“I've been at stand-up 26 years now: After a while, you get as jaded as the proverbial gynecologist who no longer enjoys drugging and violating his patients.” YearsEnjoyPatientJadedProverbialGynecologists Author:Emo Philips
“When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.” PeopleYearsAgeLastsPassionEnjoyLast Year Author:Rick Pitino
“Man is doomed either squander his youth, which is the only time he has to store provisions for the coming years and provide for his own well-being, or to spend his youth procuring pleasures in advance for that time of life when he will be too old to enjoy them.” MenYearsWellsEnjoyPleasureYouthStoresWell BeingDoomedOnly TimeProvision Author:Giacomo Leopardi
“Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented.” YearsEnjoyRightsHusbandMedicineDivorceShipsEnjoyedRanEgyptUnprecedentedLawsuitVineyardsAfter Divorce Author:Stacy Schiff
“Last year, [Pope Francis] was asked about his secret to happiness. He said slow down. Take time off. Live and let live. Don't proselytize. Work for peace. Work at a job that offers basic human dignity. Don't hold on to negative feelings. Move calmly through life. Enjoy art, books and playfulness.” YearsHumansArtSaidBookFeelingsJobsLastsMovingEnjoySecretOffersNegativeDignityTake TimeLast YearPopeEnjoy LifeSlow DownHuman DignityTime OffPlayfulnessSecret To HappinessLive And Let LiveNegative Feelings Author:Timothy Egan
“Experiments show that children in unsupervised groups are capable of answering questions many years ahead of the material they're learning in school. In fact, they seem to enjoy the absence of adult supervision, and they are very confident of finding the right answer.” YearsChildrenFactsShowsSeemsSchoolEnjoyAnswersGroupsMaterialsFindingsCapableAdultsAbsenceExperimentsRight AnswersSupervisionAnswering Questions Author:Sugata Mitra
“Mr. Tulkinghorn, sitting in the twilight by the open window, enjoys his wine. As if it whispered to him of its fifty years of silence and seclusion, it shuts him up the closer. More impenetrable than ever, he sits, and drinks, and mellows as it were in secrecy, pondering at that twilight hour on all the mysteries he knows.” IfsKnowsYearsCharacterEnjoyHoursInterestingSilenceMysteryDrinkSittingWindowWineFiftyTwilightSecrecyPonderingInteresting CharactersSeclusion Book:Bleak House ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne Source: Bleak House ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne
“I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.” IfsFeelsYearsStillsI CanPlayHappensCareGamesEnjoyPaidExtras Author:Michael Jordan
“There's a lot of confusion about the political ideologies of both parties [Democrats and Republicans] have switched 180 degrees in 150 years. It just too confusing. Everybody claiming Lincoln as their own. And everybody should claim Lincoln as their own, because he represents all of us, and what he did basically provided the opportunities that all of us are enjoying today.” ShouldYearsTodayPoliticalOpportunityEnjoyPartyRepublicanDegreesClaimsDemocratConfusionIdeologyConfusingPolitical Ideology Author:Steven Spielberg
“It's kind of interesting to experience that kind of a ride after well, essentially so many years of enjoying a career based on failures and then suddenly something clicks. The weird thing is, I never changed a thing. The process is still the process as it ever was. The fact that people decided to go and see a movie that I was in was probably the most shocking thing that I've ever been through.” PeopleYearsWellsKindStillsFactsProcessEnjoyInterestingCareersChangedDecidedShockingNever ChangeClicksWeird ThingsShocking Things Author:Johnny Depp
“I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.” IfsWayTryingYearsStatesWould BeNextEnjoyDifferencesPartyImaginePlansFiguresDinnerInsaneMealsAgreementItalianSplitsPreferenceGoing To WorkTireRimsBipartisanshipAnthrax Author:John Cole
“I take around 60 trips a year for business so I can't say that I enjoy the act of travelling itself. I wish I could be transported to my destination without having to go on the journey to get there.” YearsI CanWishEnjoyJourneyGoes OnDestination Author:Maurice Levy
“I've been acting for many years now, and I find there's nothing I enjoy more than making films with my friends and people I like, who also are the funniest people around.” PeopleYearsFilmEnjoyActingMy Friends Author:James Franco
“I enjoy growth; I enjoy having a lot of different experiences. And I don't think I am the kind of guy who'd like to do the same thing every day for 40 years.” ThinkingYearsKindDifferentGuyEnjoyGrowthDifferent Experiences Author:John Fugelsang
“Each of the films, whether it’s Magic Mike or Dallas Buyers Club, was a challenge for me. I had to dig deeper. Also, my decision to shake things up came after my first child was born. I had taken nearly two years off and I thought that I would enjoy my time as a dad and wait until something interesting came along.” YearsFirstsChildrenTwoFilmWaitingEnjoyBornChallengesDecisionInterestingTakenMagicDadClubsDeeperMy TimeShakesTwo YearsMikeDallasBuyersDig DeepSomething InterestingMagic Mike Author:Matthew McConaughey
“I think "Avatar" is kind of a unique category where people are enjoying the unique theatrical experience even though they may have seen it on the small screen. They want to have that immersive, transportive experience. "2001: A Space Odyssey" played for three years at the Loews cinema in Toronto. I remember that. It just kept playing. People wanted to return to that experience. That may not be the best example because I think "2001" took 25 years to break even.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsKindMayWantedRememberThreeEnjoySpaceBreakExampleReturnUniqueScreensCinemaBeing The BestCategoriesThree YearsTheatricalTorontoOdysseyBreak EvenSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Author:James Cameron
“I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.” WorldYearsFoundEnjoyEconomyFiveSkillsI RealizedFive YearsExpectingPlayboyBusiness World Author:Christie Hefner
“I've been involved with Shrek for eleven years, so you'd better like Shrek if you're going to be involved with it for eleven years. I do, I like it a great deal, so I enjoy it.” IfsYearsEnjoyDealsInvolvedEleven Author:Mike Myers
“I don't think people need to know much about me to understand the book, or to enjoy it. The book stands by itself. Over the last several years, my life has been all about writing these books, but the books aren't about my life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingYearsHas BeensBookLastsEnjoy Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“The first year I was in office, only about 800 people came out of the Soviet Union, Jews. By the third year I was in office... second year, 1979, 51,000 came out of the Soviet Union. And every one of the human rights heroes - I'll use the word - who have come out of the Soviet Union, have said it was a turning point in their lives, and not only in the Soviet Union but also in places like Czechoslovakia and Hungary and Poland [they] saw this human rights policy of mine as being a great boost to the present democracy and freedom that they enjoy.” PeopleYearsFirstsHumansSaidUseEnjoyDemocracySawsRightsPolicyMinesHeroOfficeThirdsUnionsHuman RightsJewSovietSoviet UnionTurning PointsBoostPolandHungaryCzechoslovakia Author:Jimmy Carter
“There are still countries where women don't enjoy basic rights like the vote or the freedom to study or the freedom of choice in marriage. Every year there are twenty million little girls in Africa who are deprived of their sexuality through brutal genital operations. Basically, there's still much to be done.” YearsLittlesStillsCountryDoneChoicesGirlEnjoyMillionsStudyRightsVoteTwentiesSexualityOperationsBrutalDeprivedFreedom Of ChoiceBasic Rights Author:Dacia Maraini
“It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare.” PeopleYearsHas BeensShowsTogetherActorsEnjoyCompanyCareersHappenedFineSixTreatsCastsBunchCombinationCrewChordsComes And Goes Author:Hugh Bonneville