“The suggestion that liberals aren't moralizers is so preposterous it makes it hard for me to take any of them seriously when they wax indignant about "moralizers." Almost every day, they tell us what is moral or immoral to think and to say about race, taxes, abortion - you name it. They explain it would be immoral for me to spend more of my own money on my own children when that money could be spent by government on other people's children. In short, they think moralizing is fine. They just want to have a monopoly on the franchise.” PeopleThinkingWantChildrenHardGovernmentWould BeNamesMy OwnRaceMoralFineTaxesAbortionSuggestionsImmoralMonopolyIndignantMoralizing Author:Jonah Goldberg
“I feel blessed to be able to do these events. As I travel around, I'm fully cognizant that there are a lot of people out there who are sportscasters or who want to be sportscasters who would kill to do the Maui Invitational or the Ohio State-Michigan game. So if you have to endure some inconveniences along the way, that's fine by me.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsStatesAbleGamesEventsFineBlessedEndureOhioMichiganInconvenienceMauiCognizantOhio State Author:Sean McDonough
“Up until 1986, the top marginal rate, the top statutory rate was 50 percent. Now it's 35 percent. And all the pressure is on to lower that even further. And this just doesn't make a great deal of sense. When people say, 'Oh, we can't raise taxes on the rich. They'll go on strike, they'll move to another country.' But within recent memory, it hasn't been that long ago that we had rates that were substantially higher. And these people did just fine. I just think that there's a disconnect between the facts of what taxes do and the sort of mythology of what they do.” PeopleThinkingLongCountryFactsMovingMemoriesDealsRichFineGoes OnHigherTaxesPercentPressureRaisesRateStrikesMythologyLong Ago Author:Bruce Bartlett
“It's obvious that a lot of Tea Party members tend to be elderly. You've seen that famous sign, 'Tell the government to keep its hands off my Medicare.' And I think as long as the government does keep its hands off their Medicare, they're fine with talking about low taxes. But once they start to realize that the Republicans really do want to not just cut Medicare, but essentially abolish it, you know, I just think those people are not going to be part of the Tea Party. They're going to be over with Occupy Wall Street.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLongDoeHandsGovernmentRealizingPartyTalkingCuttingStreetsWallFineRepublicanTaxesMembersLowsObviousTeaElderlyMedicareAbolishTea PartyOccupy Wall Street Author:Bruce Bartlett
“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake, which is that deregulation works fine in industries which do not pervade the economy. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit.” PeopleIfsMadeSaidRunningMistakeEconomyHappenedMovementFineIndustrySmartFundamentalsFinancialAppearanceCreditCollapseFreezeViewpointsBankruptcySmart PeopleDeregulation Author:Richard Posner
“People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.” PeopleFineUnderestimateNegotiationUnderestimatedUnderestimate Me Author:Ivanka Trump
“What is important is that we stop and realize, "Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I'm really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.” PeopleI CanImportantLife IsEnjoyRealizingFineConnectionsOkayThis Life Author:Tom Ford
“Most people like me are having a tough time. But it's fine. I don't really think about it as a career. I don't need to have a million bucks, but it keeps me in music and without a day job, so it's working out fine.” PeopleThinkingNeedsJobsCareersMillionsFineToughWork OutLike MeTough TimesBucksDay Jobs Author:Freedy Johnston
“I think you've got to take the risks. There's no point playing it safe, because either you'll get bored or the audiences will get bored. Sometimes, you're going to make mistakes, and that's fine, but you have to take the risks. I think Pirates is one of the prime examples of that with Johnny Depp's performance, and part of the reason that people love it so much is that you watch it and go, "Gutsy, really gutsy!"” PeopleThinkingSometimesReasonMistakeWatchesAudienceRiskExampleFineSafePerformancesBoredMaking MistakesPrimeNo PointPiratePlaying It Safe Author:Keira Knightley
“I always consult five to ten people who are hardcore fans, to see how far I can push a role. When they go, "Wait a second, you can't do that! That's a sin!," you go, "Okay, fine, we're not going to do that. We tried too far."” PeopleI CanWaitingSinRolesFiveFansFineTenOkayHardcore Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“The quibble I have with President [Barack] Obama is,and I think some other people will have it, too is that the rhetoric is fine, and identifying the problem is fine. But it`s to use a football analogy, he sort of pushes it into the red zone, and then tends to settle for a field goal.” PeopleThinkingUseProblemGoalPresidentFieldsFootballFineRedBarackSettlingZoneRhetoricAnalogiesPresident Barack ObamaIdentifying Author:Barack Obama
“I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think what a waste of energy. If people want to believe in this god, or that god, that's fine by me, believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantTryingBelieveBigsEnergyI BelieveFineWasteAtheistI Believe InCoachesWay Of ThinkingAlways TryingI Believe In Myself Author:Conor McGregor
“When I'm in there I'm just in my zone. What people think about when they're looking at me, that's their business. If there is a bit of that, I am fine with it, each to his own.” PeopleIfsThinkingBitsFineZone Author:Conor McGregor
“The resources you happen to accumulate, what do you do with them? You can spend the money and buy some houses or whatever, and people do some of that and that's fine. You can give the money to other people, your family, but usually when you do that you screw them up and it ends up counterproductive. Or, you take those resources and reinvest them in things that you believe in, and that could be reinvesting in a philanthropic cause.” PeopleGivingBelieveEndsHappensHouseCausesFineResourcesOur FamilyScrewsPhilanthropicCounterproductive Author:Steve Case
“I let people fill in the blanks on their own. If they want to think about their ex, that's fine. If they want to think about maybe who one of my exes is, then that's fine. And it might not be right, because I'm the only one who knows what these songs are really about. It's the one shred of privacy I have in the matter.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantMatterMightSongFinePrivacyExes Author:Taylor Swift
“I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsDoneLevelsPerspectiveFineAustraliaSatisfyingKnow MeFountainPrestigeX MenNolan Author:Hugh Jackman
“Exposure to the reproductions [of Corbis-owned fine art photographs] is likely to increase rather than diminish reverence for the real art and encourage more people to get out to museums and galleries.” PeopleArtRealFineIncreasePhotographMuseumsReverenceDiminishExposureGalleryFine ArtsReproduction Author:Bill Gates
“I'd never consciously left home to see a zombie movie. They were fine by me, but I had no intention of ever being in one. But I've been learning more about it as I've been doing interviews. I didn't even know there were specialist zombie magazines and clubs. I heard the other day that a radio station had asked people if they`d made preparations for an attack by zombies, and a staggering number of people replied yes!” PeopleIfsKnowsMadeHomeLeftNumbersHeardFineIntentionRadioClubsMagazinesPreparationInterviewsStationsZombieSpecialistsStaggeringRadio StationsLearning MoreZombie Movie Author:Billy Connolly
“Sitting around with funny people, banging out jokes and creating a television show. I have no hobbies, no outside interests. I'm fine with spending 14 hours a day putting a show together with tape and string.” PeopleShowsTogetherInterestHoursTelevisionFineCreatingJokesSittingSpendingStringsTapeHobbiesTelevision ShowsSitting AroundBangingFunny People Author:Jon Stewart
“I believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. And I say no, it's not, Dad. Well, I believe that it is. Well, you know, some people believe they're Napoleon. That's fine. Beliefs are neat. Cherish them, but don't share them like they're the truth.” PeopleKnowsBelieveWellsBeliefI BelieveShareFineDadCherishWord Of GodNeatLiteral Author:Bill Hicks
“I don't understand why anyone would collect my work. Please understand... it's like writing Our House. It took me an hour, it was 30 years ago, get over it! But people say, No, no, it changed my life, and I don't understand that. I can't take that seriously as a producer of what I consider to be art. If they want to collect it, fantastic. If you see what I saw when I took it and it means something to you, then by all means collect it. If I make some money, um, fine.” PeopleIfsWantWritingYearsMeanArtI CanHouseHoursSawsChangedFinePleaseYears AgoProducersFantasticOver ItGet OverChanged My Life Author:Graham Nash
“My mum is in a mental hospital. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. Winston Churchill, Mozart, John Lennon. These people all had a touch of crazy that fuelled their brilliance. They were not locked up for it like my mum. Pft. Then again, Winston Churchill never tried to kill my dad.” PeopleLinesCrazyFineGeniusDadMy DadInsanityHospitalsLockedMumBrillianceFine LinesLocked UpLennon Author:Christopher Titus
“You know who doesn't get the death penalty? Crazy people. That's a defense in America. My client's crazy. He doesn't know what he did. Fine, then he doesn't know we're gonna kill him. If a guy's that retard, you put him the electric chair and tell him it's a ride.” PeopleIfsKnowsAmericaGuyCrazyFineDefenseChairsElectricClientsPenaltiesDeath PenaltyCrazy PeopleRetardElectric Chair Author:Bobby Slayton
“Some people hate Jews. Fine, alright it's been done. I mean, that's part of my problem with it. Could you hate somebody new? I'm not giving you any suggestions but the Belgians have had a good run.” PeopleGivingMeanDoneProblemRunningHateFineJewSuggestionsAlrightBelgians Author:Gary Gulman
“I really can't describe what my stand-up is like - people see it and they say it's like that, or it's like this, and that's really up to them, that's fine, but I don't sit around all day analysing it. I just try and enjoy a show and interest myself because if I don't do that then I won't interest anybody else.” PeopleIfsTryingShowsEnjoyInterestFineAnalysing Author:Dylan Moran
“A lot of bands have managed to borrow parts of our style for their music. That's fine with me, because we've borrowed from people like the Stones. But we don't want to sound like we're copying anyone, including ourselves, so we're moving on.” PeopleWantMovingSoundStyleFineBandStonesIncludingBorrowedCopying Author:Steven Tyler
“I think the American people are gonna be reasonable with what do you do with someone who has been in this country for 10 or 12 years who hasn't otherwise violated our laws - because if they're a criminal they can't stay. They'll have to undergo a background check, pay a fine, start paying taxes. And ultimately, they'll given a work permit and that's all they're gonna be allowed to have for at least 10 years.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsHas BeensCountryLawGivenPayFineTaxesCriminalsBackgroundsChecksReasonablePermitPaying TaxesBackground Checks Author:Marco Rubio
“Other people do better going on to grad school and others yet are naturally inclined and do just fine without any formal training at all. Everyone is different. The only things I think are imperative are focus, determination and hard work.” PeopleThinkingDifferentHardSchoolFocusHard WorkFineTrainingDeterminationFormalImperativesGradGrad SchoolEveryone Is Different Author:Toks Olagundoye
“I think anything that you can use to connect is fine. For some people it's meditation. For some people it's yoga. For some people, it's running. For some people, it's affirmations. For me, it's photographs and drawings, and affirmations, and statues, and crystals. I fill my writing space and I fill my home with symbols of what I think of as higher energy.” PeopleThinkingWritingUseHomeRunningEnergySpaceMeditationFineHigherYogaPhotographDrawingSymbolsAffirmationStatuesCrystals Author:Wayne Dyer
“When you're not doing fiction, there's a limit to how much illustrating you can do with your work. I mean, you can do fine. There are great non-fiction writers, but people aren't necessarily going to say anything that reveals them as much as a picture might. Even their surroundings, in lot of cases, the things that meant the most to me were the things I noticed in their houses. I was always looking, as much as I was listening to them. I was looking around for clues as to why I was there.” PeopleMeanMightHouseCan DoFictionCasesListeningFineLimitsSay AnythingClueSurroundingsNon FictionFiction WritersIllustrating Author:Miranda July
“Growing up there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. And their parents were fine. Some people are just born with bad wiring.” PeopleKidsParentBornGrowing UpGrowingFineUpsetWiring Author:Patton Oswalt
“People say to me. 'What about the rich?' They need Jesus too.' Well, that's fine if you're called to them, but we're called to the poor. The rich can look after themselves.” PeopleIfsNeedsWellsLooksJesusPoorRichFine Author:Jackie Pullinger
“There is something about liberalism that is not nearly as true about conservatism. The further left one goes, the more one finds that the ideology provides moral cover for a life that is not moral. While many people left of center lead fine personal lives, many do not.” PeopleLeftMoralFineIdeologyLiberalismPersonal LifeConservatism Author:Dennis Prager
“Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine.” PeopleWayYearsArtEndsHelpingShowsFunFeltFineArt IsCriticsBusyAwardsGood WayRatingAward ShowsUsing Words Author:Steven Van Zandt
“Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.” PeopleWellsProcessAbilitySourceFineSkillsMethodTortureSubtleInvestigationGiftedColleaguesPlaygroundsDegeneratesCultivatingQuick Fixes Author:Vladimir Bukovsky
“People read a lot of stories about witches, fairies, paranormals, and children possessed by evil spirits. They go to films showing rituals featuring pentagrams, swords, and invocations. That's fine, people need to give free reign to their imagination and to go through certain stages. Anyone who gets through those stages without being deceived will eventually get in touch with the Tradition.” PeopleNeedsGivingChildrenStoriesFilmSpiritCertainEvilImaginationStageFineTraditionParanormalFairyRitualWitchPossessedReignDeceivedEvil SpiritsInvocationBeing DeceivedPentagrams Author:Paulo Coelho
“I know a lot of people that don't pray or anything, and that's fine - but I need to. I don't even want to call it prayer, I just want to call it talking to something bigger than me.” PeopleKnowsWantNeedsPrayerTalkingFinePrayingBigger Author:Valerie June
“I think that humans are also set up to survive. We're not as small as rats, but we make up for that by being intelligent enough to make our own hiding places and to adapt to new habitats, even if they are changing very quickly. We have an enormous population, and can afford to lose billions of people without suffering very much as a species. Indeed, some would say losing five billion people would be good for the planet - I disagree with them, but can't deny that we would do just fine if there were two billion of us or even one billion.” PeopleIfsThinkingHumansTwoEnoughWould BeSufferingLosesFivePlanetsFineLosingIntelligentSpeciesPopulationDenyBe GoodBillionsEnormousHidingDisagreeRatsHabitatHiding Place Author:Annalee Newitz
“It's fine to pretend that people are one-dimensional, like in body size; the problem comes when you forget that you are just pretending.” PeopleProblemBodyForgetFineSizePretending Author:L. Todd Rose
“I think there's just been this "thing" that's developed, this way that we have of talking about our music that alienates people. And I fall into that too! I learned that in graduate school. You just talk about your music in a specific way, and that separates people from you. But some composers like that. Schoenberg liked that. He wanted to feel that he was making music for an elite few. That's fine for him, but I want to set myself free from that sort of attitude.” PeopleThinkingWayWantFeelsWantedSchoolFallAttitudeTalkingFineGraduatesComposerElitesGraduate SchoolSchoenberg Author:Missy Mazzoli
“When you have people like Casey [Affleck] and Michelle Williams and they want to do more takes you don't say, "Sorry, that's it." And I also don't like to say, "It's fine, it's great." Unless it's clearly there.” PeopleWantFineSorrySaying Sorry Author:Kenneth Lonergan
“The fans [of Vampire diaries] that we have now are the people who will watch it any day of the week. So, my first instinct was a little bit of an ego tap, but the second I processed it, I was fine. The only weird thing will be maybe not having as many people live tweeting because they're actually out doing something more interesting on Friday night. I'm not going to sit at home, reading Twitter on Friday night.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeNightReadingBitsInterestingWatchesWeekFansFineEgoLittle BitInstinctVampireFridayDiariesWeird ThingsFriday NightDays Of The WeekVampire Diaries Author:Caroline Dries
“I figure that I'm always going to be fine, one way or another, but I do worry about other people who have difficulty moving from one world to the next. It's the folks who are truly invested in their lives who have the hardest time with change.” PeopleWorldWayMovingNextWorryFiguresFineDifficultyFolksHardestOne WayHardest Times Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“Rupert Murdoch gave up his Australian citizenship in order to buy television stations in the United States, which is symptomatic of the way Murdoch operates. Everything is for sale, including his birthright. The Mirror is not read by soccer hooligans. It's read by ordinary people of this country. That comment is simply patronizing. But to be criticized by the Moonies and Murdoch in one breath is really just a fine moment for me.” PeopleWayCountryStatesMomentsOrderUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionFineOrdinaryBreathsMirrorsIncludingSoccerStationsCommentCitizenshipOrdinary PeopleAustralianGave UpBirthrightPatronizing Author:John Pilger
“I'm fine watching stuff on tape, to me casting is the most painful part of the whole process, it's like going on a horribly awkward date every five minutes for eight hours, and people come in and they'll be someone good but they're not right, and you want to tell them they're good, but it sounds like BS, and they're looking at your face to see how they did, what adjustments they need, and it's just so emotionally draining, and it goes on and on.” PeopleWantNeedsWholeFacesStuffProcessSoundHoursFiveMinutesFineGoes OnPainfulEightYour FaceTapeAwkwardCastingFive MinutesAdjustmentDraining Author:Mike Judge
“I can't see a problem with imposing fines on drivers who violate traffic safety laws. The speed limit is the speed limit. A red light means stop. These things haven't changed since people got their driver's licenses.” PeopleMeanI CanProblemLightLawHavensChangedFineLimitsRedSafetySpeedDriversTrafficLicenseImposingRed LightsSpeed LimitsLicenses Author:Robert James Thomson
“I want to be successful and I want people to hear the music and I want to make money at it, but if it isn't what you do, eventually it seems like that will cause you to not be able to do what you do. If you did that for a couple years, you would just become someone else, which is fine, I guess...but I don't want to become someone else. I want to do what I enjoy and what feels right.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsYearsSeemsAbleCausesEnjoySuccessfulFineCoupleMaking MoneyBeing SuccessfulFeels Right Author:Will Oldham
“Goal setting is fine if you want to be the warrior archetype. These people are setting goals constantly and trying to get someplace else. They say, "If you don't know where you are going, then you won't know when you get there." When you get to a higher level of consciousness, though, when you get into a spiritual approach to life, you are not trying to get someplace else, because you never can get it done. You never are going to get there. Instead, what you want to do is get to a place where you are at peace. You are connected to God.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantTryingDoneSpiritualGoalLevelsConsciousnessFineHigherApproachConnectedWhat You WantSettingSettingsWarriorWhere You AreSetting GoalsHigher LevelGet It DoneArchetypeWhere You Are Going Author:Wayne Dyer
“There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is based upon compassion, but a lot of people come in and say, "I need to get more meditation. I need to do this for me, me, me." That's fine, but the view here is much more societal.” PeopleNeedsSometimesCommunityViewsCompassionMeditationFineTendenciesMeditatingShambhala Author:Sakyong Mipham
“Some people don't even notice. "Oh, you sound exactly like you did!" And I say, "OK, if that's what you want to believe, that's fine."” PeopleIfsWantBelieveSoundLike YouFineWhat You Want Author:Joan Baez