“That's my takeaway from 'Scream' - I know I can fit in dog doors. You have to jimmy your body in a certain position and really hope you're not wearing something super fancy.” KnowsI CanBodyCertainDoorsDogPositionFitYour BodyFancyScreamJimmyTakeaways Author:Rose McGowan
“Cold Case Files and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.” IdeasShowsSeemsCertainForceInterestCasesColdFitNewsDetailsMythThirstBangsFilesBumperStickerBumper StickerCold Case Author:Hal Sparks
“Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it.” FilmCertainThreeTeamMinutesFitShowy Author:Dennis Muren
“When homo sapiens is changing, it will not be by the whole race gaining simultaneously whatever qualities better fit it for survival, but rather by certain types of mankind proving superior to the rest in survival value, so that they contribute a larger proportion to the later generations, and in so doing drag the average qualities of humanity in the same direction.” WholeCertainValuesHumanityRaceQualityGenerationsMankindTypeFitProveSurvivalAverageSuperiorsProportionDragHomo Sapiens Author:Charles Galton Darwin
“You get to a certain age, and you feel like you know who you are, and how you fit into the world, and how the world sort of perceives you. And you get pretty set in that. And then things can happen that can turn it upside.” KnowsWorldFeelsHappensAgeCertainTurnsLike YouFitWho You ArePerceive Author:Jason Schwartzman
“The systems of stereotypes may be the core of our personal tradition, the defenses of our position in society. They are an ordered more or less consistent picture of the world, to which our habits, our tastes, our capacities, our comforts and our hopes have adjusted themselves. They may not be a complete picture of the world, but they are a picture of a possible world to which we are adapted. In that world, people and things have their well-known places, and do certain expected things. We feel at home there. We fit in. We are members.” PeopleWorldFeelsWellsMayHomeCertainKnownPositionHabitFitComfortTasteMembersCapacityTraditionDefenseExpectedCoreConsistentStereotypeWell KnownAdapted Author:Walter Lippmann
“When I was younger, I enjoyed being strong, and I loved it when my heart was very strong, but I think it was also about submitting to the cultural idea that if you're a 22-year-old woman, you have to look a certain way. I'm not into that anymore. But I do appreciate it when my clothes fit.” IfsThinkingWayYearsLooksHeartIdeasCertainStrongMy HeartFitClothesAppreciateEnjoyedVery StrongOld Woman Author:Jennifer Beals
“There may or may not be a Supreme Ruler of the universe-but we are certain that man exists, and we believe that freedom is the condition of progress; that it is the sunshine of the mental and moral world, and that without it man will go back to the den of savagery, and wll become the fit associate of wild and ferocious beasts.” MenWorldBelieveMayCertainUniverseMoralProgressConditionsFitIndependenceSupremeBeastSunshineRulersAssociatesSavageryDens Book:Miscellany Source: Miscellany
“at a certain moment in social proceedings, I am on FIRE to leave: I have a leaving-FIT.” MomentsCertainSocialFireFitLeavingProceedingSociability Author:Gwendolyn Brooks
“I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voice. If you're Lou Reed, you're unlikely to become a country singer.” IfsThinkingCountryCertainVoiceFitSingersUnlikelyReedsCountry Singer Author:Teddy Thompson
“I was very unique as a child, dressed a certain way, acted a certain way, didnt fit in with everybody. So I immediately got picked on, especially around the age of 12 and 13, when you start going to junior high and start mingling with the older kids. To counteract that, strictly for self-defense, I wanted to get bigger.” WayChildrenSelfKidsAgeWantedCertainFitUniqueBiggerDefenseJuniorsSelf DefenseJunior HighMingling Author:John Cena
“The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.” PeopleMeanCertainMaterialsInvolvedFitBillsArtisticScope Author:Ryan Phillippe
“Honestly, as an actor, all I need to know, the way I kind of look at a scene, is like a puzzle. There are certain puzzle pieces that are bigger than others, and all I need to know is if this is going to fit here to make this part of the puzzle work.” IfsKnowsWayNeedsLooksKindCertainActorsPiecesFitSceneBiggerHonestlyPuzzlesPuzzle Piece Author:Sarah Shahi
“The romantic temper, so often and so grievously misinterpreted and not more by others than by its own, is an insecure, unsatisfied, and impatient temper which sees no fit abode here for its ideals and chooses therefore to behold them under insensible figures. As a result of this choice it comes to disregard certain limitations. Its figures are blown to wild adventures, lacking the gravity of solid bodies, and the mind that has conceived them ends by disowning them.” MindEndsBodyCertainChoicesResultsFiguresAdventureFitIdealsLimitationTemperGravityLackingInsecureAestheticsImpatientRomanticismDisregardAbodeUnsatisfiedInsensibleMisinterpretedDisowning Author:James Joyce
“I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view.” CharacterPoliticalCertainViewsCuttingFeetFitNot InterestedStretchingPolitical View Author:Margaret Atwood
“I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.” IfsWayMeanProblemCertainFitPoliceDressesStartingBest WayGenreOfficersUniformsPolice OfficerStarting Point Author:Wong Kar-wai
“A certain number of people have to live their lives outdoors between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and a certain number of people can only leave their homes between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. So basically, public life has to be lived in these shifts, in order for everyone to fit on the streets because there's just no more room for any more infrastructure, any more highways. So it polarizes the community into day people and night people, and it becomes sort of a metaphor for racism and classism.” PeopleHomeNightCertainOrderCommunityRoomsNumbersStreetsFitRacismMetaphorHighwaysInfrastructurePublic LifeClassism Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I've dabbled in running around on stage, and at certain times it's nice to step away from the anchor of the piano and use a handheld microphone and connect with the audience, but I think my soul as a performer is just a little bit more connected to the instrument. To just sort of sit and sing - that feels like the most natural fit for me.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesSoulUseRunningCertainBitsNaturalStepsAudienceNiceStageFitLittle BitInstrumentsConnectedMy SoulPianoPerformersAnchorsMicrophones Author:Sara Bareilles
“If I like a movie, I'm definitely advocating for it, but it's not "you should see this" or "you shouldn't see this." I try to take a longer view about what the movie is doing and where it fits in the context of other things, in the way that certain good literary criticism tries to do the same thing.” IfsWayShouldTryingCertainViewsFitCriticismAdvocatingLiterary Criticism Author:Wesley Morris
“There were a lot of lessons of production to be learned. On the page, the biggest thing you learn on any TV show is how to write to your cast. You write the show at the beginning with certain voices in your head and you have a way that you think the characters will be, and then you have an actor go out there, and you start watching dailies and episodes. Then, you start realizing what they can do and what they can't do, what they're good at and what they're not so good at, how they say things and what fits in their mouth, and you start tailoring the voice of the show to your cast.” ThinkingWayWritingCharacterShowsCertainActorsVoiceCan DoRealizingTvsFitLessonsPagesMouthsCastsProductionsEpisodesTv Shows Author:Ronald D. Moore
“I strongly hold that, if an idea fits with common sense, then scientifically it is almost certain to be false.” IfsIdeasCertainCommonFitCommon Sense Author:Lewis Wolpert
“I certainly enjoyed having my sister, because when she came I felt a certain responsibility to help her fit in, and help her learn English. I wanted her to play with all my toys. I was actually, I think, really scary to her, because I had so much energy.” ThinkingPlayHelpingWantedCertainEnergyFeltResponsibilityFitScaryEnjoyedMy SisterToysReally Scary Author:Carrie Coon
“BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common. I feel like for the longest time, I would ride through certain neighborhoods and people would call me a "white boy" because they associated white boys from California with BMX riding, and it bugs me so much because I'm completely not that. I completely don't fit that mold. It's really important for me to bring BMX riding to the masses and show people exactly what it is.” PeopleFeelsImportantShowsCertainWhiteCommonCitiesBoysBreakNew YorkFitPerceptionMassCaliforniaNeighborhoodCall MeNew York CityRidingBreaking DownBugsMoldRidersBmx Author:Nigel Sylvester
“It's been very much in the blood since I started imagining films or shooting with 8mm when I was a kid. I made some films and thought about films, but then I went into writing. Becket is something that's definitely on the cards. We have to see where that fits in the schedule, because it's a big picture and I have a lot of writing obligations at the moment. I'm wary of anything with a budget over a certain amount.” WritingMadeMomentsBigsKidsFilmCertainBloodAmountFitObligationCardsShootingBudgetsSchedulesBig Picture Author:William Monahan
“Basically what I'm trying to say is that when you get down to the nitty gritty of song writing, it is very logical to a certain degree. It requires a bit of intuition as to how things can fit together elegantly.” WritingTryingTogetherCertainSongBitsFitDegreesIntuitionLogical Author:Vienna Teng
“This is often the way it is in physics - our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough. It is always hard to realize that these numbers and equations we play with at our desks have something to do with the real world. Even worse, there often seems to be a general agreement that certain phenomena are just not fit subjects for respectable theoretical and experimental effort.” WorldWayRealHardEnoughPlaySeemsCertainRealizingNumbersEffortMistakeSubjectsTheoryFitPhysicsAgreementReal WorldDesksEquationsTheoreticalRespectable Author:Steven Weinberg
“Often I sort of work up and down the manuscript. I sometimes used to go ahead of myself to see what was going to happen next, to make certain it fits what was going to be happening soon.” SometimesHappensUsedCertainNextFitHappeningsUp And DownManuscripts Author:Terry Pratchett
“There are certain relationships that just don't fit into "good" or "bad"; they transcend it.” CertainFit Author:Alison Rosen
“I do notice that my songs fit all over the map, even in terms of the colloquialisms in them. The songs come out with their references intact, almost unheeded by me. It's like they existed somehow before they met me with their relationship to the tradition, and then they just end up coming through me at that moment because of my relationship to some certain kind of music that I've listened to in my life. I know that sounds a little bit woooey.” KnowsKindLittlesEndsMomentsCertainSongBitsSoundTermFitMetsLittle BitTraditionMapsThat Moment Author:Mirah
“There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to a pinpoint, and when the juices are flowing, that's incredibly exciting. When you've managed to fit a complex set of actions or a complicated emotional passage into a single page there's the sense of satisfaction that I suspect a sculptor gets from chipping away at a piece of stone and ending up with a fully-realized work of art.” MindArtUseActionCertainFocusPiecesEmotionalFitPagesAdvantageStonesExcitingPressureComplexesSatisfactionComplicatedSuspectsWorks Of ArtPassagesJuiceSculptorsChipping Away Author:James Vance
“I think I did realize that early on, and then I went through a fun phase where I was figuring out who I was and the different sides of myself. I think like most women, I bought into a certain ideal of beauty that I didn't quite fit into, and I tried to pretzel myself and alter myself to be what I was told is beautiful, and then I realized that you are in control of what you think is beautiful.” ThinkingDifferentBeautifulCertainFunSidesRealizingFitIdealsI RealizedPhasesDifferent SidesPretzels Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“You don't have to fit into a particular box. You fit into a box that you're comfortable in, and you'll attract people with like minds. It took me a while to figure this out, but there are many ideals. You have to figure right what's best for you and that will radiate out of you. I think a certain amount of letting go and being brave and not being afraid to make mistakes to get there.” PeopleThinkingMindCertainMistakeFiguresParticularAmountFitLetting GoComfortableIdealsBraveBoxesMaking MistakesBeing Afraid Author:Evan Rachel Wood
“In ballet, I felt that no matter how good I was, if I didn't have the right body type or if I didn't fit a certain mold there was nothing I could do.” IfsMatterBodyCertainFeltTypeFitBalletMoldBody Types Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I think that while kids are in college they don't think that fitness and nutrition are really important things. But once they get to the NFL it's a job, and just like any other job you've got to be at your best to a certain point, especially with a job like this. You've got to be fit and you've got to eat the right things.” ThinkingImportantKidsJobsCertainCollegeFitImportant ThingsRight ThingNflNutrition Author:Andre Reed
“Organizing time is exactly like organizing space. Just as a closet is a limited amount of space into which you must fit a certain number of objects, a schedule is a limited space into which you must fit a certain number of tasks. Each day and each week is simply a container, a storage unit with a definite capacity. The trick is to treat time not as an abstraction but as something solid that you can hold on to and move around.” MovingCertainSpaceNumbersWeekObjectsAmountFitCapacityTasksTreatsTricksOrganizedEach DayDefiniteUnitsSchedulesClosetsAbstractionStorageContainers Author:Julie Morgenstern
“There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done.” DoneCertainAmountFitPicksRainObviousAppealsPornographyPurpleVery WisePurple Rain Author:Gene Kelly
“You're always going to need those folks that introduce certain things to the next generation and I fit in that sense.” NeedsCertainNextGenerationsFitFolksIntroducingNext Generation Author:Mic Geronimo
“I'm not sure if we're going to or not because what happens is I'd always love to see certain characters back, there's so many. Some of it has to do with, if we want them back, are they available and the other aspect is do they fit with the storyline we're telling.” IfsWantCharacterHappensCertainFitAspectAvailableNot SureStoryline Author:Aaron Korsh
“Consequently, pictures are aimed at certain audiences, whether it be a teen comedy or an action movie or whatever. It's unfortunate, because while it may lead to big opening grosses, a lot of pictures that are a little different and don't fit so neatly into either a niche market or a high-concept marketing approach can get lost in the shuffle. That's one unfortunate thing.” MayLittlesDifferentBigsActionCertainLostAudienceComedyFitApproachConceptsMarketingOpeningUnfortunateNicheAction MovieShuffleUnfortunate Things Author:Curtis Hanson
“I have certain standards for myself so if something drops beneath that standard or if the opportunity doesn't fit who I am authentically at my core - I don't invest time where my brand isn't respected or where what I have to offer isn't appreciated.” IfsCertainOpportunityFitOffersStandardsCoreWho I AmBrandsAppreciated Author:T. D. Jakes
“There are a bunch of different movies I feel that way about. However, there is a debate because as you may know after MST3K ended there have been things like Cinematic Titanic that are the children and the grandchildren of this way of dissecting movies and making fun of them and in a way celebrating the absurdity of those movies as well. There are certain movies that sort of fit into the MST3K paradigm which is hidden gems, these weird horror/sci-fi/fantasy movies.” KnowsWayFeelsWellsMayChildrenHas BeensDifferentCertainFunFantasyFitHorrorDebateBunchCelebrateSci FiAbsurdityGrandchildrenParadigmGemsCinematicDissecting Author:Baron Vaughn
“I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look for patterns. They look for sequences and they look for reasons, and certain periods of history don't fit with the general pattern of 1500 to the 20th century, during which there's the creation of the United States. At this time of 1814, two nations who would eventually become close allies were at war with each other, so it doesn't quite fit.” ThinkingLooksTwoWarStatesReasonJobsCertainNationsUnitedUnited StatesCenturyCreationPeriodsFitPatternsAlliesHistorian20th CenturySequenceTwo Nations Author:Steven Knight
“To some degree, the critic arises out of that negativity bias in that our brains are oriented towards threat and toward survival. The critic really started as a survivor mechanism in early infancy and childhood when we were trying to navigate our early family system and culture; when we're learning how to fit in so we could optimize that flow of love and affection. It was an internal voice telling us to shut certain patterns and reactions down, that negativity bias that's always looking for what's wrong, looking for the threat.” TryingCertainCultureVoiceBrainChildhoodFitDegreesSurvivalFlowThreatCriticsPatternsAffectionReactionsAriseInternalsSurvivorMechanismNegativityBiasInfancyNavigateLove And Affection Author:Mark Coleman
“Immigrants who voluntarily come to a country have already made a decision to assimilate to one degree or another. Probably not completely, but they've committed to the place, and they know that they need to make certain kinds of concessions. They change themselves in some way to fit in. They're looking forward as much as they're still looking backward.” KnowsWayNeedsKindMadeStillsCountryCertainDecisionFitDegreesCommittedImmigrantsLooking BackLooking ForwardConcessions Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“There's a certain age when your height stops growing and you cannot change that. This sort of body growth cannot be fixed. But there are many things that can be changed. You might have a small body structure but there are opportunities to make yourself very fit and healthy. So we'll have to work hard in many aspects.” HardBodyMightAgeCertainOpportunityGrowthGrowingChangedHard WorkFitHealthyAspectStructureFixedHeight Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more stereotype we have to fit into.” ThinkingWorldWayKindCertainFitDressesJust OneStereotype Author:Portia de Rossi