHomeFormUsedEnjoySoundStupidFineTasteSellingUsed To BeRealisingNot StupidMp3Personal Taste Author:Butch Walker
“I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not enjoy. Training runs set me FREE. I could imagine the race in my mind and race as if it were the actual race.” IfsMindRunningEnjoyLevelsRaceImagineAnxietyTrainingEnjoyedRacingHigh Level Author:Gerry Lindgren
“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.” IfsKindPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyStupidEuropeBallsEightNineBarsCanadaPoolCrapBangsSkillfulSnookerEight Ball Author:Daniel Negreanu
“I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if I might be able to write material that others would enjoy reading.” IfsWritingPersonsBookMightAbleReadingEnjoyMaterialsInspiredGood Book Author:Peg Kehret
“I would say that I'm happy getting to make a living playing music and seeing people enjoy music that I make. So far, things have grown consistently and quicker than I thought they would, so that could possibly continue. Even if it ended tomorrow, I'd be really grateful that I got to do it.” PeopleIfsEnjoySeeingTomorrowGratefulConsistentlyPlaying Music Author:Ben Rector
“Find something you enjoy and love and you're passionate about. And then dedicate all you've got to make it a success. And if you have those two things, I think with your passion and dedication, there is nothing that you cannot accomplish.” IfsThinkingTwoPassionEnjoyAnd LovePassionateAccomplishTwo ThingsDedication Author:Anousheh Ansari
“There may be something universal about idealizing the past, but I think it's taken to an absurd degree in New York, which is what I'm poking fun at. The hole-in-the-wall bars I went to in the 90s that smelled like sewage now enjoy legendary status, as if times were had there that could never be had anywhere else.” IfsThinkingMayPastFunEnjoyTakenNew YorkWallDegreesUniversalBarsHolesAbsurdLegendarySewagePoking Fun Author:Vestal McIntyre
“I don't want to do something just for money or fame; I have to enjoy working on it! If I start to work for everyone and everything, I could not look at myself in the mirror again.” IfsWantLooksEnjoyFameMirrors Author:Marilou
“I'm not always the favourite to win, but I still enjoy it. The main thing is that I've planned for it and even if the result isn't great, I know I've done the best I can do. It's being true to, and believing in, yourself.” IfsKnowsBelieveStillsI CanDoneWinningEnjoyCan DoResultsBeing TrueBelieve In YourselfFavouriteI Can Do It Author:Jenny Meadows
“'Sacrifice' seems like such a strong word to me because I wouldn't say I've sacrificed anything. If I didn't enjoy what I do, I wouldn't do it. I might have missed out on a few things when I was younger and growing up.” IfsSeemsMightStrongEnjoyGrowing UpGrowingSacrificeStrong Words Author:Liam Tancock
“A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.” IfsWellsEnjoyResultsAll ThingsCriticismCoachingEnjoy Yourself Author:Warren Gatland
“If you've done your preparation and you know the team of people that you're working with, then it makes life an awful lot easier. I still get nervous all the time. I think the best thing to do is to take a deep breath, make it simple, know what you're talking about, don't try and be fancy, don't try and be clever and just enjoy the experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingStillsDoneEnjoySimpleTalkingTeamEasierBreathsCleverNervousAwfulPreparationBest ThingsThings To DoFancyDeep BreathTake A Deep Breath Author:Jill Douglas
“I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.” IfsKnowsWellsLittlesThreeBitsEnjoyWeekLittle BitDeadline Author:Jenny Lewis
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation Author:Dave McKean
“If you are ready to be intimate, you will encourage the other person also to be intimate. Your unpretentious simplicity will allow the other also to enjoy simplicity, innocence, trust, love, openness.” IfsInspirationalPersonsEnjoyReadySimplicityInnocenceIntimateOpennessTrust Love Author:Rajneesh