“I don't think drugs are a problem; I think they're a symptom. As long as Americans are empty, spiritually, emotionally, morally empty, they will need things like the drugs they choose to use. Mankind has wanted to change the way it felt from the beginning anyway. In this country there are even more reasons to want to feel different, to want to feel better, because this is such a neon sewer. This is such a degrading culture. It forces you to play Beethoven to your child in the uterus so that he will get into a better school and a better job and make more money so he can take care of you.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsFeelsChildrenLongDifferentCountryReasonPlayUseProblemCareWantedSchoolJobsCultureForceFeltMankindDrugEmptyOur ChildrenTake CareYour ChildrenMore MoneyFeel BetterSymptomsBetter JobsDegradingNeonSewersUterus Author:George Carlin
“Write what you want to read. So many people think they need to write a particular kind of book, or imitate a successful style, in order to be published. I've known people who felt they had to model their book on existing blockbusters, or write in a genre that's supposed to be "hot right now" in order to get agents and publishers interested. But if you're writing in a genre you don't like, or modeling yourself on a book you don't respect, it'll show through. You're your first, most important reader, so write the book that reader really wants to read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsWritingFirstsKindImportantBookShowsOrderFeltKnownSuccessfulStyleParticularReaderRight NowModelsHotWhat You WantAgentsSupposed To BeGenrePublishersModelingBlockbuster Author:Cassandra Clare
“Playing drums or music, being a musician, is inside of you. So you would always see me tapping on something, playing on tables... I never felt the need to pull out drums.” NeedsFeltMusicianMusic IsTablesTappingPlaying Drums Author:Eric Hernandez
“I think I let go of the need for approval. It certainly feels good when you get it, but I used to be more desperate for it. Once I felt better inside about myself... I could do everything based on how I want to do things.” ThinkingWantNeedsFeelsHumorFunnyUsedFeltLetting GoFeel GoodUsed To BeDesperateApproval Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my eyebrow pencil. I'm very low-maintenance.” NeedsWritingBookHandsFeltBlackPerfectLowsToolsHolidayPensYellowPencilsEyebrowsMaintenanceIphonePads Author:Jackie Collins
“I've never felt really creative or intuitive using software. I like paper and pens and paint. I need to angle real lights on my artwork and work with my hands and build props. Computers just take all that fun out of it [animation drawing].” NeedsRealHandsLightFunFeltCreativePaperComputerPaintDrawingPensSoftwareAngleIntuitiveAnimationPropsArtworkPaper And Pen Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“In the short stories - if I can make a very lumpy contrast - in the short stories I feel like the lives of the people have a kind of prior desperation and a prior need and my longing is for the story and their lives to somehow come together, even if not finally or forever, to face something; and it felt like a lot of the time with the essays I was wading into situations where there was an assumption of finality of understanding, and I felt like I could wade into any understood moment and tear it apart and make it fall apart.” PeopleIfsNeedsFeelsKindI CanMomentsStoriesTogetherFacesFallFeltUnderstandingSituationForeverTearsUnderstoodLongingAssumptionShort StoryContrastDesperationEssaysFalling ApartWadeFinality Author:Charles D'Ambrosio
“Of course, change requires change. Until there is a felt need for change, it is only an event not a pattern.” NeedsCoursesFeltEventsPatternsNeed A Change Author:Dave Ulrich
“When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the need these days are for some quality children's programming.” NeedsKindChildrenSaidShowsFeltQualityTelevisionThese DaysSatProgrammingTelevision ShowsMuppetMuppet Show Author:Jim Henson
“You can also see sometimes that the best pictures are the ones where you didn't try so hard, where you were just enjoying the process - and you didn't even know why you were making the picture. It felt right. If someone asked, 'Why are you making this picture?' you probably couldn't describe it very well - and that's why it needs to be a photograph.” IfsKnowsNeedsTryingWellsSometimesHardFeltProcessEnjoyPhotographyPhotographBest Picture Author:John Sexton
“As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.” NeedsValuesFoundFeltWildernessRefreshmentsWild Places Author:George Aiken
“I felt the need to get back to painting and I thought the best way was to start drawing, so I enrolled in a life drawing class. I soon discovered that people made very interesting subjects and I am still surprised that I had never discovered it before.” PeopleWayLifeNeedsMadeStillsFeltInterestingClassSubjectsPaintingDrawingBest WayGet BackVery Interesting Author:Peter Wright
“People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsWellsEnoughFacesFeltStepsMachinesSmileSakeHillsUncomfortableExposedArena Author:Lauryn Hill
“I've done some movies because I would regret them if I didn't, but other projects I've done because they've scared me or if I felt I needed to do a big romantic comedy to help me professionally. Then I'll take a teeny movie when I need to work on myself and become a better actor.” IfsNeedsDoneHelpingBigsActorsFeltComedyRegretNeededProjectsScaredHelp Me Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"” WorldNeedsBookFeltWorryNotionComicGenreComic BookSnobby Author:Matthew William Goode
“It was a morning in early summer. A silver haze shimmered and trembled over the lime trees. The air was laden with their fragrance. The temperature was like a caress. I remember - I need not recall - that I climbed up a tree stump and felt suddenly immersed in Itness. I did not call it by that name. I had no need for words. It and I were one.” NeedsRememberNamesFeltMorningAirTreeSummerSilverRecallsFragranceTemperatureCaressHazeLimesStumps Book:Sketch For A Self Portrait Source: Sketch For A Self Portrait
“There is no response to stubbornly by many posed the question of the meaning of expeditions in the high mountains. I've never felt the need for such a definition. I walked to mountains and defeated them. That's all.” NeedsFeltMountainResponseDefinitionsDefeatedExpeditionsNo Response Author:Jerzy Kukuczka
“If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you overcame them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.” IfsNeedsGivingFeelsChildrenMomentsStoriesFeltSkillsNegativeOvercomingOur ChildrenYour ChildrenHardship Author:Bruce Feiler
“I normally don't need any help to put pressure on myself but there was additional pressure because it was a film she always wanted to shoot and I wanted to tell this story as best as possible. When I told my wife that I'd like to direct it, I had already given it a lot of thought and honestly I felt that I was the best person for the job, plus I was cheap.” NeedsPersonsHelpingStoriesWantedJobsFilmGivenFeltWifeDirectPressureMy WifeHonestlyPlusBest Person Author:Oscar Torre
“I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking five times and then having to convince the system that you really, truly, mean it and this is not a mistake and that you are consenting adult over 18 and that you completely understand the consequences and you still want to do it.” WantNeedsWritingMeanStillsFeltMistakeFiveAdultsConsequenceFasterConvinceDriversMiceTyping Author:Andrew S. Tanenbaum
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingMomentsFeltRealizingAttentionBrainFocusImaginePlansWorstStageHappeningsCalmTerrorConsistentThat MomentSurprisingThreadSurvivingWorst Moments Author:Amanda Ripley
“I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a cushion over it. I know it's not that they're interested in." But to the boys this profession never seemed shameful. It was their daytime occupations for which they felt the need to apologize. In some instances, these were lower class or humdrum or, worst of all, unfeminine. At least whoring was never that.” IfsKnowsNeedsFacesFeltKnownClassBoysWorstCallingFemaleProfessionInstanceSpokesOver ItOccupationApologizingShamefulDaytimeCushionsLower ClassHumdrum Author:Quentin Crisp