“Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'” ThinkingWellsKindChildrenGuyParentInterestLosesFiveBrotherPressureLoadEldest Author:Chris O'Dowd
“The (Supreme Court) ruling that anyone who's arrested -- even accidentally -- can be strip-searched was decided five to four, with the votes for the searches coming from the Court's five conservatives. You know -- the 'defending personal liberty' guys. Which is weird because I'm not a constitutional scholar, but I'm willing to bet Big Government feels it's biggest when it's inside your anus.” KnowsFeelsBigsGovernmentGuyLibertyFiveFourWillingDecidedVoteCourtSupremeScholarSupreme CourtRulingArrestedBig GovernmentPersonal LibertyAnus Author:Jon Stewart
“The terrible thing in England is if you interview a thousand people, five hundred of them will talk like they're going into a Guy Ritchie movie and the other five hundred will be Mr. Darcy. So we had to find cool, working class kids with no profile who could be John Travolta and James Dean and people like that.” PeopleIfsKidsGuyClassFiveTerribleThousandHundredEnglandInterviewsWorking ClassTerrible ThingsProfileDeanDarcy Author:Ricky Gervais
“One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid, too . The pitcher threw Honus a curve ball, and he swung at it and missed and fell down. Looked helpless as a robin. I was kind of surprised, but the guy sitting next to me poked me in the ribs and said, 'Watch this next one.' Those kids figured they had the old man's weakness, you see, and served him up the same dish - as he knew they would. Well, Honus hit a line drive so hard the fence in left field went back and forth for five minutes.” MenWellsKindSaidHardKidsYoungGuyNextLeftLinesWatchesFiveMinutesFieldsOne DayWeaknessSittingBallsLeagueOld ManDishesHelplessFenceCurvesFive MinutesBack And ForthPitcherRobinsRibsBattingCatchersWagnerLeft Field Author:Burleigh Grimes
“I don't see a lot of guys that have done that [winning three times before age 24], besides Tiger Woods, of course, and, you know, the other legends of the game. It's just one of those things, I believe in myself and – especially with how hard I've worked – I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.” KnowsWorldFeelsBelieveHardDoneAgeGuyThreeCoursesGamesWinningI BelieveFivePlayerI Believe InWoodsJust OneLegendsProvenTigersThree TimesI Believe In Myself Author:Patrick Reed
“What can you say about a guy who lets himself be saddled with a baby when he's thirty-five and losing his hair? Love? Forget about that till you're past seventy, and by then the parts will have stopped working anyway.” PastGuyForgetFiveHairBabyLosingThirtySeventies Author:Gunter Grass
“They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!” MenYearsStillsTwoTogetherGuyFiveGayMarriedTwentiesSavedDrunkFive YearsVegasTwenty FiveSanctityGay MenChapelSanctity Of Marriage Author:Lea DeLaria
“It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.” YearsGuyCitiesFiveNew YorkFairsHolesFixedFive YearsNew York City Author:Ray Nagin
“The way I look at the top five, (Rod) Laver, (Roger) Federer, myself, Borg and (Ivan) Lendl. I think those five guys dominated their generations better than anyone. Maybe Roger will dominate better than any one of the other four. Maybe I put Andre (Agassi) as kind of six through 10 with, you know, (John) McEnroe and (Jimmy) Connors, kind of those guys. That's kind of how I see it.” ThinkingKnowsWayLooksKindGuyFiveFourGenerationsSixJimmyRogerFedererBorg Author:Pete Sampras
“President Obama broke a world record after he reached a million followers on Twitter in just five hours. The only guys not following Obama? His Secret Service agents. They lost track months ago.” WorldGuyLostPresidentHoursSecretMillionsRecordsFiveMonthsTrackFollowingAgentsBrokeFollowersPresident ObamaSecret ServiceWorld RecordsFollowers On Twitter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life.” GuySportsInterestingFiveKingsHolesNervousMost InterestingMoroccoHassan Author:Lee Trevino
“If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.” IfsYearsTwoGuyCareersFiveMetsBaseballFive YearsTwo Guys Author:Mickey Mantle
“If I don't get five [titles], I won't be happy with myself as a basketball player. I don't know how you guys will feel about me.” IfsKnowsFeelsGuyWinningKnow HowFivePlayerBasketballTitlesBasketball Player Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Some people are saying that the reason Michael Phelps isn't doing so well is because he let himself get too out of shape. I just have to say that I have been watching the Olympics, and if that guy is out of shape, I have been dead for five years.” PeopleIfsYearsWellsHas BeensReasonFunnyGuyFiveShapesFive YearsOlympicsThat GuyLondon Olympics Author:Conan O'Brien
“The first five years of my career, I was Inmate #1, Bad Guy #1 and Mean Guy #1. I had a great career going, until somebody told me that I was typecast. I said, "Well, what's typecast?" And they said, "Well, you're always playing the mean Chicano dude with tattoos." I thought about that and I said, "Wait a minute! I am the mean Chicano dude with tattoos, so somebody is getting it right."” YearsFirstsWellsMeanSaidGuyWaitingCareersFiveMinutesFive YearsTattooThey SaidBad GuysInmatesMean Guy Author:Danny Trejo
“Some of the most interesting and happiest kids I've seen have lived with a lot of different adults, because a kid can go up to one guy and wear him out. And as soon as the adult gets tired, there are five other guys, or five other chicks to go and wear out, and the kid gets to be very bright - and tolerant, you know, with that many kinds of people around.” PeopleKnowsKindDifferentKidsGuyInterestingFiveAdultsTiredMost InterestingChicksOther Guys Author:Grace Slick
“In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to pass as a seemingly normal guy between the ages of twenty-five and forty years old?"” MenWayYearsWould BeAgeGuyRoomsFiveNormalTwentiesFortyTwenty FiveForty Years Old Author:Mindy Kaling
“I was a defensive lineman coming out of high school who was considered amongst the top maybe the top six guys, top five guys, and wanted to prove to my team that I was going to be a top guy going into college.” WantedSchoolGuyFiveTeamCollegeProveSixHigh SchoolComing OutLineman Author:Ndamukong Suh
“I'm definitely more talented than most of the guys I know. A lot of guys who just want to have sex will sit with the same woman and try all night. I'm able to look at a woman, have a five-minute conversation with her, and tell if it's a waste of time or not. I figure things out a lot faster.” IfsKnowsWantTryingLooksAbleNightGuySexFiveMinutesFiguresConversationWasteFasterWasting TimeFive MinutesAll Night Author:Tyrese Gibson
“It's OK to argue with your friends. Guys can do it better than girls, usually, but if you ever get into a fight with a true friend or a spouse or a boyfriend, get it out, fight, be angry for five minutes, and then move past it. Don't let it fester; don't hold a grudge. If you do, that's when it will get worse and worse.” IfsPastMovingGuyGirlFightingCan DoFiveMinutesAngryArguingSpouseFive MinutesTrue FriendGrudge Author:Ike Barinholtz
“I remember seeing Aladdin when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do. Mum said I couldnt be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, OK, then, I want to be an actor.” WantDoeSaidBigsRememberFilmGuyActorsVoiceFiveSeeingSixScreensMumRobinsBig ScreenGeniesVoice Over Author:Darren Criss
“Guys standing around and talking about Spanish fly: 'You know anything about Spanish fly?' 'No, tell me about it.' Well there's this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she, 'Haaaaaaaaaaaaah.' Oh yeah, that's really groovy man, Spanish fly is groovy, yeah. From then on, any time you see a girl: 'Wish I had some Spanish fly.' Go to a party see five girls standing alone: 'Boy if I had a whole jug of Spanish fly, I'd light that corner up over there. HAAAAAAH.'” IfsKnowsMenWellsWholeLightGuyGirlWishPartyTalkingBoysFiveCrazyDrinkStandingYeahCornersMaryThis GirlStanding AloneJugsGroovy Author:Bill Cosby
“I think the big thing for Simple Plan is that we were able to keep the band members, the same five guys, the same lineup from the start. That's not easy. We grew up together. We're friends. We come from the same world. We've always had the same dreams and goals. I think we realized, as the years go by, how precious it is to have that, to build that, to see so many bands break up... it makes us realize how different we are to all that. We're really proud of that.” ThinkingWorldYearsDifferentDreamBigsAbleTogetherGuyEasyGoalRealizingSimpleBreakFivePlansGrewProudBandMembersGrew UpBig ThingsDreams And GoalsBand MembersSimple Plan Author:Chuck Comeau
“Every decision he made, I think everybody bought into it. Whether you understood it or not, you bought into it. Because he's a champion. He's won five of these or something like that, so you've got to trust a guy that's been here before and his view for our team.” ThinkingMadeGuyDecisionViewsFiveTeamUnderstoodChampionChampionshipNba Championships Author:Stephen Curry
“Whenever actors tout off about doing their own stunts, it's always ... they're so protective of you that I always know these stunt guys are so good [and] they're never going to put you in danger. But it's fun to do something kind of exciting, even something as simple as driving 70 through a tunnel with five motorcycles ... it sounds simple, but it's actually really nerve-wracking.” KnowsKindGuyActorsFunSoundSimpleFiveDangerExcitingDrivingNervesProtectiveTunnelsMotorcycle Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops . . . I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.” IfsThinkingWorldWholeFeelingsGuyCasesFiveRiskTroubleHavensSmartHatredTwentiesCome UpCardsExpensesCopBulletsGreedyBucksTwenty FiveThink Of MeGasolineSapSaying Thank YouVery SmartWhiskyDodgeScruplesSmart Guy Author:Raymond Chandler
“I was throwing a lot harder than I ever have at the end of last year. I got to ninety-five (mph) a couple of times in the World Series and I'm more of an eighty-eight or eighty-nine guy who relies on location and movement.” WorldYearsEndsLastsGuyFiveMovementCoupleHarderSeriesEightNineRelyThrowingLast YearLocationNinetyEightyWorld SeriesMph Author:Andy Pettitte
“I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it's usually for some technical reasons.” IfsTwoReasonGuyFiveSixBunch Author:Barry Sonnenfeld
“When I got out of high school I hit the road. I lived like a gypsy. Those were the best times of my life. I was living from club to club not knowing where my next meal was coming from. No credit cards, no apartment, no bills, no managers, just on the road with a truck and five guys.” SchoolGuyNextKnowingFiveHigh SchoolBillsClubsCreditCardsManagersMealsNot KnowingApartmentTruckCredit CardGypsyBest TimesTime Of My LifeBest Time Of My Life Author:Rex Smith
“There was violence because first of all, there were ethnic differences and names. If you were small, they called you a runt, and you had to do something about that even if there were five other guys.” IfsFirstsGuyNamesDifferencesFiveViolenceOther GuysRunts Author:Jack Kirby
“I'm an R&B and Hip-Hop type guy. When I work out, which I do at least four or five times a week, I love to get the latest Hip-Hop because it really pumps me up and inspires me to get that workout on.” GuyFiveFourWeekInspireTypeHip HopWork OutHipsHopsWorkoutPumps Author:Morris Chestnut
“I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.” WantYoungGuyGirlSupportFiveToughImagining Things Author:Bjork
“I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them.” PeopleWantFeelsHomeRememberGuyFiveFansStreetsWalkingJokesComing HomeInvitesAdamRemember WhenSandwichesClicks Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I must say, I am thrilled with my fan base. For some reason some of them are quite young, so they are quite frightened. I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them. Mine are not like that. Mine tend to go: 'Argh,' and look horrified. They shake and take a picture from a really long way away. I do feel I've got quite good, respectful ones though.” PeopleWayWantFeelsLooksLongReasonHomeRememberYoungGuyFiveFansStreetsMinesWalkingJokesShakesComing HomeFrightenedInvitesAdamRemember WhenLong WaySandwichesRespectfulClicksReally Long Author:Colin Farrell
“I remember in 1990, there were five of us making $3 million a year. When guys passed us, we didn't cry. Why would we cry? You didn't get mad when someone got $6 million. Or $8 million.” YearsRememberGuyMillionsFiveCryMad Author:Eric Davis
“It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million bucks a year, but that's it. The rest of them have second jobs.” YearsBigsJobsGuyThreeHouseMillionsFiveFourPlayerCoupleBasketballBucksBasketball PlayerBig Houses Author:Frank Grillo
“The guys that write Once Upon a Time were major writers on Lost, and we had lunch when I started on OUAT and the first thing I said to them was, "I spent five years on Lost, you have to tell me, was my character good or bad?" They looked at me and said, "We have no idea." That's why you have to make your own backstory. I decided Widmore was the evilest of the evil, but in the end, not even the writers knew.” WritingYearsFirstsSaidIdeasEndsCharacterGuyEvilLostFiveMajorsDecidedNo IdeaFive YearsLunchOnce Upon A TimeLost You Author:Alan Dale
“One night a guy hit his head on a welding gun. He went to his knees. He was bleeding like a pig, blood was oozing out. So I stopped the line for a second and ran over to help him. The foreman turned the line on again, he almost stepped on the guy. That's the first thing they always do. They didn't even call an ambulance. The guy walked to the medic department -- that's about half a mile -- he had about five stitches put in his head. The foreman didn't say anything. He just turned the line on. You're nothing to any of them.” FirstsHelpingNightGuyLinesHalfFiveBloodGunMilesKneesRanDepartmentPigsSay AnythingOne NightBleedingStitchesAmbulanceWeldingMedics Book:Working Source: Working
“If a guy pays you five dollars, you give him seven dollars worth of work.” IfsGivingGuyPayFiveDollarsSeven Author:Bill Russell
“In person I don't have that many friends. I'm a pretty tight-knit guy with the people that I know. Offline, I have no more than four or five friends.” PeopleKnowsPersonsGuyFiveFourMany FriendsOfflineFive Friends Author:Tom Anderson
“A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!” UsedGuyReadingFiveFourRocksBandSittingUsed To BeDrummerManualsSitting AroundRock Bands Author:Bill Bruford
“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.” IfsThinkingPlayHelpingBigsGuyGamesHurtMistakeStepsWorryFiveFourDependsBaseballBallsBasesBiggerUglyThrownMaking MistakesQuartersSchemesBangsOccasionalBlundersBig PictureAggressivenessOutfielders Author:Mike Scioscia
“I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.” IfsFactsMovingGuyFoundWaitingPerfectBusinessEconomyFiveCrazyRegretPercentPersonal GrowthSeventiesNever RegretI Never Regret Author:Lee Iacocca
“The money has to be deferred with what they call "clawback," which means they can get it back if I lose it all. So that guy making ten million a year selling credit default swaps, if we're going to keep five million of it in escrow for ten years, and with the right to go back and get it, if he starts losing money, then we're going to give people the right incentives not too take so much risk.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsMeanGuyLosesMillionsFiveRiskTenLosingCreditSellingIncentivesThat GuyDefaultLosing MoneyCredit Default Swap Author:Richard Thaler
“I want to be better than five guys. I was that way when I used to box, I was that way in any sport. I want to compete with five other guys. If I beat five other guys, I'd like to see if I can beat six.” IfsWayWantI CanUsedGuySportsFiveSixBeatsBoxesOther Guys Author:Jack Kirby
“Any man who would walk five miles through the snow, barefoot, just to return a library book so he could save three cents - that's my kind of guy.” MenKindBookGuyThreeWalksFiveReturnLibraryMilesSnowCentsBarefootLibrary Books Author:Jack Benny
“I've been back in New York a year and a half now. Before that I was on the West Coast for five years. There's no comparison between the two. You hear things in New York you don't hear anywhere else. Unless these guys go out. Quite a few make it out to the Coast. Of course, you can't stay in New York for ever. You have to move.” YearsTwoMovingGuyCoursesHalfFiveNew YorkWestFive YearsComparisonCoastWest Coast Author:Ben Webster
“If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. Just make sure you clear the bold move with the people whose lives it's going to affect. Like George Washington, had to get all those guys who the British killed to agree to die. Neil Armstrong, had to crank a couple of elbows into Buzz Aldrin's face mask to make sure he got on the moon first. And Christopher Titus, well, he worked his dad for five grand. Ha ha. Who can't support who ? I know, it's complicated.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantFirstsWellsEnoughFacesMovingGuyDiesSupportClearFiveCoupleDadMoonAgreeComplicatedBritishMaskWant SomethingElbowsBuzzArmstrongCrankBold Moves Author:Christopher Titus