“I don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBelieveMeanWholeKidsI BelieveSocialLinesHellFeetFrontsSignificantCompromiseDamnFeet On The GroundNo Compromise Author:Ben Harper
“Social media itself is not protest. To tweet is not to protest physically. To do a Facebook post, and though it's critical and crucial, is not to show up and embody the anger you feel, to embody the righteous outrage you feel, to embody the concern you feel. This is about putting feet to pavement and to register in the consciousness of America that this is something that's problematic.” FeelsShowsAmericaSocialConsciousnessFeetMediaConcernSocial MediaCriticalPostsProtestCrucialRighteousTweetOutrageRegisterPavement Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet. That's why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.” ThinkingShouldKindMatterShowsHappensSituationFeetDangerHandleComedianHostMentalityOscars Author:Billy Crystal
“We [with Brandy Burre ] like fifteen feet away from each other. You can see my house and my car in pretty much every exterior shot in the movie. It was like filming at my extended house. My kids and her kids are the same age and they're best friends. Every summer they play with each other. We were intensely close friends beforehand in part because we take care of each other's kids.” PlayCareKidsAgeHouseFeetCarSummerShotsTake CareFifteenExteriorClose FriendsBrandyAway From Each Other Author:Robert Greene
“I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there.” FeelingsFeetLucky Author:Andrew Solomon
“If I begin a poem, "I am a donkey," reason kicks in and says, "She is taking on the persona of a donkey." But if I write, "I have taken so many drugs I can't see my feet," the tendency is to take that as a confession on the part of the poet. Maybe that doesn't matter. I'd almost prefer for it to be the other way round.” IfsWayWritingI CanMatterReasonTakenFeetPoetDrugRoundsTendenciesKicksConfessionPersonaDonkey Author:Matthea Harvey
“I saw [Ronald] Reagan. I've watched Jimmy Carter and his selflessness, getting involved in things like votes in African countries, but also putting his foot right into the whole Israel-Palestine crisis. Sometimes into places where people are going, "Why are you doing that?" .” PeopleCountrySometimesWholeSawsFeetInvolvedVoteCrisisIsraelSelflessnessPalestineJimmyCarter Author:David Mandel
“The World Health Organization recently concluded that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most-used herbicide on GMOs, is "possibly carcinogenic to humans." What's even scarier is that more than 3,200 elementary schools are within 1,000 feet of genetically modified corn or soybean fields. Drift is a very real thing in agricultural communities, so the proximity of these toxic substances to children is terrifying.” WorldHumansChildrenRealSchoolUsedCommunityFeetFieldsOrganizationSubstanceIngredientsToxicCornReal ThingsElementary SchoolProximityGmosWorld HealthGenetically ModifiedSoybeansWorld Health OrganizationHerbicides Author:Zoe Lister-Jones
“It is a written fact that our people had warned of all these consequences of wrongful environmental behavior since our very first contact with the non-Indians. There was a time when our elders used to say to us, "You can't function with one foot in the white man's canoe and one foot in the Indian's canoe." With these extreme environmental concerns taking place on the earth, mankind is all in the same boat. Or better be.” PeopleMenFirstsFactsEarthUsedWhiteWrittenFeetMankindBehaviorConsequenceConcernFunctionEnvironmentalExtremesContactBoatIndianWhite ManEldersFirst Contact Author:Leonard Peltier
“Because we lack sharp claws, aren't very fast on our feet, and aren't exactly endowed with lightning reflexes, it would be very difficult if not impossible for us to run down an animal, catch it with our bare hands, and tear through its fur and skin in order to eat it. Biologically, we are designed to be frugivorous herbivores eating mainly fruits, seeds, roots, and leaves.” IfsHandsWould BeRunningOrderDifficultAnimalImpossibleFeetTearsEatingRootsSkinsFruitSeedsLightningFurClawsReflexes Author:Sharon Gannon
“Energy is always paramount when hosting a live show, because you need every synapse firing, so you can think fast on your feet.” ThinkingNeedsShowsEnergyFeetFiringParamount Author:Samantha Harris
“To be a modern person in 2012, you are often required to have some electronics in your life. And I do. I try to put that phone down, put the computer away, and get out there and hike in the woods; feel it in my feet, feel it in my hands; get out in the garden and feel the soil under my fingers, my fingertips and my fingernails. I try to be involved in nature in a very tactile way. I think that's important.” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingPersonsImportantHandsFeetModernInvolvedComputerGardenFingersPhonesWoodsSoilFingertipsElectronicsFingernailsTactile Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“I'm six-foot-five. I'm not going to win the gold medal in figure skating. But I can try, and that's what matters. Trying.” TryingI CanMatterWinningFiveFeetFiguresSixGoldWhat MattersMedalSkatingGold MedalsFigure Skating Author:Aleks Paunovic
“They say the full potential of the human being is called enlightenment, which is infinite consciousness, infinite happiness, zero negativity, zero dying, complete freedom, total fulfillment, and being at one with everything. You can say it's God realization, or you can say you sit at the feet of the Lord as master of all you survey. You could say it's totality, total knowledge, and that you are that totality. This is every human being's birthright: to one day enjoy supreme enlightenment, unity. It's like the big graduation.” HumansBigsEnjoyHuman BeingsConsciousnessLordFeetDyingMastersOne DayEnlightenmentInfiniteUnitySupremeRealizationFulfillmentZeroNegativitySurveysTotalityBirthrightFull PotentialComplete FreedomInfinite Consciousness Author:David Lynch
“My daily routine varies, but there are certain things I try to stick to, like journaling in the morning and establishing my mood before I check any social media or take any calls or e-mails. That helps get me started on the right foot.” TryingHelpingCertainSocialMorningFeetMediaSticksSocial MediaMoodChecksRoutineMailVaryJournalingDaily Routines Author:Xosha Roquemore
“In the course of my day, I'll probably go through four pairs of shoes! I start the day in flats.I'll change into some mid-range heels because if I typically have lunch speeches. Then, I'll drop down to a pair of kitten heels for a couple of hours to rest my feet and legs, before I change for the evening into my hall shoes.” IfsCoursesHoursFourFeetCoupleSpeechShoesLegsEveningRangePairsFlatsHallsLunchHeelsKittenPair Of ShoesStart The Day Author:Leah D. Daughtry
“In New York that probably has more lawyers per square foot than any other state in the union, more women lawyers. I mean, it to me shocking that this can happen in 2008, but fortunately, you had a governor who was sensitive enough to this outrage that he pointed it out to the nation, and is trying to do something about it.” TryingMeanStatesEnoughHappensNationsFeetNew YorkUnionsLawyerSensitiveSquaresGovernorsShockingOutrage Author:Eleanor Smeal
“Yoga class is intimate even just from the standpoint of taking off your socks. Exposing your bare feet can be a big deal. You may be an African American next to a Caucasian or a Latino. But once practice begins and we drop in, separation dissolves.” MayBigsNextDealsClassPracticeFeetYogaSeparationAfrican AmericanIntimateBig DealLatinoSockStandpointExposingBare FeetCaucasian Author:James Fox
“A child born today will experience an increase to sea level of about three to six feet. The rate of change is so remarkable and so dramatic. We are already seeing the consequences of man-made climate change.” MenChildrenMadeTodayThreeBornLevelsSeeingSeaFeetSixConsequenceIncreaseClimateRateClimate ChangeDramaticRemarkableRate Of Change Author:Jeff Orlowski
“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.” InspirationalImaginationEducationKnowledgeCreativeLearningFeetWingsHospitalityMy ImaginationCreative ImaginationImagination And CreativityCreative ThoughtImagination CreativityStudent LearningPower Of ImaginationRelated To CreativityCreativity And Learning Author:Joseph Joubert
“When you're in the middle of nowhere, when you're on this tiny little island, probably one of ten people ever to step foot on this island, it's taken you a week to get there by boat - and you step near to an albatross nest. It doesn't even look at you as the enemy. You get this great nature moment. Until you realize the albatross, along with the thousands of other winged albatrosses next to it, has constructed its nest of trash.” PeopleLooksLittlesMomentsNextRealizingStepsEnemyTakenWeekFeetMiddleTenTinyBoatIslandsTrashNestsMiddle Of NowhereAlbatross Author:Jeff Corwin
“For me the most important issue is climate change because it in some ways trumps every other issue. Everything else we care about falls by the wayside if the Greenland ice shelf falls into the sea. And if suddenly sea levels rise 21 feet, everything we hold near and dear ceases to exist.” IfsWayImportantCareFallLevelsIssuesSeaFeetTrumpClimateClimate ChangeDearCeaseIceShelvesImportant IssuesGreenlandSea Level Rise Author:Moby
“The person you're choosing is going to be 90 feet down the hall for four years. That's a pretty intimate and close relationship, and it better be somebody you're comfortable with, you like, you trust, you look forward to seeing, not someone you're coming up with creative ideas on how to avoid.” YearsLooksPersonsIdeasCreativeFourSeeingFeetLike YouComfortableIntimateHallsFour YearsCreative IdeasClose Relationship Author:Mark Shields
“If you stub your toe, you don't need to dialog yourself to be good to your foot, do you? When you see things that clearly, there's no dialogue or emotional manipulation that you need to do to extend compassion to that being, because that being is a part of you, and if that being hurts, you hurt.” IfsNeedsHurtCompassionFeetEmotionalBe GoodDialogueManipulationToesBeing Hurt Author:Krishna Das
“In 2012, I was diagnosed with melanoma - skin cancer - and had to get surgery on my left foot. I was out for four weeks - no dancing, no walking, nothing! It was horrible, but it taught me patience and to never take for granted the simple things we have.” LeftSimpleFourWeekFeetTaughtWalkingSkinsDancingCancerHorribleGrantedSurgerySimple ThingsSkin CancerNever Take For Granted Author:Witney Carson
“One of the best ways to [improve my longevity] that is to minimize injury or avoid it by being more flexible—especially when we are meeting at the net. There is a hitter and blocker, which means a lot foot contact, where you can twist your ankle easily.” WayMeanFeetMeetingsBest WayContactInjuryLongevityTwistsFlexibleAnkles Author:Karch Kiraly
“There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.” PeopleSoundPowerfulFeetDetermined Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“My first experience of having a baby was about as natural as birth can be, and though I didn't know it at the time, it set my feet on a path that eventually led me to become a childbirth author and a midwife.” KnowsFirstsNaturalPathFeetBabyBirthChildbirthHaving A BabyMidwife Author:Robin Lim
“You've got to remember that improvisers are writers and actors and directors all simultaneously. That's what's happening in real time because you're writing on your feet, and you are acting out the words and you are directing what the staging is. You're deciding what staging is.” WritingRealRememberActorsActingFeetDirectorsHappeningsActing OutStaging Author:Mike Birbiglia
“In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and that is the art of dancing. Nowadays they shoot the nose. Left nostril. Right nostril. Hand. Foot. Bust. Derrière. The film prevents you from determining who is a good dancer and who is not.” WayShouldArtWholeBodyHandsFilmLeftFeetShotsDancingNosesDancerToes Author:Gene Kelly
“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
“I'm in a unique situation. I'm 5-foot-6, 175 pounds, so I wouldn't say people are super afraid of me. I live a normal life. I don't walk into a room and everybody looks at me and says, "He plays for the Cleveland Browns" or "He's an NFL superstar" - that doesn't happen. I go under the radar. Most people don't realize who I am until I tell them. So it's not like my life has changed since I've been in the NFL or people treat me any different.” PeopleLooksDifferentPlayHappensRealizingWalksRoomsSituationFeetChangedNormalUniqueTreatsWho I AmNflPoundsLook At MeSuperstarNormal LifeRadarClevelandLife Has ChangedCleveland Browns Author:Andrew Hawkins
“Some people who make it to where we are, life changes for them, they're treated differently, they're recognized. They're 6-foot-6, 280 pounds and people automatically know what they do for a living.” PeopleKnowsFeetTreatedLife ChangingPounds Author:Andrew Hawkins
“I'm not an Internet artist, I didn't get discovered on the Internet - I got discovered pushing my mix tapes on the street, walking on foot, going to parties, passing them out.” ArtistPartyFeetStreetsInternetWalkingPassingPassingsPushingTape Author:Tyga
“Some eminent witnesses of God's truth believe that before the downfall of Antichrist [which virtually all Reformers construed to be Romanism], England must once again bow down her fair neck to his proud usurping yoke and foot.” BelieveFeetProudTruth IsFairsEnglandWitnessNecksBowsDownfallReformersYokeAntichrist Author:Roger Williams
“I don't know how to write jokes from the point of view of a six-foot-two guy. So, I'll always talk about it, but I just don't want it to be the absolute focus of all of my act.” KnowsWantWritingTwoGuyViewsKnow HowFocusFeetSixJokesAbsolutesPoint Of ViewTwo Guys Author:Brad Williams
“Marijuana makes the best bio-diesel fuel on the planet, so it can make you energy. It grows 15 feet a summer, so it's a renewable resource. It makes better paper than wood does. It makes clothing. Medical-wise, it's stopping seizures, it's working for post-traumatic stress, they're even finding that it's curing cancer in certain cases. I mean, this is a remarkable plant. Now, for those that smoke it recreationally, to feel good, what's wrong with that? That's mental health.” FeelsMeanDoeCertainEnergyGrowsCasesWiseFeetPlanetsPaperFindingsSummerResourcesStressMental HealthPlantCancerWoodsMedicalFeel GoodSmokePostsFuelRemarkableClothingsMarijuanaStoppingDieselSeizuresBiosRenewable ResourcesDiesel Fuel Author:Jesse Ventura
“Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.” IfsWayWantNeedsCan DoChanceMillionsDoorsFeetWhat You WantCan Do SomethingWedges Author:Pauline Kael
“The agnostic is gutless and prefers to keep one safe foot in the god camp.” FeetAtheismSafeCampsAgnostic Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” WorldLifeInspirationalNeedsStillsWisdomChoicesWaitingRoomsFeetOffersSolitudeQuietSittingTablesMy SoulEcstasyContemplatingSolitaryIntrovertMeditation PracticeYour RoomQuiet LifeBeing QuietSoul LifeSpiritual EyesSolitary LifeUnmaskingQuiet RoomSitting And Waiting Author:Franz Kafka
“When I can go just where I want to go, There is a copse of birch trees that I know; And, as in Eden Adam walked with God, When in that quiet aisle my feet have trod I have found peace among the silver trees, Known comfort in the cool kiss of the breeze Heard music in its whisper, and have known Most certainly that I was not alone!” KnowsWantI CanFoundKnownHeardTreeFeetComfortQuietKissingSilverAdamBreezeNot AloneEdenAisleBirch Trees Author:Andrew Greeley
“We have enough to worry about with what's happening in our nation to worry about what's happening in California. Keep your feet grounded in your own backyard and together we're going to build communities that work.” EnoughTogetherNationsCommunityWorryFeetHappeningsCaliforniaGroundedBackyards Author:Sher Valenzuela
“Zagreus was the son of Zeus. He was slain by the Titans, buried at the foot of Mount Parnassus, and rose from the dead as Dionysos. He was the god of fruit and wine. Like those of Christ his most devoted followers were women. He is the beloved son and occupies a throne at the right hand of his father, Zeus. His empty tomb at Delphi was long preserved by his devotees as proof of his death, and resurrection.” LongHandsFatherChristFeetAtheismSonEmptyWineRoseFruitPositive AtheismProofBelovedFollowersBuriedResurrectionDevotedThronesTombsZeusDevoteeTitansBeloved SonDelphi Author:John Remsburg
“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?” NeedsArtRealityFeetWingsUpliftingStrong WomenNeed YouI Need YouWings To FlyWomen History Month Author:Frida Kahlo
“Sometimes I'll open my voice to sing and I'll think, "I hope I hit the right notes." I do music for a living and I still feel like that, but it's good because it keeps me humble, it keeps my feet grounded, it keeps me trusting in God.” ThinkingFeelsStillsSometimesVoiceFeetNotesHumbleTrust In GodGrounded Author:Dominic Balli
“There hadn't been one done since the late 70s. I was living in Brooklyn, had no connection to Roger Corman, to no one in this movie. I didn't go to film school. I'm like the person who should have never made this film. But I just decided to put one foot in front of the other. I was writing film articles for magazines at the time. I convinced an editor from one of the magazines that I was working for to give me a shot to do a piece on Roger. This was an excuse to go meet him.” GivingShouldWritingPersonsMadeDoneSchoolFilmPiecesFeetFrontsLateShotsConnectionsDecidedShould HaveGive MeExcuseConvincedMagazinesEditorsArticlesBrooklynRogerFilm School Author:Alex Stapleton
“Science walks forward on two feet, namely theory and experiment. Sometimes it is one foot which is put forward first, sometimes the other, but continuous progress is only made by the use of both.” FirstsMadeTwoSometimesUseWalksProgressFeetTheoryExperiments Author:Robert Andrews Millikan
“...genius is no proof against shooting one's own foot.” FeetGeniusProofShooting Author:John Batchelor
“I am also amazed with Messi, what he is doing is very good. He contributes alot of very good things for the team. He is an individualist, but he always plays for the team.He covers well at the back, is organized and finishes well with both feet. He is mischievous, and is a very intelligent player. He applies pressure just where the pressure is needed.” WellsPlayPlayerTeamFeetNeededPressureIntelligentGood ThingsVery GoodOrganizedAmazedMessiMischievous Author:Alfredo Di Stefano